Fourteen new officials of the Department of Finance (DOF), including an Assistant Secretary were sworn in into office by Secretary Carlos Dominguez III last week.
Among the new DOF officials that will serve the agency during the new administration of President Duterte include DOF spokesperson Paola Alvarez as Assistant Secretary.
Prior to her stint at the DOF, Alvarez served as spokesperson of the Partido Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban (PDP-Laban) during the 2016 presidential elections.
She obtained her Juris Doctor of Law degree at the Ateneo de Manila University in 2014 and Bachelor of Arts degree in International Studies at the De La Salle University.
After completing her law studies, Alvarez joined the Del Rosario and Del Rosario Law Office as a junior associate.
Dominguez also sworn in Ernesto Hiansen Executive Director of the DOF One-Stop Shop; and Rommel Herrera, Alvin Diaz, Angelica Sarmiento, Shiela Castaloni, Juvy Danofrata and Elsa Agustin with the rank of Director IV.
Also sworn in with the rank of Director III were Richard Uy, Herminio Runas, Ma. Luisa Notario, Rowena Sta. Clara, Joanna Castillo, Michaelangelo Aguinaldo and Eleazar Cesista.
Dominguez also administered the oaths of office to four undersecretaries and six other officials of the Department last September.
These includes Undersecretaries Gil Beltran, who heads the Corporate Affairs Group and Policy Development and Management Service Group, and is also the Department’s chief economist and anti-red tape czar; Karen Singson, who heads the Privatization Group, and also named chief of staff; Bayani Agabin, who was named Legal Affairs Head and in charge of the Domestic Finance Group; and Antonette Tionko, who heads the Revenue Operations Group.
Dominguez also administered the oaths of office to four Assistant Secretaries – Soledad Emilia Cruz, Rosalia De Leon, Mark Dennis Joven, and Maria Edita Tan.
