APPROVED. The nominations / ad interim appointments of 24 Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) senior officers were confirmed and given consent to by the Commission on Appointments (CA), in today’s hybrid plenary session, presided over by Senate President/Chairperson of the Commission Vicente C. Sotto III. The CA Committee on National Defense, presided over in-person continue reading : CA confirms nominations / ad interim appointments of 24 AFP senior officers

MERIT AND FITNESS CONFIRMED. The Commission on Appointments (CA), in today’s hybrid plenary session presided over by Senate President / CA Chairperson Vicente C. Sotto III,  confirmed the ad interim appointment of Hon. Jose Catral Mendoza as Member, representing the Retired Justices of the Supreme Court, Judicial and Bar Council (JBC), Supreme Court of the continue reading : JBC member, 19 DFA senior officials and 32 other senior military officers get CA nod

CONFIRMED: HAIL THE CHIEF! The Commission on Appointments (CA) gave its consent to the nomination of Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief Lieutenant General Jose C. Faustino Junior to the rank of General and approved the nominations / ad interim appointments of 40 other senior military officers in its hybrid plenary session, presided by continue reading : AFP Chief General Faustino, LtGen. Bacarro and 39 other senior military officers pass CA scrutiny

SCRUTINIZED. Thirty-nine AFP senior officers stand in a snappy salute at the start of the Commission on Appointments (CA) hybrid plenary session presided over by Senate President / CA Chairperson Vicente C. Sotto III. The CA confirmed their promotions on the same day that their nominations/ad interim appointments were scrutinized at the defense panel presided continue reading : Thirty-nine AFP senior officers get CA confirmation, deliberation on MGen. Bacarro’s nomination deferred

CALL OF DUTY. (L) Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany Eduardo Eco Kapunan, Jr. and (R) Brigadier General Jose Augusto V. Villareal stand before the Commission on Appointments (CA) in a hybrid plenary session, presided over by Senate President / CA Chairperson Vicente C. Sotto III. The Commission confirmed their appointments together with the continue reading : Twenty DFA senior officials and 40 other senior military officers secure CA nod

CONFIRMED. The Commission on Appointments (CA), in plenary session presided over by Senate President / CA Chairperson Vicente C. Sotto III, gave its consent to the nominations of Major General Andres C. Centino, Capt. Ruben B. Fajardo, Jr., PN and Col. Raul P. Villanueva, to the ranks of Lieutenant General, Commodore and Brigadier General in continue reading : Nominations of three AFP senior officers get CA consent, CA elects Pangilinan as new Member

GREEN LIGHTS ON. (L) Confirmed National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Secretary Karl Kendrick T. Chua, 16 Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) senior officials and 28 Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) senior officers take to heart the singing of the Philippine national anthem at the start of the Commission on Appointments (CA) hybrid plenary continue reading : CA green lights ‘ON’ for NEDA chief, 16 DFA senior officials and 28 AFP senior officers

FIST BUMP. (L) Rep. Luis “Jon-Jon” Ferrer IV, Commission on Appointments (CA) defense committee chairperson, congratulates two of the 50 AFP senior officers whose nominations were given consent to by the Commission. (R) Rear Admiral Antonio C. Palces stands before the Commission in a hybrid plenary session, presided over by Senate President / CA Chairperson continue reading : Forty-four ad interim appointments and six nominations of senior officers in the AFP get CA approval

SNAPPY SALUTE. (L) Brigadier General Henry M. Doyaoen stands in a snappy salute at the start of the Commission on Appointments (CA) plenary session presided over by Senate President / CA Chairperson Vicente C. Sotto III. The CA gave its consent to the nomination of Doyaoen to the rank of Major General. (R) Newly elected continue reading : CA gives consent to the nomination of one AFP senior officer, elects Recto as new CA Member

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