DOTr names Malaluan as new Marina officer-in-charge

DOTr names Malaluan as new Marina officer-in-charge
Nicole Faye Agcaoili July 08, 2022 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1624274/dotr-names-malaluan-as-new-marina-...

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has named a senior top official of of the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) as its as officer-in-charge and administrator.

Marina announced that Sonia Malaluan was designated on July 1 as the bureau’s new officer-in-charge.

Malaluan is expected to serve until July 31, or “until a replacement has been appointed or designated, whichever comes first,” Marina said in a statement.

Before the designation, Marina said Malaluan had already been working for the bureau for 32 years, where she served as Officer-in-charge Deputy Administrator for Planning, Director of Marina Regional Office – National Capital Region, and a Maritime Attache in London.

Malaluan also played a part in several organizational changes in Marina: the development and issuance of related implementing policies, rules and regulations; and the crafting of the Marina roadmap for the development of the country’s domestic shipping industry.

Marina also said that Malaluan has been an advocate for women empowerment and equality. She served as a President WIMAPhil Marina sub-chapter, and the agency’s Focal Point on Gender and Development.

Currently, Malaluan is a member of Women in Maritime Association – Philippines and the Governing Council of the Women in Maritime – Asia.

Malaluan holds a degree in Commerce with a major in Accounting from the University of Batangas, and a master’s degree in Shipping Management from the World Maritime University in Sweden. – Nicole Faye Agcaoili, INQUIRER.net intern