THE Commission on Appointments (CA) confirmed the promotion of Presidential Security Group (PSG) commander Lope Dagoy to the rank of brigadier general during its Wednesday session. The appointments body approved Dagoy’s promotion even if he was not present during the confirmation hearing because he was on official mission with President Rodrigo Duterte in Russia. Senators Panfilo Lacson and Grogorio Honasan asked Sumayo about the alleged wiretapping operations of the latter’s team at the time. But he denied any knowledge on the supposed wiretapping of Garcillano and Arroyo. Sumayo, the current assistant deputy chief of staff for communications, then assured the members of the CA that he would not allow such incident to happen again.

Source: Manila Times May 24, 2017 14:03 UTC