Rico E. Puno

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Rico Escalona Puno is a Philippine technocrat who served as the undersecretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government between 2010 and 2012. [1]

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References

  1. "The Punos: of Lubao-guagua, Tarlac and the Methodist branch" . Retrieved 13 December 2023 via PressReader.