{"id":82100,"date":"2016-10-12T06:23:35","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T10:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=82100"},"modified":"2025-01-09T16:14:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T21:14:53","slug":"commission-confirms-appointment-pco-chief-andanar-3-cabinet-secretaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/10\/12\/commission-confirms-appointment-pco-chief-andanar-3-cabinet-secretaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Commission confirms appointment of PCO chief Andanar, 3 other cabinet secretaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_78085\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-78085\" style=\"width: 851px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Press-Secretary-Martin-Andanar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-78085\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Press-Secretary-Martin-Andanar.jpg\" alt=\"Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Secretary Martin Andanar. (PCO photo)\" width=\"851\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Press-Secretary-Martin-Andanar.jpg 851w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Press-Secretary-Martin-Andanar-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Press-Secretary-Martin-Andanar-768x394.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 851px) 100vw, 851px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-78085\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Secretary Martin Andanar. (PCO photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013 The Commission on Appointments (CA) confirmed Wednesday the appointment of four cabinet officials, namely the secretaries of energy, finance, labor and the Presidential Communications Office (PCO).<\/p>\n<p>After being deferred last week for failing to provide the commission with data requested, the appointment of Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi was confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Also confirmed were Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, and PCO Secretary Martin Andanar.<\/p>\n<p>Senate President Pro-Tempore Franklin Drilon committed to vote for Andanar\u2019s confirmation, but questioned if PCO secretaries usually need confirmation.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy buspar online <a href=\"https:\/\/newleafcounselinggroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/buspar.html\">newleafcounselinggroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/buspar.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Drilon stressed that the 1987 Constitution states that since the PCO secretary heads an office and not a department, he should no longer need confirmation.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy neurontin online <a href=\"https:\/\/newleafcounselinggroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/neurontin.html\">newleafcounselinggroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/neurontin.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>He further said that previous PCO secretaries, Herminio Coloma Jr. among others, did not go through confirmation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is the first time CA will hear the appointment of a PCO secretary. It will be a precedent that future secretaries may be subject to confirmation,\u201d Drilon said.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Alan Peter Cayetano agreed with Drilon but explained that secretaries who are heads of offices could also be confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Cayetano expressed support for the immediate confirmation of Andanar, noting that he has a tough job with many limitations.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy cialis soft tabs online <a href=\"https:\/\/newleafcounselinggroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/cialis-soft-tabs.html\">newleafcounselinggroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/cialis-soft-tabs.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013 The Commission on Appointments (CA) confirmed Wednesday the appointment of four cabinet officials, namely the secretaries of energy, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":78085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[11043,4693],"class_list":["post-82100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-andanar","tag-commission-on-appointments","mauthors-azer-parrocha","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82100"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":281892,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82100\/revisions\/281892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}