President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has appointed former Executive Secretary Oscar Orbos as Acting Chairperson and Member of the Board of Directors for the People’s Television Network, Inc. (PTNI), representing the private sector.

Orbos served as Executive Secretary and Secretary of Transportation and Communications under former President Corazon Aquino’s administration from 1990 to 1991.

He has also held elected positions, serving as Congressman for Pangasinan’s first district from 1987 to 1990 and as Governor of the province from 1995 to 1998. 

The new PTNI board chair also co-hosted GMA Network’s “Debate with Mare at Pare” alongside economics professor Solita Monsod.

Meanwhile, Marcos Jr. also designated political analyst Antonio Contreras as Acting Vice Chairperson and Member of the PTNI Board of Directors, representing the educational sector; former PTNI General Manager Katherine Chloe De Castro as Director General of the Philippine Information Agency; and Atty. Francis Carlo Taparan as Director IV of the National Printing Office.