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JBC names nominees to 9 vacancies in CA, CTA, Sandiganbayan

Published Feb 24, 2021 03:13 pm

The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) has submitted to President Duterte its nominees to vacant posts in the Court of Appeals (CA), the Sandiganbayan, and the Court of Tax Appeals (CA).

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There were 36 nominees to six vacant posts in the CA; eight to the lone Sandiganbayan vacancy; and 15 to two CTA vacancies.

The JBC is the constitutional office that accepts, screens and nominates appointments to the judiciary.

The President can appoint judiciary members only from those nominated by the JBC.

The vacant positions in the CA were those left by Associate Justices Rodil Zalameda, Mario V. Lopez, Edgardo L. Delos Santos, and Samuel H. Gaerlan who were all promoted to the Supreme Court, and those left with the retirement of Associate Justices Luisa Q. Padilla and Jane Aurora C. Lantion.

Nominated to the CA vacant posts were Joeffre Willkom Acebido, Philip Acosta Aguinaldo, Selma palacio Alaras, Henry Sumaway Angeles, Eleuterio Larisma Bathan, Lorna Francisc Catris Chua Cheng, Ronald Chua Chua, Maria Celestina Castro Cruz Mangrobang, Lanee Sosing Cui David,

Mercedita Gozo Dadole Ygnacio, Maximo Mercado de Leon, Amado Paolo Calinog Dimayuga, Ma. Antonia Edita Claridades Dizon, Jacinto Gavino Fajardo Jr., Maria Milagros Nolasco Fernan Cayoya, Dorcas Perez Ferriols Perez, Carolina Cervantes Icasiano Sison,

Rogelio Gilzano Largo, Mary Josephine Dela Pena Lazaro, Ernilio Rodolfo Yabut Legaspi III, Perpetuo Tarnate Lucero Jr., Robert Victor Consunji Marcon, Ana Marie Train Mas, Rosalyn Dagami Mislos Loja, Mia Joy Crisostomo Oallares Cawed,

Jennifer Joy Chua Ong, Michael Pastores Ong, Lily Ann Marcos Padaen, Vilma Tumalivan Pauig, Marian Ivy Ferrer Reyes Fajardo, Maria Paz Rivera Reyes Yson, Alfonso Carbonel Ruiz II, Emily Laderas San Gaspas Gito, Jocelyn Arpon Solis Reyes, Rowena Nieves Adena Tan, and Merianthe Pacita Manzano Zuraek.

The eight nominees to the Sandiganbayan post that was left with the death last year of Associate Justice Reynaldo P. Cruz were Philip Acosta Aguinaldo, Lorna Francisca Catris Chua Cheng, Ronaldo Chua Chua, Lyn Chua Ebora Cacha, Dorcas Perez Ferriols Perez, Arthur Oliveros Malabaguio, Rodolfo Noel Saenz Quimbo, and Buenaventura Albert Jornales Tenorio Jr.

Nominated to the two CTA posts left by Associate Justices Cielito N. Mindaro Grulla and Esperanza R. Fabon Victorino who both retired last year were Henry Sumaway Angeles, Lorna Francisco Catris Chua Cheng, Maria Celestia Castro Cruz Mangrobang, Lanee Sosing Cui David, Vicky Chua Fernandez, Corazon Gonzales Ferrer Flores,

Mary Josephine Dela Pena Lazaro, John Zurbito Lee,  Mitushealla Reyes Manzareno Casifjo, Jose Carlito Mercado Montenegro, Jennifer Joy Chua Ong, Marian Ivy Ferrer Reyes Fajardo, Maria Paz Rivera Reyes Yson, Mark Anthony Pizarro Tamayo, and Rowena Nieves Adena Tan.

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