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By Moira Encina Eagle News Service Supreme Court Associate Justice Teresita de Castro is the new Chief Justice. This is according to Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, who said he was informed Special Assistant to the President Bong Go himself announced publicly President Rodrigo Duterte’s choice, and that her appointment will be officially released by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea on Tuesday. De Castro was chosen by President Duterte from the shortlist submitted by the Judicial […]
By Moira Encina Eagle New Service The Judicial and Bar Council on Friday, Aug. 24, shortlisted three Supreme Court associate justices for the post of Chief Justice. According to Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, JBC voting member, Associate Justice Teresita Leonardo-De Castro got six votes; Associate Justice Diosdado Peralta, six; and Associate Justice Lucas Bersamin, five. Associate Justice Andres Reyes, Jr. and Davao court Judge Virginia Tejano-Ang were dropped from the shortlist. The shortlisting of De Castro, […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Friday, Aug. 24, expressed confidence the impeachment complaints filed against the seven Supreme Court justices who voted for the ouster of Maria Lourdes Sereno as Chief Justice will be dismissed. “Naniniwala po kami na walang merito iyan at inaasahan namin na mababasura kaagad iyan ng Committee on Justice,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in an interview over radio dzRH. According to Roque, it was the SC’s mandate to act […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service For Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, the impeachment complaints filed against four candidates vying for the Chief Justice post have no effect on their nomination. In issuing the statement, Guevarra, also a member of the Judicial and Bar Council, contradicted Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman, who said Supreme Court Justices Lucas Bersamin, Teresita De Castro, Diosdado Peralta and Andres Reyes Jr. would be disqualified from vying for the post left vacated […]
(Eagle News) — Impeachment complaints have been filed against the seven Supreme Court justices who voted to oust Maria Lourdes Sereno as Chief Justice. Facing the charges stated in the complaints filed by Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman, together with Gary Alejano, Teddy Baguilat and Tom Vilarin, on Thursday, Aug. 23, were Associate Justices Teresita Leonardo-De Castro, Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin, Alexander Gesmundo, Andres Reyes Jr., Francis Jardeleza and Noel Tijam. Bersamin, Peralta, Reyes Jr. and […]
(Eagle News) — The five candidates for the post of Chief Justice are slated to be interviewed by the Judicial and Bar Council today, Aug. 16. Facing the seven-man team are SC Associate Justices Teresita Leonardo-de Castro, Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin, Andres Reyes Jr., and Davao del Norte Regional Trial Court Branch 1 Judge Virginia Tejano-Ang. The interviews of Bersamin, De Castro and Peralta are scheduled from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. The interviews of […]
(Eagle News) — The Judicial and Bar Council will interview all five candidates for the position of Chief Justice on August 16. The Supreme Court’s Public Information Office said the public interview at the High Court’s division hearing room will start around 9 a.m. The proceedings, the SC said, will be live-streamed by its PIO. The Chief Justice post aspirants are SC Associate Justices Teresita Leonardo-de Castro, Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin and Andres Reyes Jr. […]
(Eagle News)– Supreme Court Associate Justice Lucas Bersamin has accepted his nomination as Chief Justice. Justice Menardo Guevarra confirmed this development on Wednesday, July 25. Guevarra is a member of the Judicial and Bar Council, which is tasked to screen the nominees. Under JBC rules, all five senior justices of the SC are automatically nominated to the Chief Justice post, but they have to formally accept the nomination. The other senior justices were Chief Justice […]
(Eagle News) — Supporters of ousted Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno said the Supreme Court’s decision to reprimand her for criticizing her former colleagues was a move to “gag criticism and opposition.” “The Supreme Court has effectively transformed itself from a means of truth and justice to a menace to those who seek them,” the Coalition for Justice said in a statement on Friday, July 20. According to the group, “that the High Tribunal would […]
(Eagle News) — Ousted Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno is welcome to join the Liberal Party slate if she decides to run for the Senate in 2019, Senator Francis Pangilinan said. According to Pangilinan, the LP president, Sereno “would be a strong addition” if that was the case. “And if she is willing to help us lead and she wishes to lead the opposition, we welcome all efforts at uniting the opposition so that we […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Tuesday, June 19, urged the public to respect the Supreme Court decision that upheld with finality Maria Lourdes Sereno’s ouster as Chief Justice. “Like it or hate it, we have to succumb to the SC decision that is now a final and executory decision,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. According to Roque, “ang hinihingi ng Presidente (Rodrigo Duterte) ngayon ay magsama sama muli ang samabayanang Pilipino.” Roque said the President […]
By Meanne Corvera and Moira Encina Eagle News Service The 90-day period within which the post of Chief Justice should be filled begins today, June 19, the Supreme Court said. SC Spokesperson Theodore Te made the statement in a press conference on the same day, right after announcing the High Court’s upholding of its earlier decision that nullified Maria Lourdes Sereno’s appointment as chief magistrate. As such, the Judicial and Bar Council is expected to […]
