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3Cabsec May30Cabinet Secretaries Castriciones, Romulo-Puyat, Guevarra, COMELEC commissioner, DFA senior officials, AFP Chief and ranking officers breeze through the CA
(Date Published: 5 June 2018)
 
The Second Regular Session of the 17th Congress wound down on sine die adjournment with the ad interim appointments of three of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte's key cabinet officials approved in plenary session. In addition, one Commission on Elections (COMELEC) commissioner, two Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) senior officials and five ranking officers from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) got the Commission on Appointments' (CA) nod today, during plenary session presided by Senate of the President / Chairman of the Commission Vicente C. Sotto III.
The ad interim appointments of Cabinet Secretaries Mr. Jon Rualo Castriciones of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), Ms. Bernadette Fatima Romulo-Puyat of the Department of Tourism (DOT) and Mr. Menardo I. Guevarra of the Department of Justice (DOJ) were recommended for confirmation at the plenary following separate deliberations held by their respective committees.  READ MORE ...
Pic AbasCOMELEC chief hurdles CA, Senate elects former Senate President and CA Chair Pimentel as CA Member
(Date Published: 24 May 2018)
 
New Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III, in his first attended plenary session today as the new Chairman of the Commission on Appointments (CA), presided over the confirmation of the nomination of Hon. Sheriff Manimbayan Abas as Chairman, Commission on Elections (COMELEC).
The Commission gave its consent to the nomination of Abas for a term expiring on 02 February 2022 vice Comelec Chair Andres D. Bautista.
Abas, 39, who has been Comelec Commissioner since April 28, 2015, is a native of Cotabato City. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from the Notre Dame University, Cotabato City in 1999 and his Bachelor of Laws degree from the Ateneo de Davao University, Davao City in 2004. A lawyer by profession, he was a general practitioner/partner of the Abas, Dalig and Abas Law Offices in Cotabato City from May 2005 - June 2007 and entered the academe as a professor at the College of Law of the Notre Dame University from 2006 - 2009. His government service started in 2007 when he served as Attorney V at the Regional Office No. 12 of the Civil Service Commission (CSC) in Cotabato City. READ MORE ...
tehankee.dfaCA confirms Teehankee’s nomination to the DFA, bypasses DAR Secretary Castriciones
(Date Published: 23 March 2018)
 

The last session day before Congress adjourned for the Lenten break yielded the Commission on Appointments (CA) confirmation of the nomination of Manuel Antonio Javier Teehankee as Permanent Representative of the Republic of the Philippines to the World Trade Organization in Geneva Switzerland, with the salary and emoluments of a Chief of Mission, Class I.

Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Sen. Panfilo M. Lacson recommended Teehankee’s nomination for confirmation at the plenary, duly seconded by Senators Miguel Zubiri and Ralph Recto, following two committee meetings, wherein Teehankee answered and clarified the issues raised against him. CA Chairman and Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III sealed Teehankee’s appointment before declaring the session’s adjournment. READ MORE..

 

SPSotto oathSenate President and CA Chair Pimentel resigns, Sotto assumes Senate, CA top post
(Date Published: 22 May 2018)
 
Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III, in a press conference on Monday morning, May 21, announced his decision to step down from his post and nominated Sen. Vicente “Tito” Sotto III to replace him as leader of the Upper Chamber. In his statement, at the press conference, Pimentel expressed how he tried his best in doing his job and pledged to help his successor pass pro-people legislation consistent with the legislative agenda of the President. “It has been an honor and a privilege for me to serve the Senate as its President, a position once held by my father... It was his example I had tried to emulate during my time at the helm of the Senate,” he said.
 
 In his nomination speech for Sotto as Senate President later in the plenary, Pimentel thanked his colleagues for giving him “the singular opportunity to preside over the affairs of our beloved institution in the last 22 months.” He also thanked the entire Senate family for the support they have shown him. READ MORE ...

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Senior/Ranking Officers get CA approval; DAR Secretary deferred
(Date Published: 14 March)

Atty. Roland Cafe Pondoc’s nomination as Commissioner, Commission on Audit, for a term expiring on 02 February 2025 vice Isabel B. Dasalla-Agito and the ad interim appointments/nominations of 19 Senior/Ranking Officers from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) passed the scrutiny of the members of the Commission on Appointments (CA), today, March 14, 2018, during its plenary session presided by Senate President/Chairman of the Commission Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III.

The Commissioner’s nomination sailed through at the committee level without hitches. Sen. Cynthia A. Villar, chairperson of the CA Committee on Constitutional Commissions and Offices recommended for the approval of Pondoc’s nomination to the plenary with no objections raised... READ MORE...

 
  1. Ad interim appointments of one major general, one colonel reservist, and nominations of AFP reservist legislators get CA consent
  2. Five AFP Senior Officers Breeze through the CA, Notable Officials up for Confirmation
  3. MAYOR INDAY SARA DUTERTE JOINS AFP RANKS FOR CONFIRMATION
  4. DFA senior officials, AFP ranking officers get CA approval
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