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 MY HONOR: Newly elected Commission on Appointments (CA) Member Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa (PDP-LABAN) (middle), takes his oath before Senate President / CA Chairperson Vicente C. Sotto III (right) at the Senate. Former CA Member Sen. Francis “Tol” N. Tolentino (left) looks on. The Senate, on January 19, 2021, elected Dela Rosa as member of continue reading : Senator Dela Rosa takes oath as new CA Member
GREEN LIGHT: Senate President / CA Chairperson Vicente C. Sotto III, Sen. Panfilo M. Lacson and Sen. Francis “Tol” N. Tolentino pose for posterity with confirmed Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco Hon. Leslie Junio Baja (2nd from left) and Ambassador to Lebanon Hon. Raymond R. Balatbat (4th from left) after the Commission on Appointments’ continue reading : Two ambassadors, one foreign service officer course through CA
CONFIRMED: Senate President / CA Chairperson Vicente C. Sotto III, Sen. Francis “Tol” N. Tolentino, and Rep. Luis “Jon-Jon” A. Ferrer IV pose for posterity with confirmed Ambassador to the Netherlands Hon. Jose Eduardo E. Malaya III and 52 other Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) senior officers after the Commission on Appointments’ hybrid plenary continue reading : CA confirms PH ambassador to the Netherlands, one foreign service officer, and 52 other AFP senior officers
STAND TALL, SALUTE: Human Settlements and Urban Development Secretary Eduardo D. Del Rosario, together with 60 Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) senior officers, stand tall before the Philippine flag during the singing of the Philippine National Anthem at the start of the Commission on Appointments’ plenary session. Senate President / CA Chairperson Vicente C. continue reading : Housing Chief Del Rosario, 60 other AFP senior officers get CA nod
The 14 ad interim appointments and one nomination of Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) senior officers were confirmed and given consent to by the Commission on Appointments (CA), in today’s plenary session, presided over by Senate President/Chairperson of the Commission Vicente C. Sotto III. The CA Committee on National Defense, virtually presided over continue reading : Fifteen AFP senior officers’ promotion secure CA approval
The Commission on Appointments (CA), in today’s hybrid plenary session presided over by Senate President/Chairperson of the Commission Vicente C. Sotto III, confirmed the ad interim appointment of Mr. Toribio Elises Ilao, Jr. as Member of the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC). It also approved the ad interim appointments of 15 senior officers of the continue reading : JBC Member, 15 AFP officers get CA nod; deliberations on Housing chief’s appointment suspended anew
The Commission on Appointments (CA) gave its consent to the nomination of Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief Lieutenant General Gilbert I. Gapay to the rank of General and approved the ad interim appointments of 29 other senior military officers, today in its hybrid plenary session, presided by Senate President/Chairman of the Commission Vicente continue reading : AFP Chief General Gapay, 29 other senior military officers pass CA scrutiny
The Commission on Appointments (CA), in its first in-person and virtual plenary session today, presided by Senate President/Chairperson of the Commission Vicente C. Sotto III, adopted its amendment to the New Rules of the Commission to allow conduct of virtual sessions and confirmed the appointments of 15 top officers (14 ad interim appointments and one continue reading : CA amends Rules to allow conduct of virtual sessions, confirms Parlade, 14 other AFP generals
The Commission on Appointments (CA), in its plenary session today, confirmed the ad interim appointment of Hon. Wendel E. Avisado as secretary of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM). The appointments of four ranking officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), likewise, got the CA nod. Avisado, 66, a native of Surigao continue reading : Budget chief Avisado, four AFP ranking officers get CA nod