Marcos names new OCD, NBI execs

MANILA, Philippines — President Marcos has appointed new officials of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) and National Bureau of Investigation (NBI).

Former customs deputy commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno has been designated administrator of the OCD, according to the Office of the Press Secretary.

Marcos also appointed Glenn Ricarte and Angelito Magno as assistant directors of the NBI.

Magno previously headed the NBI’s Special Action Unit. Ricarte served as chief of the bureau’s Intellectual Property Rights Division.

The new appointees took their oath of office before Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin at Malacañang on Wednesday.