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(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte appointed Court Administrator and former Supreme Court spokesperson Jose Midas Marquez as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. This was announced by acting presidential spokesperson Karlo Nograles on Tuesday, Nov. 16. Marquez, 55, was the 14th Court Administrator of the Supreme Court, and with his recent appointment, becomes the 192nd Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He replaced Justice Edgardo delos Santos who retired […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte has chosen Court of Appeals Justice Priscilla Baltazar-Padilla as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court to fill in the post vacated by Supreme Court Associate Justice Andres Reyes Jr., who retired last May. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the announcement on Thursday, July 16, in a brief statement. “This is to announce that Court of Appeals Justice Priscilla J. Baltazar-Padilla has been appointed as Associate Justice of the […]
(Eagle News) — The Judicial and Bar Council has shortlisted 13 candidates for the associate justice post left vacant by Lucas Bersamin, now the Chief Justice, in the Supreme Court. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, ex-officio JBC member, said Court of Appeals justices Edgardo delos Santos, Amy Lazaro-Javier, Eduardo Peralta, Ricardo Rosario, Japar Dimaampao, Ramon Garcia, Henri Inting, Jhosep Lopez, and Mario Lopez; Court of Tax Appeals Presiding Justice Roman Del Rosario; Sandiganbayan Presiding Justice Amparo Cabotaje-Tang; Court Administrator Jose […]
(Eagle News) — The Judicial and Bar Council has shortlisted ten individuals for the Supreme Court post to be left vacant by Associate Justice Noel Tijam when he retires on January 5. Topping the shortlist, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, JBC ex-officio member, said, were CA justices Manuel Barrios, Japar Dimaampao, and Amy Lazaro-Javier. The three got six votes each. Sandiganbayan Presiding Justice Amparo Cabotaje-Tang and CA justices Ramon Cruz, Ramon Garcia, and Mario Lopez received […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday, Dec. 4, came up with its own list of recommended candidates for the post of associate justice of the High Court. Included in the list submitted to the Judicial and Bar Council were Court of Appeals Justice Manuel Barrios, with seven votes; Justice Ramon Bato, Jr., with six votes; Justice Ramon Garcia, also with six votes; and SC Court Administrator Jose Midas Marquez, also with six votes. […]
Also draws up shortlist of 8 nominees to Associate Justice post (Eagle News) — The Judicial and Bar Council has officially begun its search for a new Chief Justice. In a statement, the Supreme Court said this was one of the actions taken by the JBC in its regular meeting on June 25, Monday. According to the SC, the deadline for the filing and completion of all requirements was July 26. The SC said the […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service Supreme Court Administrator Jose Midas Marquez is in the High Court en banc’s shortlist of nominees to replace Associate Justice Presbitero Velasco Jr., who will retire in August. Marquez garnered the second-most number of votes from the SC magistrates, who exercised their power to vote for their nominees after a respite from such an exercise when Maria Lourdes Sereno was. Chief Justice and ex-officio chairperson of the Judicial and […]
(Eagle News) — Supreme Court Associate Justice Teresita de Castro on Wednesday denied she had given a Manila Times reporter any information about a draft temporary restraining order which was allegedly tampered by Supreme Court Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno. “I have never released to Jomar Canlas any information, report, or document regarding the work of the Court,” De Castro said in a brief statement sent through SC Spokesperson Theodore Te. De Castro issued the statement […]
