PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III has appointed new officials in government offices, including the new deputy director general of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (Caap). Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte announced Friday the appointment of John Cu Unjieng Andrews replacing John Roa Andrews as deputy director general of Caap. Read more

President Benigno Aquino III has designated Undersecretary Michael Frederick Musngi of the Office of the President to replace Justice Secretary Leila De Lima as the Executive department’s representative in the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC). “I hereby designate Attorney Michael Frederick L. Musngi, Undersecretary of the Office of Special Concerns, Office of the President, as [...]

FORMER Court of Appeals Justice Aurora Lagman will represent the private sector in the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) for another four years following her re-appointment by President Benigno Aquino III. Lagman took her oath before Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio last Tuesday, according to a statement from the Supreme Court. “I am pleased to [...]

NAMING a senior justice to take over the affairs of the Supreme Court is being advised as this will minimize the jockeying for appointment from within or outside the chamber, a former nominee for the position of Chief Justice said over the weekend. Raphael Lotilla, Energy secretary to former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, turned down his [...]