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(Eagle News) — Court of Appeals Justice Jhosep Ylarde Lopez has been appointed to the Supreme Court. President Rodrigo Duterte signed his appointment on Jan. 25. Lopez replaced CA Associate Justice Priscilla Baltazar Padilla, who opted for early retirement. Padilla was appointed by President Duterte to the High Court in July last year. Before his stint at the CA, Lopez was chief Manila City prosecutor and served as Manila City councilor. He is a graduate […]
(Eagle News)–Justice Ricardo Rosario is the newest member of the Supreme Court. The SC made the announcement on Friday, Oct. 9. With his appointment, Rosario becomes the 189th associate justice of the High Court, the SC said. Prior to this, he was associate justice of the Court of Appeals for 15 years and was chair of the ninth division, “As the newest member of the High Court, we are confident that Justice Rosario would advocate […]
(Eagle News)–Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has been nominated to the post of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. But Guevarra declined the nomination made by retired Sandiganbayan Associate Justice Raoul Victorino, even if he acknowledged “this may very well be my last chance to go for it considering the new rules on appointment to the Supreme Court adopted recently by the Judicial and Bar Council of which I myself am a member. He said it […]
(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 […]
