Chief Justice Gesmundo and other SC Justices during the courtesy call Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo expressed the Philippine judiciary’s gratitude to the United States government, through the US Embassy in Manila, for the support to the reforms initiated by the Supreme Court (SC) and for t
SC full court session Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo held his first face-to-face full court session with other justices of the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday, Feb. 15, since he assumed the post as head of the judiciary on April 5, 2021. When the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic hit t
Supreme Court The Commission on Elections (Comelec) should resolve all election cases and other election incidents “with deliberate haste,” the Supreme Court (SC) said. “By their very nature and given the public interest involved, election cases must be resolved speedily, otherwise the wi
Published June 29, 2021, 9:27 AM
Associate Justice Edgardo L. Delos Santos
Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Edgardo L. Delos Santos is set to retire on Wednesday, June 30, a year earlier than his mandatory retirement at age 70 on June 12, 2022.
The SC, as a full court, had approved Delos Santos’ early retirement “for reasons pertaining to his current state of health.” His “state of health” was not disclosed.
With the retirement of Delos Santos, who was appointed by President Duterte in Dec. 2019, there are now two vacancies in the 15-member SC.
The first vacancy was a result of the promotion of then Associate Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo as Chief Justice last April 5.
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