Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista has appointed Hector Villacorta as officer-In-charge (OIC) of the Land Transportation Office (LTO).
Through a Special Order, Villacorta, whose portfolio is as assistant secretary, will take over the position vacated by LTO chief Jay Art Tugade on 1 June.
“Villacorta is LTO officer-in-charge while waiting for permanent appointment by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.,” Bautista said at turnover ceremonies held at the LTO. He expressed gratitude to Tugade for steering the agency during his seven-month tenure.
Concurrently the DOTr assistant secretary for communications and commuter affairs, Villacorta assured the transport chief that the LTO will push on with its mandate of providing excellent service by focusing on critical issues, including the issuance of driver’s license and vehicle plates.
“This is not just a transition but a continuation of the efforts done by the LTO all these many decades,” said Villacorta.
A former Commission on Appointments (CA) secretary during the terms of Senate Presidents Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III and Vicente Sotto III, Villacorta was also chief of staff of Senator Sotto.
A practicing lawyer, Villacorta took up law at the University of Santo Tomas (UST) in 1971 and Colegio de San Juan de Letran.
