New CHED Chairman is President Choice

MANILA, Philippines -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has offered the chairmanship of the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) to a provincemate, a senior Palace official said Thursday.

A lawyer by profession, Angeles obtained his Bachelor of Laws at the Ateneo de Manila University and his Master of Laws and Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Santo Tomas.

Angeles also served as president and chief executive officer of the Clark Development Corporation, president of the Clark International Airport Corporation, and director of the North Luzon Railways Corporation.