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The Judiciary is a co-equal branch of Government to the Executive and the Legislature. [ 30] Under the 1987 constitution, Judicial terms of office are out of sync with other offices such as the President of the Philippines, to promote independence. The President appoints individuals to the judiciary.
Delfín Jaranilla y Jebución (December 24, 1883 – June 4, 1980) was a Filipino judge. He served as the Attorney General of the Philippines from 1927 to 1932, as part of the American colonial Insular Government. [ 2] He was named Judge Advocate General and after the Japanese conquest of the Philippines was forced on the Bataan Death March .
Alexander Gesmundo. Alexander Gahon Gesmundo (born November 6, 1956) is serving as the chief justice of the Philippines since April 5, 2021. He replaced Diosdado Peralta, who retired early on March 27, 2021. [ 1] He previously served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court from 2017 to 2021.
Hilario Gelbolingo Davide Jr. GCSS KGCR (born December 20, 1935) is a Filipino lawyer, professor, [1] diplomat, [2] constitutionalist [3] and former politician, [4] who served as the 20th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines and Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of the Philippines to the United Nations. [5]
August 27, 2021. (2021-08-27) (aged 63) [ 1] Manila, Philippines. Priscilla Joson Baltazar-Padilla[ 2] (born Priscilla Joson Baltazar; July 2, 1958 – August 27, 2021) served as the 188th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines in 2020. She was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte to replace Associate Justice Andres Reyes Jr.
Martin S. Villarama Jr. (born April 14, 1946) [2] is a Filipino lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from November 3, 2009, to January 16, 2016. Prior to his appointment as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, he served as Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals since March 11, 1998.
Romeo Callejo Sr. Ma. Filipinas Villanueva Callejo. Romeo J. Callejo Sr. (April 28, 1937 – September 19, 2023) was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He was appointed to the court on August 26, 2002, by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, and served until his mandatory retirement on April 27, 2007.
Among the Smartmatic executives facing charges is the company’s president, Roger Piñate, according to a Justice Department release. The indictment was unveiled in south Florida federal court on ...