Leonen says he s currently not cut out for chief justice
Published January 29, 2021 4:48pm By NICOLE-ANNE C. LAGRIMAS, GMA News Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Marvic Leonen, one of the tribunal s most senior magistrates, on Friday said he believes he is currently not cut out for chief justice. Leonen will be automatically nominated for chief justice when Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta retires in March, one year ahead of his mandatory retirement age. No comment yet, Leonen said when asked if he will accept. I am honored to have been automatically nominated, but that is also a function of seniority. But of course in my mind I am looking at what I should do, and more likely, I am better at supporting a chief justice rather than being one. But as I said, no comment, he said at a press conference hosted by the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines.
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The Philippines may benefit if there is a renewed emphasis on Asia by the administration of US President Joe Biden, which could help act as a counterbalance to China in the region, Defence Secretary Delfin N. Lorenzana said on Friday.
“Being one of America’s allies in the Indo-Asia Pacific region, the Philippines may benefit from the Biden administration’s anticipated pivot to Asia strategy,” Mr. Lorenzana said in a pre-recorded speech shown at an online forum organized by the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines.
Ebrahim hopes Duterte will sign extension of Bangsamoro transition period in May By DONA MAGSINO, GMA News
Published January 29, 2021 12:00pm Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Chief Minister Ahod Al Haj Murad Ebrahim said on Friday he expects that President Rodrigo Duterte will be able to sign the bill extending the transition period for the region in the next few months. In May, we hope that it will be transmitted already to the President for his signature and publication. That is the timeline we are looking forward [to], Ebrahim said in an online conference organized by the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (FOCAP).
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The plea was reiterated on Friday, Jan. 29, by Associate Justice Marvic Mario Victor F. Leonen during a press conference hosted by the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (FOCAP).
“We are hoping that sooner or later Congress passes the bill, that I think we have supported, to create judicial marshals in order to expand our capability to internally protect the judges that we have on field,” Leonen said.
Expressing confidence on the enactment of the law on PJMS, Leonen said: “We are looking at an early approval if many of the statements made by our senators and members of the House are to be taken into consideration.”
Slow start: Philippine economy likely to remain in the red in Q1 2021
Jan 29, 2021 6:13 PM PHT
The government s economic team has set an ambitious growth target for 2021, but the Philippines’ chief economist now admits that the country is unlikely to see growth until the 2nd quarter. To be honest, this year will be a slow start and we will ramp up by the middle of the year starting the second quarter. So let s be realistic. In the first quarter, nothing significant has changed,” Acting Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Chua said in a forum of the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (FOCAP) on Friday, January 29.