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(Eagle News) — The Commission on Appointments on Tuesday, June 4, confirmed the appointment of a new Judicial and Bar Council member. Apart from confirming the ad interim appointment of retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Noel Tijam, who will represent the academe in the body, the CA also approved the promotions of around 50 military officials. Below is a list: Leonarda Varilla to Colonel, Dental Service Pedro Agapito to Colonel, Philippine Air Force Julieta […]
(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 Supreme Court on Tuesday, Dec. 4, came up with its own list of recommended candidates for the post of associate justice of the High Court. Included in the list submitted to the Judicial and Bar Council were Court of Appeals Justice Manuel Barrios, with seven votes; Justice Ramon Bato, Jr., with six votes; Justice Ramon Garcia, also with six votes; and SC Court Administrator Jose Midas Marquez, also with six votes. […]
(Eagle News) — In a landmark ruling that has “far-reaching implications,” the Supreme Court said that impeachable government officials, including those appointed in office, are subject to review by the highest court of the land, especially those whose qualifications and eligibility are found to be lacking. “This is an opportune time for this Court to exact accountability by examining whether there was been strict compliance with the legal and procedural requirements in the appointment […]
(Eagle News) — The Coalition for Justice on Thursday, April 12, slammed the refusal of five Supreme Court justices to inhibit from the quo warranto case against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. In a statement, the CFJ said the refusal of Associate Justices Teresita De Castro, Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin, Francis Jardeleza and Noel Tijam to recuse themselves was a “a clear repudiation of due process, established jurisprudence and the Code of Judicial Conduct.” “This […]
(Eagle News)–The Coalition for Justice (CFJ) is urging the Supreme Court en banc to order its five supposedly biased members to inhibit from the quo warranto case against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. The CFJ said Justices Teresita de Castro, Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin, Francis Jardeleza, and Noel Tijam should be told to inhibit if they refuse to inhibit themselves “to preserve (the SC’s) credibility as an institution mandated to dispense justice.” “To allow its members to brazenly […]
(Eagle News) — Supreme Court Associate Justice Teresita de Castro did not attend the resumption of hearings on the impeachment complaint against SC Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno on Monday. But Rep. Rey Umali, chair of the House justice panel hearing the complaint, said she expressed willingness to attend the same should the SC en banc give her the approval to do this. Umali said apart from De Castro, Associate Justice Noel Tijam, SC spokesperson […]
