Palace taps Enrile daughter Katrina as new CEZA administrator

By Vince Lopez

KATRINA Gloria C. Ponce Enrile is the new Administrator and Chief Executive Officer of the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA), leading the latest batch of appointees to the government announced by Malacañan Palace on Wednesday.

The daughter of Presidential Chief Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile takes the CEZA post that has a Cabinet rank and is under the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).

Before being appointed, Katrina Enrile ran the family-owned JAKA Investments Corp. and holds executive positions in Philcomsat Holdings Corp. and Montemar Resort & Development Corp, among other companies.

Also appointed by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was Dr. Diana Rose Cajipe as Undersecretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Devel- opment (DSWD).

Prior to the DSWD, Cajipe specialized in obstetrics and gynecology since 2006 and served as the Public Information Officer of the Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital, and later was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Social Welfare Department.

Clarissa Lara Duran and Dianne Joie Ruiz were also appointed as Directors IV of the DSWD.

Ronnie Ong, meanwhile, was tapped