Barely a week after erstwhile Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner John Phillip Sevilla resigned from his post due to “pressure,” President Benigno Aquino 3rd on Tuesday bared that two more officials -- Energy Secretary Jericho Petilla and Bureau of Corrections (Bucor) chief Franklin Bucayu— are leaving their respective agencies.

The President made the revelation during an interview with journalists prior to his flight back to Manila from Malaysia. There, Aquino said Petilla had intended to resign last year while in the case of Bucayu, a replacement has been chosen.

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