Seniority favors Bernabe to become next chief justice, but will Duterte honor it? pcij.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from pcij.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Seniority favors Bernabe to become next chief justice, but will Duterte honor it? Senior Associate Justice Estela Perlas Bernabe retires on May 15, 2022. If she becomes chief justice, President Rodrigo Duterte may still appoint her successor. But it’s an election year and he will want an ally leading the court. BY CARMELA FONBUENA AND STANLEY BUENAFE GAJETE March 5, 2021 | 09:00:00 PM
Senior Associate Justice Estela Perlas-Bernabe has been in the Supreme Court for almost a decade. She’s seen too many crucial disputes and legal questions reach the high tribunal, as too often they do, for them “gods of Padre Faura” to decide.
Supreme Court OKs release of Corona s retirement benefits By VIRGIL LOPEZ, GMA News
Published February 8, 2021 12:08pm The Supreme Court (SC) has approved the immediate release of the retirement benefits and other allowances of the late Chief Justice Renato Corona to his widow, saying his removal by impeachment in 2012 did not bar him or his family from receiving them. In a decision dated January 12, the SC granted the request of Corona’s widow, Ma. Cristina, for the release of retirement benefits equivalent to a five-year lump sum of the salary and other allowances he was receiving at the time of his removal on May 29, 2012 as well as survivorship pension.
Beef is not about Leonen s ill-gotten wealth inquirer.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from inquirer.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.