TV host and entrepreneur Daphne Oseña-Paez speaks to the Palace reporters on Tuesday (Dec. 20, 2022) after she was designated as the new ‘press briefer’ of President Bongbong Marcos Jr. (Screengrab from RTVM)
Marcos names Oseña-Paez as new ‘press briefer’
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has named lifestyle TV host and entrepreneur Daphne Oseña-Paez as his new “press briefer.”
Undersecretary Cheloy Garafil, Officer-in-Charge (OIC) of the Office of the Press Secretary (OPS), formally introduced Oseña-Paez to reporters in a Palace press briefing on Tuesday.
“Simula ngayong araw ay may bago tayong makakasama sa bawat briefing na gagawin dito sa press working area. Siya ang magiging tagapaghatid ng balita at impormasyon tungkol sa mga gawain at proyekto ni Pangulong Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr.,” Garafil said.
“Ipinakikilala namin sa inyo ang bagong Malacañang Press Briefer, si Binibining Daphne Oseña-Paez,” she added.
Oseña-Paez is better known as a lifestyle TV host, but she also used to cover the Palace beat during the time of the late President Fidel V. Ramos.
In 2019, she was named UNICEF National Goodwill Ambassador for supporting and promoting children’s rights.
She is an advocate for breastfeeding and has been involved in infant and child feeding, maternal health and maternal mortality, universal primary education, nutrition, and, more recently, child protection.
Oseña-Paez has a degree in Fine Arts History from the University of Toronto in Canada.
She is currently completing her advanced certificate in Environmental Management.
“Isang karangalan na makasama namin sa Office of the Press Secretary ang isa sa mga lumalaban para sa mga karapatan ng mga kababaihan, kabataan at ng kalikasan,” Garafil said.
‘Press Briefer’
Oseña-Paez said she will hold Palace press briefings every Tuesday after Marcos presides over Cabinet meetings.
Asked to elaborate on her role as press briefer, she clarified that her role was “different” from that of a presidential spokesperson.
“The President will speak for himself. I’m just here to support the Office of the Press Secretary for now, and I look forward to learning a lot about the programs,” she said.
“My role here is to amplify and to communicate the message of President Marcos and the Cabinet and the government, and you are my partners in this,” she added.
Oseña-Paez said during her lifestyle hosting stint, “public service” was already close to her heart.
“Since I will be the one who will be regularly your source for updates from the Palace, I look forward to working with all of you, of course, in a harmonious and collegial manner kasi (because) I am also one of you,” she said.
She said it is both an “honor” and “challenge” to work with the Marcos administration.
“I am very honored to be communicating the message and programs of this administration, of course, in an accurate and effective way, and I will do my best,” she added. Philippine News Agency
