Ferdinand "Bongbong" Romualdez Marcos Jr.,commonly referred to by the initials PBBM or BBM,is a Filipino politician who is the 17th and current president of the Philippines. He is the second child and only son of 10th president,kleptocrat and dictator Ferdinand Marcos and former first lady Imelda Marcos.
The Department of Justice is under the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for upholding the rule of law in the Philippines. It is the government's principal law agency,serving as its legal counsel and prosecution arm. It has its headquarters at the DOJ Building in Padre Faura Street,Ermita,Manila.
This article covers the history of the current Philippine republican state following the 1986 People Power Revolution,known as the Fifth Philippine Republic.
Antonio "Sonny" Fuentes Trillanes IV is a former Philippine naval officer who also served as a senator of the Philippines from 2007 to 2019. He is known for his involvement in the Oakwood mutiny of 2003 and the Manila Peninsula siege in 2007 in protest against the Arroyo administration,and he is a vocal critic of the Duterte administration.
Juan Andres "Andy" Donato Bautista is the former chairman of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) of the Philippines and former dean of the Institute of Law of the Far Eastern University,a private,non-sectarian university in Manila,Philippines.
San Beda College of Law is the law school college under the San Beda University,a private,Roman Catholic university run by the Benedictine monks in the Philippines.
Agnes Vicenta Salayo Torres-Devanadera,also known as Agnes VST Devanadera,is a Filipina lawyer and politician who is currently the president and CEO of Clark Development Corporation since her appointment by Bongbong Marcos in 2022. She previously served as the chairperson of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) from 2017 to 2022 during the Duterte administration. During the Arroyo administration,she served as the Solicitor General of the Philippines,the first woman to hold the post. She was also the acting Secretary of Justice on two short stints.
Leila Norma Eulalia Josefa Magistrado de Lima is a Filipina politician,lawyer,human rights activist and law professor who previously served as a Senator of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022. She was the chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights from 2008 to 2010,before serving in President Benigno Aquino III's cabinet as Secretary of Justice from 2010 to 2015.
Jose Manuel Tadeo "Chel" Icasiano Diokno is a Filipino lawyer,educator,human rights advocate,and broadcaster. He serves as the chairman of the Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG),the founding dean of the De La Salle University College of Law,and the chairman of the Bantayog ng mga Bayani Foundation. He has served as a special counsel for the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee. He was a candidate for the Senate of the Philippines in both the 2019 Philippine Senate election and the 2022 Philippine Senate election. Diokno also co-hosts radio programs such as Oras at Bayan on Veritas 846 and Rekta:Agenda ng Masa on DZRH and DZRH News Television.
The 2016 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections were held on Monday,May 9,2016,as part of the 2016 general election. This was the 16th direct presidential election in the Philippines since 1935 and the fifth sextennial presidential election since 1992.
The following are the events in related to Philippine law in 2016. This includes developments in criminal investigations of national notability.
Salvador "Bingbong" Campo Medialdea is a Filipino lawyer,business executive and government administrator who served as the Executive Secretary of the Philippines,succeeding Paquito Ochoa Jr. at the start of President Rodrigo Duterte's term on June 30,2016.
Vitaliano "Vit" Napeñas Aguirre II is a Filipino lawyer serving as a commissioner of the National Police Commission from January 11,2021 to June 30,2022. He previously served as Secretary of Justice under the Duterte administration from 2016 until his resignation in 2018,and vice president and chief legal counsel of Clark Development Corporation under former President Benigno Aquino III. He gained wide public attention in 2012 during the impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona when he was cited for contempt after he was caught covering his ears while being lectured by the late Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago.
Silvestre Hernando Bello III is a Filipino businessman and lawyer from Isabela,who served as the Secretary of the Philippines' Department of Labor and Employment,and concurrently Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process,under the Duterte administration. Bello was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte to replace Rosalinda Baldoz in the secretaryship.
Jose Callangan Calida is a Filipino lawyer. He previously served as Undersecretary of Justice under the Arroyo administration,as executive director of the Dangerous Drugs Board,as Solicitor General of the Philippines under the Duterte administration,and as the Chairman of Commission on Audit (COA) under the administration of President Bongbong Marcos.
Alexander Gahon Gesmundo is serving as the chief justice of the Philippines since April 5,2021. He replaced Diosdado Peralta,who retired early on March 27,2021. He previously served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court from 2017 to 2021.
John Rualo Castriciones,also known by the nickname Bro. John,is a Filipino lawyer and writer who served as the Secretary of Agrarian Reform under the Duterte administration from 2017 to 2021. He was formerly Undersecretary for Operations of the Department of the Interior and Local Government from 2016 to 2017. A member of the Philippine Military Academy "Maharlika" class of 1984,Castriciones also served in various capacities under two previous administrations and as a law school professor at his alma mater Arellano University. His appointment to the Agrarian Reform portfolio was approved by the Commission on Appointments on May 29,2018,after being bypassed earlier by the commission on March 14,2018,and reappointed by Duterte on March 22,2018. Castriciones founded the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas together with the Mayor Rodrigo Roa Duterte-National Executive Coordinating Committee (MRRD-NECC).
The good conduct time allowance (GCTA) controversy started in August 2019 involving the employees of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor). It begins with Bureau of Corrections Director General Nicanor Faeldon and several other government officials signing the document containing the release of former Calauan,Laguna Mayor Antonio Sanchez,the prime suspect in the rape and murder of Eileen Sarmenta and her friend Allan Gomez in 1993,and the release of Josman Aznar,Ariel Balansag,Alberto Caño and James Anthony Uy,the 4 suspects in the rape and murder of sisters Marijoy and Jacqueline Chiong in 1997,citing "good conduct."
Bongbong Marcos assumed office as the President of the Republic of the Philippines on June 30,2022,and his term is expected to end on June 30,2028. As the President,he has the authority to appoint members of his Cabinet,subject to the approval of the Commission on Appointments. Only the Vice President is exempted from a confirmation hearing to any cabinet position.
