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(Eagle News) — Associate Justice Alexander Gesmundo is the new Chief Justice. The Palace on Monday, April 5, said President Rodrigo Duterte appointed Gesmundo to the post left vacated by Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta in March. Peralta had retired a year earlier than his required mandatory requirement. According to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, the Palace trusts that Gesmundo will “uphold judicial excellence and independence, implement the rule of law and lead reforms to uphold the […]
(Eagle News)–Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta ordered all courts in the country to “drastically reduce operations” starting today, March 16, until April 15. The chief justice said there shall be no work in all courts, court offices, division, sections and units including in the Supreme Court except in courts and court offices concerned with the resolution of urgent matters and cases, the payments of salaries in the judiciary, the release of the results of the […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed retired Supreme Court Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin to be the new chairperson of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), according to a recent statement by Malacañang. Bersamin has already taken his oath of office. He was initially designated as a member of the GSIS Board of Trustees on Feb. 6, but was later nominated to chair the GSIS, which was also approved by President Duterte. Noting his […]
(Eagle News)–Newly installed Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta on Monday, Oct. 28, laid out his ten-point program as the country’s top magistrate, thanking President Rodrigo Duterte for the opportunity to serve. In his first speech as Chief Justice during the SC’s flag ceremony, Peralta said under his ten-point program, he wishes to eliminate backlog in the SC and other courts, continue to revise the Rules of Court and other rules of procedure so they will become […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Oct. 24, administered the oath of newly appointed Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta. Peralta was appointed to the post following the retirement of Lucas Bersamin after he reached the mandatory age of retirement last week. Peralta was one of two Supreme Court justices shortlisted by the Judicial and Bar Council to the Chief Justice post who obtained the highest number of votes from council members. The other was Justice Estela […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Panfilo Lacson on Thursday, Oct. 24, hailed the appointment of Diosdado Peralta as the new Chief Justice. According to Lacson, “the President couldn’t have chosen a better qualified” top magistrate. “Chief Justice Peralta is backed by a wealth of judicial experience, having started his career as a prosecutor, then as RTC judge, Sandiganbayan presiding justice and a Senior Associate Justice of the Court for more than a decade,” Lacson said. He said Peralta […]
(Eagle News) –The Supreme Court announced its new Chief Justice, Associate Justice Diosdado M. Peralta, after he was chosen for the top post by President Rodrigo Duterte. Malacanang forwarded Peralta’s appointment papers signed by President Duterte to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, Oct. 23, along with the directive from Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea to Acting Supreme Court Chief Justice Antonio Carpio to immediately “notify and furnish” Peralta with his appointment paper. Peralta becomes the […]
(Eagle News)–The Judicial and Bar Council has shortlisted three Supreme Court justices for the Chief Justice post. Shortlisted for the post to be vacated by Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin on Oct. 17 were Justice Diosdado Peralta, Justice Estela Perlas-Bernabe and Justice Andres Bernal Reyes Jr. Peralta and Perlas-Bernabe got seven votes each while Reyes got four. From those initially interviewed by the JBC for the post, Justice Jose Reyes, Jr. who was ninth in rank, […]
(Eagle News)–Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin on Monday, Oct. 14, urged Supreme Court personnel and officials to be “constant” in their loyalty to the judiciary. Bersamin also urged them to be “steadfast in the fealty to the letter and spirit of the constitution and to the rule of law” as he led his last flag-raising ceremony as Chief Justice. Bersamin is slated to retire on Oct. 17. “All I ask as I exit from the judiciary […]
(Eagle News)–The Judicial and Bar Council has nominated nine people for the position of SC Associate Justice to President Rodrigo Duterte. Nominated for the post to be left vacant by Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio when he retires on Oct. 26 were Court of Appeals Associate Justices Manuel Mejorada Barrios, Edgardo Lao delos Santos, Japar Babay Dimaampao, Ramon del Rosario Garcia, Jhosep Ylarde Lopez, Pablito Alhambra Perez, Ricardo de Rivera Rosario, and Maria Filomena Dumandan […]
Associate Justices Perlas-Bernabe, Peralta accept nomination; Reyes files application (Eagle News)–Supreme Court Associate Justice Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa has declined the en banc’s nomination of him to the post of Chief Justice, bringing to three the senior justices who have so far refused to be considered to the top magistrate post. Apart from Caguioa, of the five most senior justices who are automatically nominated to the post of Chief Justice, two others have already declined their […]
(Eagle News)–Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio has declined his automatic nomination for Chief Justice. Carpio made the confirmation in a text message on Tuesday, Aug. 20. “Yes, I am declining because there are only 8 days left from the vacancy to my compulsory retirement,” he said. Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin is slated to retire on Oct. 18, while Carpio will retire on Oct. 26. The five most senior justices of the SC are automatically nominated […]
