THE SUPREME COURT has appointed Assistant Court Administrator Reuben P. De La Cruz as the new Deputy Court Administrator (DCA).
     The DCA post was vacated by now Court Administrator Christopher O. Lock last May.
     The 62-year old De La Cruz, a native of Cagayan, started his government career in 1978 as an agent of the National Bureau of Investigation. He was appointed Presiding Judge of the Lallo, Cagayan Municipal Trial Court in 1984. He then joined the Department of Labor and Employment, first, as a Labor Arbiter at the National Labor Relations Commission, then as Director III. He served as Regional Public Attorney before he was appointed Marikina City Regional Trial Court judge in 1994. He was Marikina RTC Executive Judge when he was appointed ACA on January 3, 2005.
     He received his Bachelor of Arts and Law degrees from the University of the Santo Tomas. He is married to the former Minerva Aguila, a nurse, with whom he has two children, Jhoanne Reuby and Donna Cher.