Cheloy Garafil | |
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Secretary of the Presidential Communications Office | |
Assumed office October 7, 2022 OIC until January 10, 2023; Position was known as the Press Secretary until December 29, 2022 | |
President | Bongbong Marcos |
Preceded by | Trixie Cruz-Angeles |
Chairman of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board | |
In office June 30,2022 –October 7,2022 | |
President | Bongbong Marcos |
Preceded by | Martin B. Delgra III |
Succeeded by | Teofilo E. Guadiz III |
Personal details | |
Born | Pura,Tarlac,Philippines |
Alma mater | University of Santo Tomas (BA,LL.B) National Defense College of the Philippines (MNSA) |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Philippines |
Branch/service | Philippine Air Force Reserve Command |
Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
Cheloy Velicaria-Garafil is a Filipino lawyer and former journalist who serves as the Secretary of the Presidential Communications Office.
Garafil attended the University of Santo Tomas (UST) where she graduated with a communication arts degree. She later pursued law studies in the same university,then passed the bar examination in 2003. [1]
Prior to working in the government,Garafil served as a reporter for the newspaper Malaya . She also worked for the Philippine Daily Globe and the Central News Agency of Taiwan. [1]
Garafil worked as a prosecutor for the Department of Justice during the administration of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. [1]
On October 7,2022,Garafil resigned as chair of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to assume the position of Officer in Charge of the Office of the Press Secretary. [2] The office would later be reorganized as the Presidential Communications Office on December 29,2022. [3] [4] She would lead the office under a regular capacity when she took oath as Press Secretary on January 10,2023. [5]
Garafil's house (registered under the name of a relative) was totally destroyed by a 2-hour fire at 8:30 p.m.,February 15,2024 which started at 67 year old Korean national Kim Jong Hoo house at Gabriela Silang Street,New Capitol Estates 1,Batasan Hills. “Ma’am [Garafil] is okay,she is currently staying with her relatives,”SFO4 Mark Modia and Capt. Zeter Patalinghug said. [6] [7]
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