House leader cites need to provide protection for judges 0 SHARES Share it! Under Pimentel’s bill, the marshals service shall be headed by a director, who will be appointed by the SC Chief Justice. The organizational structure, composition and the size of the service shall be determined by the director and the Chief Justice. Based on the judiciary’s staffing summary in the 2019 General Appropriations Act (GAA), the country has a total of 2,561 trial judges. The figure is broken down as follows: 1,301 RTC judges, 169 Metro Trial Court judges, 257 City Trial Court judges, 468 Municipal Circuit Trial Court judges, and 366 Municipal Trial Court judges.

Source: Manila Bulletin November 17, 2019 06:56 UTC