Supreme Court (SC) Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo will administer the oath of President-elect Bongbong Marcos on June 30, 2022. Incoming Executive Secretary Vic Rodriguez (Screenshot from Facebook live) This was confirmed to reporters Friday, June 3 by lawyer Vic Rodriguez, the designated...
House Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez on Monday commended the Supreme Court (SC) for taking the lead in issuing the rules and regulations on the use of body cameras by law enforcers, saying the the high court's "judicial activism" is “a breath of fresh air.” House deputy speaker and Cagayan de...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Saturday, July 10, the creation of a Technical Working Group (TWG) that will study and incorporate the rules on the use of the body-worn cameras issued by the Supreme Court to the existing protocols of the...
It is, in the words of Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo, that lawyers must “conduct themselves with honesty and integrity.” These two virtues were extolled by the Chief Justice during the oath-taking of the new officers and members of the Board of Governors of the Integrated Bar of the...
(Speech of Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo before the members of the Justice and Court Reporters Association, Justice Reporters Organization; officials and employees of the Judiciary on June 11, 2021.) I am pleased to speak before you today—my first chance to do so since my appointment as...
Centro Escolar University School of Law and Jurisprudence’s faculty member Hon. Alexander Gesmundo has been appointed as the 27th Chief Justice of the Philippines by President Rodrigo Duterte and took his oath before SC Senior Associate Justice Estela M. Perlas Bernabe on April 5, 2021. Hon....