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The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC; Filipino: Sangguniang Panghukuman at Pang-abogasya [1]) of the Philippines is a constitutionally-created body that recommends appointees for vacancies that may arise in the composition of the Supreme Court, other lower courts, and the Legal Education Board, and in the offices of the Ombudsman, Deputy Ombudsman and the Special Prosecutor.
Barzaga died on April 27, 2024. [68] Jose Francisco Benitez (PFP, Negros Occidental–3rd) Benitez was appointed Director-General of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority on August 16, 2024. [69] His nephew, Javi, incumbent mayor of Victorias, is running to succeed him. [70] Edcel Lagman (Liberal, Albay–1st)
Local elections are scheduled to be held in Manila on May 12, 2025, as part of the 2025 Philippine general election. The electorate will elect a mayor, a vice mayor, 36 members of the Manila City Council, and six district representatives to the House of Representatives of the Philippines. The officials elected in the election will assume their ...
May 11 – Irha Mel Alfeche of Matanao, Davao del Sur is crowned Miss Philippines Earth 2024 in the pageant's coronation event held in Talakag, Bukidnon. [423] May 22: Chelsea Manalo of Bulacan is crowned Miss Universe Philippines 2024 in the pageant's coronation night held at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay. [424]
Among the current members of the court, Fernanda Lampas-Peralta is the longest-serving associate justice, with a tenure of 7,673 days (21 years, 2 days) as of February 11, 2025; the most recent justice to enter the court are Marietta S. Brawner-Cualing, Mary Josephine P. Lazaro, Ferdinand C. Baylon AND Emilio Rodolfo Y. Legaspi III August 29, 2024
MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippines is considering resuming membership of the International Criminal Court (ICC) nearly five years after it withdrew over objections to a bid by the court to ...
The verdict is in: Another Night Court cast member is heading for the exits. India de Beaufort, who played prosecutor Olivia on the NBC sitcom, is leaving after two seasons and won’t return for ...
The Philippines uses parallel voting for its lower house elections. For this election, there are 317 seats in the House of Representatives; 254 of these are district representatives, and 63 are party-list representatives. [7] Philippine law mandates that there should be one party-list representative for every four district representatives.