Manila, June 3 -- Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma on Tuesday vowed to "repay" President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. for retaining him as head of the department by performing his duties well.

"The only way to repay and do justice to this magnanimity is by committing and seeing to it that the DOLE performs well and does its share and immensely contribute to the realization of the President's vision of a Bagong Pilipinas," Laguesma said in a statement.

The DOLE chief issued the statement after Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin announced that Marcos has retained him as part of his Cabinet.

"DOLE will continue to be a responsible, responsive, accessible, action-driven and results-oriented institution," L...