Cabinet revamp: PBBM orders reshuffle in BOC, BIR, BCDA, PEZA

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MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has ordered another round of leadership changes in the Bureau of Customs (BOC), Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), ...

REVAMP. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. swears in Bureau of Customs Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno as the new head of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority in a ceremony at Malacañan Palace on Friday (Nov. 13, 2026). The President has ordered another round of leadership changes in the BOC, BCDA, Bureau of Internal Revenue and the Philippine Economic Zone Authority. (Photo courtesy of MPC Pool)

MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has ordered another round of leadership changes in the Bureau of Customs (BOC), Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA), and Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA).

The reshuffle covers key agencies involved in revenue generation, trade facilitation, investment promotion, and economic development.

In a ceremony at Malacañan Palace, Marcos swore in BOC Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno as the new head of BCDA, replacing Joshua Bingcang, who will move to PEZA.

BIR Commissioner Charlito Martin Mendoza also took his oath before Marcos as the new BOC chief in a separate ceremony.

In another ceremony, Marcos administered the oath of office to Department of Finance (DOF) Undersecretary Rolando Ligon Jr., who will replace Mendoza as BIR chief.

The latest reshuffle under the Marcos administration comes just a year after Mendoza assumed leadership of the BIR and less than a year and a half after Nepomuceno was appointed BOC commissioner.

Mendoza took over the BIR on Nov. 13, 2025. He is returning to the BOC, where he previously served as district collector at the Port of Cebu from July 2019 to October 2022.

He also served as DOF undersecretary for revenue operations, supervising the BIR and BOC before the country’s chief tax collector.

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