NEW CA SECRETARY: Senate President Manuel B. Villar Jr. swears in lawyer Ma. Gemma D. Aspiras as the new Secretary of the Commission on Appointments vice Atty. Arturo L. Tiu. Ms. Aspiras, former chief of staff of the Senate President, had been the legal counsel of CNP Homes before joining the Senate in 2002. She placed 15th in the 1990 bar examinations. (Photo by Romeo Bugante, PRIB)