BACOLOD CITY — Rep. Jose Francisco “Kiko” Benitez of Negros Occidental’s third district has expressed his help for Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara, who has been appointed Secretary of the Division of Training.
Though Benitez was thought-about a candidate for the place, he stated he would help whoever President Marcos Jr. chooses for this vital position.
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“We welcome the appointment of Senator Sonny Angara as secretary of training. We’d like somebody who intimately is aware of the ins and outs of our training system, and understands it from a finance and administration perspective. On this regard, Senator Angara is the best man for the job,” Benitez stated in an announcement on Tuesday.
“We want Secretary-Designate Angara success. We specific our full help to his management. We look ahead to persevering with working intently with him and training stakeholders to repair our training system and adapt it to altering occasions,” he added.
Grateful
Benitez was grateful to authorities officers in Negros Occidental, his colleagues within the Home of Representatives, in addition to pals and companions within the training sector who endorsed him for the place.
Numerous people and teams have endorsed Benitez for training secretary, citing his expertise and competence within the discipline.
Those that backed him included the Philippine Affiliation of Faculties and Universities, Philippine Enterprise for Training, Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson, Representatives Emilio Yulo III, Mercedes Alvarez and Greg Gasataya, and College of Saint La Salle president Kenneth Martinez.
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Benitez, the co-chairperson of the Second Congressional Fee on Training, is the previous president of the Philippine Girls’s College (PWU).
He was an assistant professor on the College of Washington-Seattle and has taught numerous programs at Cornell College in New York, College of Wisconsin-Madison, College of Asia and the Pacific, and PWU.
Benitez obtained his grasp’s and doctorate levels in comparative literature (with a minor in Southeast Asian Research) from the College of Wisconsin-Madison and his Bachelor of Arts in comparative literature (summa cum laude) and English (cum laude) from Cornell College.