Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo and other SC Justices during the 10th Council of ASEAN Chief Justices Meeting in Malaysia on Nov. 4, 2022.
Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo is set to propose to the judiciaries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) the “adoption of common
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The Supreme Court (SC) has cautioned lawyers who are commissioned as notary public to exercise faithfully their sworn duties “such as the ascertainment of the identity of any person who comes before them to avail of their services.”
In a full court decision written by Associate
media[74271] A total of 526 examinees finished the two-day 17th Shari’ah Bar examinations administered by the Supreme Court (SC) last March 20 and 22 at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City. In a press statement, the SC’s public information office (PIO) said that 532 ex
CHIEF Justice (CJ) Alexander Gesmundo on Tuesday finally presided over his first in-person en banc session with 13 other fellow justices since his appointment in April 2021 in what could be an indication to the return to normalcy of the judiciary since the pandemic broke out in March 2020. Before the…
The BARMM administration building in Cotabato City (Photo courtesy of Bangsamoro Information Office - BARMM) COTABATO CITY - The 80-member Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BTA-BARMM) has commended the appointment of former appellate court Justice Japar Dimaampao to the Supreme Court (SC). In a resolution released Thursday, the BTA members had expressed their "heartfelt thanks and profound gratitude" to President Rodrigo Duterte for appointing Dimaampao, who became the second Moro SC justice after the appointment of retired justice Abdulwahid Bidin in 1987. Dimaampao, 57, who is highly regarded for his expertise in taxation and commercial law, is a native of Lanao del Sur province. He is also a renowned Muslim jurist, illustrious author, and a strong advocate for the creation of a Sharia appellate court. Dimaampao has been a Court of Appeals justice for 17 years before his promotion to the high tribunal. "Throug