MERIT AND FITNESS CONFIRMED. The Commission on Appointments (CA), in its plenary session presided over by Senate President / CA Chairperson Vicente C. Sotto III, confirmed the ad interim appointment of Ms. Aimee P. Ferolino-Ampoloquio (left) as Commissioner, Commission on Elections (COMELEC) and gave its consent to the nomination of Armed Forces of the Philippines continue reading : COMELEC commissioner, 56 DFA senior officials, AFP chief and 32 other senior military officers secure CA nod

ON-BOARD. (L) Retired PBrig. General Nicasio J. Radovan Jr. takes his oath as the new CA Sergeant-at-Arms before Senate President / CA Chairperson Vicente C. Sotto III at the Senate Session Hall. (R) Brigadier General Gerardo M. Zamudio Junior (middle) poses for posterity with Committee on National Defense Chair Rep. Luis “Jon-Jon” A. Ferrer IV continue reading : CA elects new Sergeant-at-Arms, gives consent to the nomination of one AFP senior officer

DELIBERATIONS SUSPENDED. The Commission on Appointments (CA) Committee on Constitutional Commissions and Offices suspends deliberations on the ad interim appointment of Ms. Aimee P. Ferolino-Ampoloquio (left) as Commissioner, Commission on Elections (COMELEC). The CA Committee on National Defense, likewise, suspends deliberations on the nomination of Chief of Staff Gen. Cirilito E. Sobejana together with the continue reading : Deliberations on COMELEC commissioner, AFP chief and 15 other senior officers suspended