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(Eagle News)—Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta on Tuesday, Dec. 31, expressed hope the reforms he presented in the judiciary “will soon gain traction in the new year to come.” “These reforms are geared towards providing swift, efficient, fair, and responsive justice for all Filipinos regardless of stature,” he said. He said for these initiatives to succeed, though, “not only do we need the active participation o everyone in the judiciary, but more importantly the support of […]
(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)–Newly appointed Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta has announced the justices who will comprise the House of Representatives and Senate electoral tribunals. In special order number 2725, to sit as chair of the SET for the adjudication of cases was Justice Estela Perlas-Bernabe. The tribunal’s regular members are Justices Alfredo Caguioa and Alexander Gesmundo. To serve as chair of HRET on the other hand is Justice Marvic Leonen. The members of tribunal are Justices Andres […]
(Eagle News)–Newly appointed Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta has shuffled justices’ assignments in the three divisions of the High Court. According to Special Order No. 2724, the Chief Justice shall sit as chair of the first division, whose working chair was Justice Alfredo Caguioa, and members are Justices Jose Reyes Jr., Amy Lazaro-Javier and Henri Jean Paul Inting. In the second division, Justice Estela Perlas-Bernabe shall sit as chair, with division members Justices Andres Reyes Jr., […]
(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 […]
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 […]
