Marcos names Disaster Risk envoy

PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. appointed former Environment chief Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga as special envoy for disaster risk reduction and management, Malacañang confirmed on Thursday.

Palace Press Officer Clarissa A. Castro said Ms. Yulo-Loyzaga took her oath before the President in Malacañang on Wednesday.

Ms. Yulo-Loyzaga served as secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources from 2022 to 2025.

Mr. Marcos accepted her courtesy resignation last year during a Cabinet shake-up.

Before that, Ms. Yulo-Loyzaga spent two years as a director at the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Alliance for Disaster Resilient Societies.

She also previously headed the National Resilience Council and was part of the UNDRR Asia Pacific Science and Technology Advisory Group.

Earlier in her career, she served as executive director of the Manila Observatory from 2007 to 2016.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Ateneo de Manila University and a master’s degree in government from Georgetown University in Washington, DC., USA. — Chloe Mari A. Hufana