CA Associate Justice Mas takes oath of office before Chief Justice Gesmundo

Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) Judge Ana Marie Train Mas took her oath of office this afternoon, Jan. 31, before Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo as associate justice of the Court of Appeals (CA).
The oat-taking was held at the Supreme Court’s (SC) session hall on Padre Faura Street, Ermita, Manila.
Justice Mas took over the post vacated in 2019 by then CA Associate Justice Edgardo L. Delos Santos who was promoted SC justice but later retired optionally in June 2021.
Her appointment was the fifth in the CA released by President Duterte for this month of January.
Earlier appointed were CA Associate Justices Jennifer Joy Chua Ong, Michael P. Ong, Maximo M. De Leon, and Jacinto Gavino Fajardo Jr.
Justices Chua Ong, Ong, and De Leon have taken their oaths of office before Chief Justice Gesmundo and thereafter assumed their posts in the appellate court.
It was not known immediately if Justice Fajardo has also taken his oath and assumed his new CA post.