President Marcos is still evaluating the performance of his Cabinet members, and no decision has yet been made on whether more officials need to be replaced, Malacañan Palace said Tuesday.
“The President needs to evaluate every time if his secretaries, Cabinet members, are doing well for the government, for the people,” Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Undersecretary Claire Castro said in a press briefing.
“But as of now, there are no changes yet,” she added.
Her comments came amid circulating rumors of an impending Cabinet revamp.
Castro also responded to speculations that Presidential Security Command (PSC) Major General Jesus Nelson Morales and Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary Ivan John Uy are set to vacate their current posts.
She emphasized that there have been no change of leadership in the concerned offices.
Castro also touched on potential changes within the PCO under the leadership of Communications Secretary Jay Ruiz, who took his oath before the President on Monday.
The Palace Press Officer confirmed that Ruiz has indicated that modifications in the Palace media office are on the horizon.
“He said there will be changes and some will be retained, some may also be removed. So, let’s just wait for the order of Secretary Jay Ruiz,” Castro said.
Meanwhile, newly-sworn Transportation Secretary Vince Dizon released a memorandum Monday, urging the ‘courtesy resignations’ of key executive officials of his department, so he can have a “free hand to perform” his mandate.
In a memo dated February 24, 2025, Dizon sought the “unqualified courtesy resignations” of “all incumbent undersecretaries, assistant secretaries, and directors” of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) by February 26, 2025.
“Until any action is taken by the undersigned on such courtesy resignations, all Undersecretaries, Assistant Secretaries and Directors shall continue to report for work and perform their usual duties and responsibilities, subject to any modification,” Dizon said.
The DOTr chief noted that his order will be bound by “pertinent civil service laws, rules and regulations.” Dizon reportedly plans to hire new members of his team to help him run the transportation department.
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) clarified on Tuesday that its officials are not affected by the memorandum issued by Dizon, that calls for the resignations of key executive officials within his department.
“To my knowledge, only the Undersecretaries and Assistant Secretaries were the subjects of the DOTr memo,” stated CAAP Chief Information Officer Eric Apolonio.
