Aquino appoints Lagura-Yap as CA Associate Justice

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MANILA, Philippines - President Benigno Aquino III has appointed Cebu Regional Trial Court Judge Marilyn B. Lagura-Yap as Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals.

Presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda on Monday said Yap graduated cum laude from the University of the Philippines College of Cebu, before earning her law degree from the University of San Carlos. She has been in government for almost 27 years.

Lacierda also announced other appointments of the Aquino government to the judiciary.

President Aquino appointed Judge Jacob M. Montesa II to the Metropolitan Trial Court Branch 80 in Muntinlupa City. An experienced litigator, Montesa worked for the Public Attorneys Office before becoming a prosecutor for Las Pinas City.

Judge Jean Susan Desuasido Gill was also appointed to the Metropolitan Trial Court Branch 79 in Las Pinas. She took up her Master of Laws at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She worked in the private sector before lending her talents as branch Clerk of Court to the Muntinlupa RTC.

"We are confident that they will stand with the banner of integrity and professionalism in the judiciary, and contribute to the reforms that we are laying out in every branch of government," Lacierda said.