President Benigno Aquino III has appointed the wife of one of his defeated senatorial candidates in last year’s elections to a directorial post in a government corporation. Catherine Mary R. Biazon, wife of former Muntinlupa Rep. Rozzano Rufino Biazon, has been named member of the board of directors of the John Hay Management Corp., according to deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte on Sunday. Valte said Aquino also appointed Jose Leviste Jr., chief executive officer of Mirant and chairman of the Philippine Business Leaders’ Forum, as a member of the governing council of the Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and National Resources Research and Development (PCARRD) representing the private sector. Other latest appointments were:
Ma. Cristina D. Padolina, the wife of former Science Secretary William Padolina, as a member of DOST’s National Committee on Biosafety of the Philippines; Villamor R. Villa as acting director in the Department of National Defense; Benjamin V. Santiago III as acting director at the Land Transportation Office; Leonardo D. Angeles and Feliciano B. Calora, Sr., members of the governing council representing the private sector for PCARRD; Jose Maria A. Ochave, Enrico B. Gruet, and Mediadora S. Claudio-Saniel, members of the governing council representing the private sector for the Presidential Council for Health Research and Development; Rhodora V. Azanza, Marcelo C. Blando, Ma. Lourdes S. Florendo, Kenneth Y. Hartigan-Go, Eufemio T. Rasco, Jr., Victor Marcos S. Venida, and Antonio P. Jamon, Jr. as members of the National Committee on Biosafety of the Philippines; Minda J. Formacion, Luis Maria B. Garcia, Ramon M. Macaraig, Augusto C. Natividad, and Phillip L. Ong as members of the governing council of the Philippine Council for Aquatic and Marine Resources Research and Development; and Louis Napoleon C. Casambre, Alma Bella P. Madrazo, Marita V.T. Reyes, Antonio B. Villaflor, and Aniceto S. Villahermosa as member of the governing council of the Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development. – KBK, GMANews.TV 
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