President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Court of Appeals Associate Justice Noel Tijam as a member of the Supreme Court (SC). Tijam was a classmate of Duterte at the San Beda College of Law. Tijam is the second justice Duterte named to the high court. On Monday, the President appointed Sandiganbayan Associate Justice Samuel Martires, also his schoolmate at San Beda, as the 175th Associate Justice of the highest tribunal. Duterte is set to appoint another SC justice this year because Associate Justice Bienvenido Reyes will retire on July 6.

Source: Manila Times March 08, 2017 16:18 UTC