Marcos names Sabuddin Abdurahim NCMF chief

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has appointed Sabuddin Abdurahim as secretary of the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF).

In a Facebook post on Wednesday, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said that Abdurahim will replace Secretary Guiling Mamondiong.

Abdurahim, a former Tawi-Tawi First District Board member, took his oath before Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin on March 27.

Marcos also appointed Renato Reside Jr. as undersecretary of the Department of Finance, while Antonio Tabora Jr. was named Presidential Assistant for Cordillera Administrative Region with the rank of assistant secretary.

Other appointees under the Office of the President (OP) include Cynthia Vergara as assistant executive secretary of the OP's Internal Audit Office, and Alexander Flores assistant secretary in the Office of the Deputy Executive Secretary for Support Services and Auxiliaries.

Meanwhile, Elmer Jude Mesina was appointed deputy director-general of the Philippine Information Agency, while Rolando Martinez was named director IV of the Philippine Space Agency.