MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has named Labor Undersecretary Jacinto “Jing” Paras, as presidential assistant under the Presidential Legislative Liaison Office (PLLO). Duterte signed Paras’ appointment on Jan. 8, a list of presidential appointees released by Malacañang showed Monday. ADVERTISEMENTIt still wasn’t clear if Paras, himself a former congressman of Negros Oriental, will hold office at the House of Representatives, or in the Senate. Paras figured in a “phone snatching” incident after he allegedly took the cellphone of then-Akbayan Party-list Representative Tom Villarin during a House labor committee hearing at the House of Representatives last March 2018. The next day, Paras said he may file charges against Villarin for “destroying my good name.”Paras was also reported to have had a rift with Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, but the two have brushed aside the allegations.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer January 20, 2020 06:33 UTC