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(Eagle News) — This time around, Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio will be vying for the Chief Justice position following Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo de Castro’s retirement on Wednesday, Oct. 10. Carpio had declined to be nominated following Maria Lourdes Sereno’s ouster as Chief Justice, saying he had voted against her ouster via a quo warranto petition in the first place. This time though, Carpio has said there was no reason for him to decline […]
(Eagle News) — The Judicial and Bar Council will open the nomination for the post of Chief Justice on Sept. 29 with the looming mandatory retirement of Chief Justice Teresita de Castro. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, JBC ex-officio member, said the deadline for the submission of requirements is Oct. 15. De Castro will reach the mandatory age of retirement of 70 on Oct. 8, 2018. The five most senior Associate Justices of the Supreme Court […]
(Eagle News) –Solicitor General Jose Calida on Tuesday, Sept. 11, lauded the House justice panel’s dismissal of the impeachment complaints filed against the seven Supreme Court justices who voted to oust Maria Lourdes Sereno as Chief Justice. “The (Office of the Solicitor General) and the Filipino people laud the House Committee on Justice for junking these frivolous impeachment cases against the ‘True Magnificent Seven’ who just performed their solemn duty of interpreting the Constitution even […]
(Eagle News)–The House justice panel has junked the impeachment complaints filed against seven Supreme Court justices who voted for the ouster of then-Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. With a vote of 23-1, members of the panel declared as insufficient in substance the complaints against now-Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo-De Castro, Justices Lucas Bersamin, Francis Jardeleza, Andres Reyes Jr., Alexander Gesmundo, and Noel Tijam. The panel had earlier found the complaints filed by several opposition lawmakers including […]
(Eagle News) — Supreme Court employees and officials came out in full force on Monday, Sept. 3, the first flag ceremony of the Supreme Court under the new Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo De Castro. The even dubbed as “Blue Monday” saw many of the officials and employees wearing blue, including De Castro herself, who wore a blue dress. Of the 12 other justices of the Supreme Court, only Associate Justice Benjamin Caguioa was not […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, Aug. 31, administered the ceremonial oath of office to Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo-De Castro, who replaced Maria Lourdes Sereno following her ouster. This was days after De Castro officially took her oath of office before the Supreme Court en banc. De Castro will serve as Chief Justice until October, when she reaches the mandatory age of retirement. De Castro was among those who voted to oust Sereno as Chief […]
(Eagle News)–Supreme Court Associate Justice Teresita Leonardo-De Castro on Tuesday, Aug. 28, took her oath as the country’s new Chief Justice. SC administrator Midas Marquez confirmed De Castro , who arrived in the SC around 8 a.m., took her oath in front of the Supreme Court en banc led by Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio. After the oath-taking, De Castro presided over the en banc session. She is also expected to preside over the oral […]
(Eagle News) — Newly appointed Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo-De Castro will take her oath before President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, Aug. 31, Special Assistant to the President Bong Go said. “CJ appointee Justice De Castro has communicated to OP [Office of the President] that she will endeavor to take her oath at the earliest time as soon as SC [Supreme Court] is in receipt of her appointment paper that she may assume and enter into […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, Aug. 27, defended his appointment of Supreme Court Associate Justice Teresita de Castro as Chief Justice. “Kung sino ‘yung nauna pumasok, siya ‘yung unang ma-promote and that would go for everybody,” Duterte told reporters at the Libingan ng mga Bayani in Taguig City. According to Duterte, “I am not familiar with) any of them actually.” “Wala akong kilalang justice na ‘yung personal. Truthfully, I have not talked to anyone there. […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Sunday, Aug. 25, dismissed allegations Supreme Court Associate Justice Teresita de Castro’s appointment as Chief Justice was a reward for her role in the ouster of Maria Lourdes Sereno as Chief Magistrate. “Wala pong saysay ‘yan,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. According to Roque, President Rodrigo Duterte, who picked the new Chief Justice from a shortlist provided by the Judicial and Bar Council, “upheld judicial professionalism by appointing most senior of […]
(Eagle News)—Several lawmakers who are also known critics of President Rodrigo Duterte questioned on Saturday, Aug. 25, his pick for the Chief Justice post. Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman in a statement said Supreme Court Associate Justice Teresita de Castro’s appointment was her “reward” for her “starring role” in the ouster of Maria Lourdes Sereno as Chief Justice. De Castro was among seven SC justices who voted to grant Solicitor General Jose Calida’s quo warranto petition […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Francis Pangilinan on Saturday, Aug. 25, questioned the appointment of Supreme Court Associate Justice Teresita de Castro as the new Chief Justice, calling her an “endo CJ.” “Why appoint someone who will only sit as Chief Justice for less than two months?” Pangilinan, president of the opposition Liberal Party, asked. De Castro is slated to retire on October 10, 2018, when she reaches the mandatory retirement age of 70 for justices. “What public purpose […]
