TECHNICAL Education and Skills Development Authority Director General Danilo Cruz welcomed his three new deputy directors general and six other directors whom President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. recently appointed.

Cruz thanked President Marcos for the appointment of the new officials and expressed his confidence that the expertise of the said officials will help the agency further expand its programs and services for the Filipinos.

“We have a duty to serve the people. We need to work hand-in-hand to make tech-voc training relevant and more accessible to Filipinos as we pursue an area-based and demand-driven technical vocational education and training,” he said.

The President renewed last September 13 the appointment of Aniceto Dela Rosa Bertiz III as TESDA Deputy Director General for TESD Operations. Bertiz, a former lawmaker, was first appointed to the agency in 2020 by then President Rodrigo Duterte.

He has also named Josefino Isaac Torres and Tonisito Machiavelli Casugbu Umali as the other Deputy Directors General. Torres is a former Deputy Administrator of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, while Umali previously served as a Department of Education Undersecretary.

In addition, the appointments of six Directors of the agency were also renewed by the President. They are Rafael Abrogar II, Ashary Banto, Vincent Aljon Cifra, Dan Navarro, Ramon Evan Ruiz, and Balmyrson Valdez.