Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. FILE PHOTO
MANILA, Philippine–President Benigno Aquino III has appointed several judges to fill up vacancies in the lower courts in Manila, Makati, and seven provinces.
Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa signed the one-page transmittal letter sent to Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno.
The judges were screened by members of the Judicial and Bar Council, who submitted a short list of candidates to the President.
The following are the newly appointed judges:
Manila Regional Trial Court
Branch 21 – Judge Alma Crispina Collado Lacorte
Branch 24 – Judge Maria Victoria Soriano Villadolid
Branch 31 – Judge Maria Sophia T. Solidum-Taylor
Makati RTC
Branch 60 – Judge Cesar L. Aganon
Sorsogon
Judge Maximino R. Ables
Antique RTC
Branch 12 – Judge Francisco S. de Guzman
Branch 64 – Judge Mario G. Andres Jr.
Capiz RTC
Branch 15 – Judge Alma N. Banias-Delfin
Branch 17 – Judge Lorencito B. Diaz
Branch 20 – Judge Judith Orendain-Tanogbanua
Iloilo City RTC
Branch 25 – Judge Rose Edith Gautier Togonon
Branch 33 – Judge Ma. Theresa N. Enriquez-Gaspar
Branch 38 – Judge Juana Judita Panigbatan-Nafarrete
Bacolod City RTC
Branch 46 – Judge Edgar Tupas
In the first level courts, the newly appointed judges are Judge Joselito A. Benedito of 1st MCTC, Pidigan-San Quintin-Langiden, Abra, and Judge Camilo A. Oliva of MTC, Claveria, Masbate.
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