The source privy to Duterte’s transition team bared that the five contenders for Cabinet positions in the Duterte administration are:
1. Ed O. Chua, chairman of the Shell Companies in the Philippines, as Department of Energy secretary;
2. Rogelio “Babes” Singson, currently secretary of the Department of Public Works and Highways, as Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) secretary;
3. Former International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics director-general William Dar, as Department of Agriculture secretary;
4. V. Bruce J. Tolentino, currently deputy director-general of the International Rice Research Institute, as director-general of the National Economic and Development Authority; and
5. Business magnate, investor, and philanthropist Lance Gokongwei as Department of Finance secretary.