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Benchmark Online June 2008
CJ Puno is 2008 UPAA Most Distinguished Alumnus Awardee
By Arcie M. Sercado

Last June 21, Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno was awarded as the University of the Philippines Alumni Association (UPAA) Most Distinguished Alumnus during the 2008 UPAA Grand Centennial Alumni and Faculty Homecoming and Reunion at the Araneta Coliseum, Cubao, Quezon City with the theme UP and We the Alumni: Excellence, Leadership, and Service in the Next 100 Years. 

UP President Emerlinda R. Roman, UP Regents Gari M. Tiongco and Ponciano E. Rivera, Jr., and UPAA Board Secretary Marita P. Carag bestowed the award on Chief Justice Puno during the awarding ceremonies of the day-long celebration.  > MORE
 
From the Bench: Justice Consuelo Ynares-Santago
 

The year 2007 marked a new beginning for the Committee on Justice on Wheels as it launched the Mobile Court-Annexed Mediation (MCAM) program, which was conceptualized with the cooperation of the Philippine Judicial Academy.  The MCAM is consistent with the Court’s initiative under the Judicial Reform Support Project (JRSP) to bring the courts closer to the poor and to provide a fast and free resolution of conflicts through conciliation, mediation and adjudication. > MORE
 
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• SC Writes Finis to AMWSLAI Controversy
• SC Validates Ombudsman’s Order of Preventive Suspension But…
• SC Upholds Suspension of Cebu City Treasurer for Neglect of Duty
• SC Upholds Sec. 45(j) of The Voter’s Registration Act of 1996
• SC Orders Hanjin to Pay Subcontractor in Airport Project
• Court Approves Distribution of DEMO II Positions
• CJ Puno Approves Release of JDF
• GSIS Computer Systems Updating Cause of Delay in Loan Applications
• In Memoriam: Justice Jose Y. Feria
• PHILJA Holds Seminars
• Lawyer-Achiever
• In Memoriam: CA Presiding Justice Romeo Brawner
• Prevention and Treatment of Hot Weather Discomforts
• Judicial Personality of the Month: Court Interpreter Tinette Isungga-Japson
• Impunity and the Constitution: POWER AND POLITICAL WILL
• The Role of the Judiciary in Economic Development
• U.P. Law Graduation Speech
• From General Practice to Cross-Border Practice: The Changing Trends and Paradigms
• Milestones
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