MANILA, Philippines — The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) yesterday shortlisted eight justices of the Court of Appeals (CA) and a court administrator to replace Supreme Court (SC) Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio. Under the law, the JBC is mandated to submit nominees for the vacant SC position. In another development, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said the JBC’s action on the nomination for chief justice has been deferred to Oct. 15. Guevarra is an ex-officio member of the JBC. The JBC has recently interviewed Associate Justices Diosdado Peralta, Estela Perlas-Bernabe, Andres Reyes Jr. and Jose Reyes Jr. as they have applied to replace Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin who will retire on Oct. 18.

Source: Philippine Star October 11, 2019 15:56 UTC