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(Eagle News)–The Judicial and Bar Council has opened applications for the posts of overall deputy Ombudsman and other posts. Applicants may submit their applications for the post left vacated by Melchor Carandang from June 20 to Aug. 4. Carandang was dismissed in 2018 for allegedly leaking the bank account statements of President Rodrigo Duterte and his family. His term was supposed to end on Oct. 14, but his dismissal became final in 2019. Those who […]
(Eagle News)-The Judicial and Bar Council is now accepting applications for vacant Legal Education Board posts and judicial posts. In a statement, the JBC said the positions of chair and regular members of LEB were now vacant following the lapse of the terms of LEB chair Emerson B. Aquende and regular member Zenaida N. Elepaño, representing the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, on January 13, 2019. The term of regular member Abelardo T. Domondon, representing […]
(Eagle News)-The Judicial and Bar Council has shortlisted five people to the post of associate justice in the Supreme Court. In the shortlist submitted to President Rodrigo Duterte were Manuel M. Barrios, Samuel M. Gaerlan, Ramon Garcia, Jhosep Lopez, Jose Midas Marquez and Eduardo Peralta Jr. Majority of those in the shortlist are CA justices: Gaerlan, Barrios, Garcia, Lopez and Peralta. Marquez is the Supreme Court administrator. The shortlist was signed by JBC chair Chief […]
(Eagle News)–The Judicial and Bar Council on Tuesday, Oct. 1, released the list of nominees for the position of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. The following are vying for the position: 1. Apolinario Dado Bruselas Jr. 2. Amparo M. Cabotaje-Tang 3. Ramon Alcala Cruz 4. Edgardo Lao delos Santos 5. Japar Babay Dimaampao 6. Samuel Hufano Gaerlan 7. Ramon del Rosario Garcia 8. Jhosep Ylarde Lopez 9. Mario Villamor Lopez 10. Jose Midas Pascual […]
(Eagle News)–The Judicial and Bar Council has asked Court of Tax Appeals associate justice applicant Maria Milagros-Fernan Cayosa to explain why she supposedly withheld pertinent information from her personal data sheet. In a letter dated April 26 and signed by JBC executive officer Annaliza Ty-Capacite, the council gave Fernan-Cayosa three days to explain in writing why she failed to disclose the “administrative matters” she was facing in her PDS notarized on Jan. 31. The JBC […]
(Eagle News)–Lawyer Larry Gadon on Thursday, March 28, formally opposed the application to the post of justice at the Court of Tax Appeals of a Judicial and Bar Council member who supposedly accepted the incomplete Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth of Maria Lourdes Sereno when she applied for the Chief Justice post. In opposing the application of Maria Milagros Fernan-Cayosa in a letter to Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin, the ex-officio chair 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 said it was now open to receiving applications and recommendations for the posts of Court of Appeals associate justices and Court of Tax Appeals associate justices. The JBC said the posts at the CA were made available following the appointment of CA Associate Justice Jose Reyes Jr. as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on Aug. 9, and the retirement of CA Associate Justices Magdangal De Leon, Renato […]
(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 Judicial and Bar Council on Friday, Nov. 23, released its short list of nominees for the post of Chief Justice for transmittal to the President. The short list includes Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, and Associate Justices Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin, Estela Perlas-Bernabe and Andres Reyes. All nominees were interviewed by the JBC behind closed doors. After the interviews, Carpio, Peralta, Bersamin and Bernabe got six votes; while Reyes got five. […]
(Eagle News) — The Judicial and Bar Council has shortlisted seven Court of Appeals justices for the position of Supreme Court Chief Justice. Included in the shortlist were Justices Manuel Mejorada Barrios, Apolinario Dado Bruselas, Edgardo Lao Delos Santos, Japar Babay Dimaampao, Ramon Del Rosario Garcia, Amy Carillo Lazaro-Javier and Rosmari Declaro Carandang. All of them garnered six votes, except for Carandang, who got five. Based on the Constitution, President Rodrigo Duterte will choose from the […]
(Eagle News)—The Judicial and Bar Council has released the names shortlisted for the position of Chief Justice. Included in the shortlist were Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio and Associate Justices Estela Perlas-Bernabe, Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin and Andres Reyes Jr. The shortlist will undergo scrutiny on Friday. Those shortlisted are vying for the position left vacant by Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo de Castro, who retired in October.
