It’s official: Martin B. DiΓ±o is SBMA Chairman.
President Rodrigo R. Duterte has appointed Martin B. DiΓ±o as chairman of the Board of Directors of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA).
- Martin B. DiΓ±o, SBMA ChairmanΒ (fbimage)
SBMA runs the Subic Bay Freeport, former base of the US Navy, now a bustling international business hub, south of Zambales province.
Duterte issued DiΓ±o’s appointment on Friday, 23 September 2016 but was received only yesterday by the office of outgoing SBMA chairman & administrator Roberto V. Garcia.
“By virtue hereof, you may qualify and enter upon the performance of the duties of the office…,” Duterte said in DiΓ±o’s appointment.
It can be recalled that DiΓ±o filed his certificate of candidacy for president but withrew in favor of Duterte who eventually won by an overwhelming majority in the May 2016 elections.
A former Β bgy. chairman in Quezon City, DiΓ±o rose to national prominence in the fight against crime and corruption, being a long-term head of the Volunteers Against Crime & Corruption (VACC).
Locators and investors are now eagerly awaiting who would be appointed administrator, who would partner with DiΓ±o in running the multi-billion dollar business agency of the government.
DiΓ±o is expected to assume office on Monday, October 3, 2016, and serve until the expiration of his appointment on June 30, 2022.
- From President Rodrigo R. Duterte
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