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Two Cabinet members, Marine Col. Marcelino, others get CA nod

(Eagle News) — The Commission on Appointments on Wednesday, Feb. 6, confirmed the appointments of two Cabinet members. Apart from Eduardo Año, who was confirmed as Interior secretary, and Rolando Bautista who was confirmed as secretary of the  Department of Social Welfare and Development, confirmed were Aileen Lizada as commissioner of the Civil Service Commission and 43 military officials, including Marine  Col. Ferdinand Marcelino, who faced drug charges in 2016. In May 2017, the Department of Justice, […]

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Commission on Appointments confirms nomination of Madrigal as AFP chief

Appointments of 9 others also confirmed (Eagle News) — The Commission on Appointments on Wednesday, Jan. 30, confirmed the appointments of several individuals, including that of General  Benjamin Madrigal Jr. as Armed Forces of the Philippines chief. Also confirmed were Brigadier General Virgilio Bartolome, Lt. General Noel Clement and seven officials of the Department of Foreign Affairs. The seven DFA officials were: Leah Basinang-Ruiz as Ambassador to the Republic of Poland with concurrent jurisdiction over Ukraine, […]

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UPDATED: CA approves Locsin’s appointment as DFA secretary

(Eagle News) — The Commission on Appointments on Wednesday, Nov. 28, approved the appointment of Teodoro Locsin, Jr. as Foreign Affairs Secretary. Nobody opposed Locsin’s confirmation at the plenary, which took up the matter after the CA’s foreign affairs committee made the recommendation earlier in the day. Locsin was appointed at the helm of the Department of Foreign Affairs by President Rodrigo Duterte, following the resignation of Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano. Cayetano resigned […]

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Lacson: Locsin getting CA confirmation as DFA chief “easier than singing in shower”

(Eagle News) — For Senator Panfilo Lacson, Teodoro Locsin Jr. getting the confirmation of the Commission on Appointments as Foreign Affairs secretary will be “easier than singing in the shower.” Lacson, chair of the foreign affairs panel, made the comment in a Tweet on Friday, Nov. 23, days before the CA was expected to take up Locsin’s appointment. President Rodrigo Duterte handpicked Locsin to replace then-Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, who resigned to run […]

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Duterte appoints CA justice to Supreme Court post

(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has a new associate justice. President Rodrigo Duterte appointed  Court of Appeals justice Ramon Paul Hernando to the position left vacated by now-Ombudsman Samuel Martires a week after the Judicial and Bar Council submitted to him its official shortlist. Apart from Hernando, the shortlist included CA Justices Japar Dimaampao, Ramon Garcia, Manuel Barrios, Apolinario Bruselas Jr. , Rosmari Carandang Edgardo delos Santos and Amy Lazaro-Javier. Supreme Court Administrator Jose Midas Marquez […]

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CA junks Rappler’s petition vs SEC ruling

(Eagle News)–The Court of Appeals has junked the petition for review filed by online news site Rappler Inc. and Rappler Holdings Inc. against the decision of the Securities and Exchange Commission to revoke their certificate of incorporation. In a 72-page decision, the CA Special 12th Division denied the SEC had committed grave abuse of discretion when it made the revocation for what it said were Rappler Inc.’s and Rappler Holdings Inc.’s  violation of the Constitution and foreign-equity […]

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CA junks OSG’s appeal for Mary Jane Veloso to be allowed to testify via deposition vs alleged illegal recruiters

By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Court of Appeals has denied the Office of the Solicitor General’s appeal for a Nueva Ecija judge to observe the deposition of Mary Jane Veloso–a death row inmate in Indonesia–against her alleged illegal recruiters who are detained in Nueva Ecija. In junking the OSG’s motion for reconsideration of the  former eleventh division’s December 13, 2017 decision, the division reiterated that the right of the accused, in this case Maria […]

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3 Cabinet execs, several others get CA nod

(Eagle News) — Three Cabinet members and several others were confirmed by the Commission on Appointments on Wednesday, May 30. Confirmed as Tourism, Justice and Agrarian Reform secretaries, respectively, were Bernadette Romulo-Puyat, Menardo Guevarra and John Castriciones. Puyat was appointed to head the tourism department after Wanda Teo resigned over a P60-million advertisement placement deal. Guevarra was also appointed following the resignation of Vitaliano Aguirre III, who faced public indignation over a Department of Justice’s panel […]

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Guevarra gets CA nod as justice secretary

(Eagle News)–The Commission on Appointments on Wednesday, May 30, confirmed the appointment of Menardo Guevarra as Justice Secretary. Guevarra’s confirmation came a day after Bernadette Romulo-Puyat was confirmed as Tourism Secretary. Guevarra was deputy executive director before he was appointed to head the justice department, whose then-secretary, Vitaliano Aguirre III, resigned following public indignation over a DOJ panel of prosecutors dismissal of drug charges filed against self-confessed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa and others.  

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UPDATED: Abas gets CA nod as Comelec chair

By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The Commission on Appointments on Wednesday, May 23, confirmed the appointment of Sheriff Abas as chair of the Commission on Elections. No one  in the plenary dissented to the confirmation of Abas, 39, who replaced  Andres Bautista following his resignation over allegations of ill-gotten wealth against him. During questioning by the CA, Abas said that the Comelec was open to the conduct of hybrid elections in 2019, but that so […]

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Sacramento residents protest against police shooting

SACRAMENTO, CA (Eagle News) –On Thursday evening just a few blocks from the state capitol, community members rallied together to protest what they consider as an injustice for Stephon Clark. According to protesters, Clark was an unarmed man who was shot 20 times by Sacramento Police Department. The protest blocked the path of people trying to enter the Sacramento King’s NBA Basketball Game being held at the Golden 1 Center in downtown Sacramento. Clark, an African American […]

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