LIFESTYLE-TV host and entrepreneur Daphne Oseña-Paez has been designated as new press briefer of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.
Undersecretary Cheloy Garafil, officer-in-charge 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. (Starting today, we will have someone new with us at every briefing that will be held here at the press working area. She will be the bearer of news and information about the activities and projects of President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr.),” Garafil said.
“Ipinakikilala namin sa inyo ang bagong Malacañang Press Briefer, si Binibining Daphne Oseña-Paez (We introduce to you the new Malacañang Press Briefer, Miss 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 and 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 (It is an honor for us at the Office of the Press Secretary to be joined by someone who fights for the rights of women, youth and nature),” Garafil said.
