The officers, trustees and members of the council of advisers of the Philippine Bar Association (PBA) for 2022 took their oaths of office on Wednesday, Feb. 9, before Supreme Court Associate Justice Jhosep Y. Lopez.
Photo shows those who took their oaths at the SC’s session hall (from left) Peter Irving C. Corvera, 3rd vice president; Ernestine Carmen Jo D. Villareal Fernando, 2nd vice president; Joel Raymond R. Ayson, 1st vice president; Rodelle B. Bolante, president; Justice Lopez; Jose Raulito E. Paras, trustee; Miguel Luis H. Orosa, trustee; Arnel Victor C. Valena, assistant corporate secretary; and Ruben O. Fruto, former president and now adviser.
In its website, PBA says: “PBA is the oldest voluntary national organization of lawyers in the Philippines. It traces its roots to the Colegio de Abogados de Filipinas organized on April 8, 1891 and the Bar Association organized by American lawyers in the Philippines in 1900.”