President Rodrigo Duterte revamped the Office of the Cabinet Secretary (OCS) on Wednesday and transferred some agencies under its supervision to other departments. ADVERTISEMENTREAD: Executive Order 67Former Cabinet Secretary Leoncio “Jun” Evasco used to head the OCS, but he resigned to run as Bohol Governor in the May 2019 midterm polls. READ: Cabinet Secretary Jun Evasco files COC for Bohol governorEvasco, who assumed the post in 2016, used to supervise 12 agencies. Meanwhile, the National Anti-Poverty Commission, National Commission on Indigenous Peoples, and the Presidential Commission on the Urban Poor were transferred to the Department of Social Welfare and Development. He added that the Cabinet Secretariat “shall serve as the head secretariat of the different Cabinet cluster secretariats.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 31, 2018 12:45 UTC