Marcos confirms Aguda resignation

Inquirer.net - Oct 11, 2026

SINGAPORE — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Sunday confirmed that he had accepted the resignation of Information and Communications Technology Secretary Henry Aguda but said Malacañang delayed announcing it while searching for his replacement. “Yes, but we were holding it back until we found the … replacement,” Marcos said during a Kapihan interview in Singapore.

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