English: Former appointed Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya delivers his message after President Benigno S. Aquino III officially announced his appointment along with incoming Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Manuel Roxas II during the press briefing at the President’s Hall, Malacañan Palace on Friday (August 31). Roxas will assume the DILG post vacated after former DILG Secretary Jesse Robredo died from a plane crash in Masbate and Abaya to take over as DOTC Chief, replacing Roxas. (Photo by: Jay Morales / Malacañang Photo Bureau).
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Newly appointed Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya delivers his message after President Benigno S. Aquino III officially announced his appointment along with incoming Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Manuel Roxas II during the press briefing at the President’s Hall, Malacañan Palace on Friday (August 31). Roxas will assume the DILG post vacated after former DILG Secretary Jesse Robredo died from a plane crash in Masbate and Abaya to take over as DOTC Chief, replacing Roxas. (Photo by: Jay Morales / Malacañang Photo Bureau).