23 Cebu judges named
President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed 23 additional Cebuano lawyers to the judiciary.
In a two-page letter, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea informed Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno about the appointments.
Medialdea asked Sereno to notify the new judges about their appointments within seven days from receipt of the communication.
The appointment papers dated April 3, 2017 were received by the High Court only yesterday.
The appointees were among the 25 lawyers from the Visayas who were named as judges.
Last Feb. 6, President Duterte also named 11 Cebu-based lawyers to the judiciary.
The new judges will take their oath of office within 10 days after receiving the official individual communication from the Judicial and Bar Council.
Executive Justice Gabriel Ingles of the Court of Appeals Cebu Station had said the appointments will help declog court dockets in the lower courts.
The new judges are Bernarditto Malabago, who will preside over the Regional Trial Court Branch 95 in Barili, Cebu; Francis Rainier Navarrete (RTC branch 93, Argao City, Cebu); Ma. Josefa Pinza-Ramos (RTC Branch 90, Danao City, Cebu); Lucila Cad-Enjambre (RTC Branch 89, Mandaue City); Marc Joseph Quirante (RTC Branch 88, Mandaue City); Ferdie Esperidion Reveral (RTC Branch 87, Mandaue City); Fruto Teodorico (RTC Branch 86, Mandaue City); Allan Francisco Garciano (RTC Branch 83, Mandaue City); Cesar Madeja (RTC Branch 80, Bogo City, Cebu); Jineffer Singco (RTC 79, Bogo City, Cebu); Samson Troy Layese (RTC Branch 78, Bogo City); Joy Bracero Redoble (RTC Branch 77, Carcar City, Cebu); Dennis Larrobis (RTC Branch 76, Naga City, Cebu); Christine Muga-Abad (RTC Branch 70, LapuLapu City); Ruelo Saladaga (RTC Branch 69, Lapu-Lapu City); Ferdinand Collantes (RTC Branch 65, Lapu-Lapu City) Joseph Stepheb Ygnacio (RTC Branch 67, LapuLapu City); Marlon Jay Moneva (RTC 74, Cebu City); Anna Lou Cavada (RTC Branch 57, Cebu City); Pamela Baring-Uy (RTC Branch 21, Cebu City); Anacleto Debalucos (RTC Branch 17, Cebu City); James Stewart Ramon Himalaloan (RTC Branch 7, Cebu City) Azucena Macalolot-Credo (RTC Branch 101, Talbon, Cebu). /
Executive Judge Gabriel Ingles of the Court of Appeals Cebu Station says the additional appointments will help declog the court dockets in the lower courts. The 23 Cebuano judges came after the frst round of appointments last February, which was 11 judges.