CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA—Department of Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol officially designated Engr. Roy M. Abaya as the Regional Executive Director (RED) of Regional Field Office III in line with DA Special Order No. 172 Series of 2018 dated on February 21.

Prior to his appointment, Abaya has been the DA Field Operations Service (FOS) Director from May 19, 2016 until he was assigned in Central Luzon as DA OIC-RED on February 27, 2017 replacing Dr. Andrew B. Villacorta, who is now the DA Assistant Secretary for Agribusiness and Marketing concurrent DA FOS Director.

Abaya is a graduate of Mapua Institute of Technology in a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering (1979) and master’s degree in Water Resources Engineering at the University of the Philippines (1998)

With his expertise in project management and supervision, contract administration and management, procurement, and water resources management, the organizational development of the regional office and agriculture development in Central Luzon continues.###

Ozanne Ono Allas
Information Officer II