Commission on appointments confirms position of four Cabinet members and five envoys but defers DOH secretary’s confirmation. The Commission on Appointments deferred the interim appointment of Dr. Paulyn Jean B. Rossell-Ubial as secretary of the Department of Health due to the reservation made by Rep. Harry Roque during the plenary session. However, without opposition, the … Read more
President Duterte has to issue another appointment if he wants to retain 15 of his Cabinet members who were bypassed. The appointment of 15 Cabinet members of President Rodrigo Duterte were not approved by the Commission on Appointments (CA) before the Congress took a break for the Halloween. Technically, it is called a “bypass”, which … Read more
The DOE chief failed to convince the Commission on Appointments on some salient points of inquiry and so he failed to get his confirmation in return. Mr. Alfonso Cusi failed to get a confirmation of his appointment as secretary of the Department of Energy (DOE) after he failed to provide the data requested by the … Read more