00:00Veteran legislator and former Albay governor Joey Salceda is set to join President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s cabinet as head of
00:07the Presidential Legislative Liaison Office.
00:09Salceda will hold the rank of secretary and replaces Adrian Bersamin, who was an undersecretary.
00:15Bersamin left his post in November 2025 after he was accused of involvement in flood control corruption.
00:21Salceda, who was a longtime representative of the 2nd District of Albay and former governor of the province, lost in
00:27the 2025 midterm elections.
00:30Meantime, Lieutenant General Antonio Nafarete is appointed Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
00:35Nafarete, the current Philippine Army Chief, replaces General Romeo Bronner Jr. after three years as the country's top military officer.
00:43Nafarete takes over the AFP in the midst of a long overdue transition in focus from internal to external defense
00:49with the release of the National Security Policy in 2023.
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