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3.12 Incumbent Supreme Court Justices During the Chief Justiceship of Fred Ruiz Castro (1976–1979) 3.13 Incumbent Supreme Court Justices During the Chief Justiceship of Felix V. Makasiar (1985) 3.13.1 Incumbent Supreme Court Justices During the Chief Justiceship of Ramon C. Aquino (1985–1986)
The Supreme Court (Filipino: Kataas-taasang Hukuman; [2] colloquially referred to as the Korte Suprema (also used in formal writing), is the highest court in the Philippines. The Supreme Court was established by the Second Philippine Commission on June 11, 1901 through the enactment of its Act No. 136, [3] an Act which abolished the Real ...
The airline was founded on February 26, 1941 as Philippine Air Lines when its franchise to operate was transferred from Philippine Aerial Taxi Company (PATCO). [ 3 ] Formerly one of the largest airlines in Asia, PAL was severely affected by the 1997 Asian financial crisis .
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]
The chief justice of the Philippines (Filipino: Punong Mahistrado ng Pilipinas) presides over the Supreme Court and is the highest judicial officer of the government of the Philippines. As of April 5, 2021, the position is currently held by Alexander Gesmundo , who was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte following the early retirement of his ...
The Supreme Court (SC) is the highest court of the land and is the court of last resort. [ 1 ] : 6 It is led by the Chief Justice , who is joined by 14 Associate Justices . [ 1 ] : 39 The court has expansive powers and a constitutional responsibility to oversee other branches of government, able even to overrule the discretion of political and ...
Diosdado "Dado" Madarang Peralta (born March 27, 1952) is a Filipino attorney and jurist who served as the chief justice of the Philippines from 2019 to 2021. [1] [2] [3] He previously served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from January 13, 2009, to October 22, 2019. [4]
His first major decision as a member of the Supreme Court was the controversial Biraogo vs. Truth Commission, where he struck down as unconstitutional President Benigno Aquino III's Executive Order No. 1 creating a Truth Commission to investigate corruption during the administration of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.