Saturday, September 15, 2007

2001 Supreme Court Justices

The following was the composition of the Philippines Supreme Court in the year 2001:
Hilario G. Davide Jr., Chief Justice; Associate Justice Artemio Panganiban, Reynato Puno, Bernardo Pardo, Jose Melo, Jose Vitug, Minerva Gonzaga-Reyes, Arturo Buena, Leonardo Quisumbing, Sabino de Leon Jr., Jose Bellosillo, Vicente Mendoza, Angelina Gutierrez, Consuelo Ynares Santiago and Santiago Kapunan,
Six years after, only four justices have remained. The others have reached compulsory retirement age, of course.
The four are Justices Reynato Puno (current chief justice), Leonardo Quisumbing, Consuelo Santiago-Ynares, and Angelina Sandoval-Gutierrez.
Since then President Gloria Arroyo has appointed ten new justices to the high tribunal:
They are Associate Justices Antonio T. Carpio, Ma. Alicia Austria-Martinez, Renato C. Corona, Conchita Carpio-Morales, Adolfo S. Azcuna, Dante O. Tinga, Minita Chico-Nazario, Cancio C. Garcia, Presbiterio J. Velasco, Jr., Antonio Eduardo B. Nachura.

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