Marcos names UP geology professor as DENR undersecretary
MANILA, Philippines — President Marcos has named a University of the Philippines geology professor as environment undersecretary.
Carlos Primo David of the UP National Institute of Geological Sciences was appointed to the post on Dec. 28 last year, a document released by Malacañang showed.
David is the son of the late Civil Service Commission chair Karina David and sociologist and journalist Randy David, a critic of the Marcoses.
The environment undersecretary taught geology, geochemistry, field geology, hydrogeology, environmental geochemistry, environmental geology and hydrology at UP Diliman.
He was the program convenor and trustee of the Albert del Rosario Institute and convenor of the Philippine Business for Environmental Stewardship.
He completed his doctorate degree in earth and environmental sciences at Stanford University in 2003.
David was also the executive director of the Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development, officer-in-charge of the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute and member of the board of trustees of the Local Water Utilities Administration.
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