By Mariamme D. Jadloc (JUN. 9)—Supreme Court of the Philippines (SC) Associate Justice Teresita J. Leonardo-de Castro was elected president of the International Association of Women Judges (IAWJ) on May 5.  She was sworn into office on May 9 in an IAWJ event in Arusha, Tanzania, succeeding Justice Eusebia Nicholas Munuo of the Court of […]

By Albino C. Gamba Jr. (JUN. 5)—Dr. Lisa Grace S. Bersales, a professor at the UPD School of Statistics, was appointed by President Benigno Aquino III as the first National Statistician to head the newly-created Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). She assumed her post on Apr. 29. The PSA, created through Republic Act 10625, serves as […]