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Ex housing exec replaces Vergeire at DOH

Richbon Quevedo · Aug 1, 2025, 6:29 PM

HOUSING and labor executive Randy Bacolor Escolango replaces former Health Undersecretary and Spokesperson Maria Rosario Singh-Vergeire, Malacañang said Friday. — Courtesy of People's Television

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has appointed housing and labor executive Randy Bacolor Escolango to the Department of Health replacing former Undersecretary and Spokesperson Maria Rosario Singh-Vergeire.

Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin confirmed Escolango’s new appointment on Friday.

Prior to his new position at the DOH, Escolango is a career government official who held similar roles in the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development and the Department of Labor and Employment holding the rank of Undersecretary.

He is a lawyer by profession who obtained his law degree from the Far Eastern University.

From September 2017 to February 2022, Escolango served as a deputy insurance commissioner at Insurance Commission.

He also served as officer-in-charge administrator and chief executive officer at the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority under the Duterte administration.