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Marcos names Benitez Tesda director general

PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has appointed Negros Occidental Rep. Jose Francisco Benitez as the new director general of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda), Malacañang announced on Friday.

Benitez replaced Suharto Mangudadatu, who resigned from his Tesda post effective July 31, to prepare for the first parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).

Negros Occidental Rep. Jose Francisco Benitez. PHOTOS BY J. GERARD SEGUIA