TACLOBAN CITY— Ten of the 24 new judges named by Supreme Court Chief Justice Lourdes Sereno and appointed by Malacañang, were assigned to various courts in Eastern Visayas.
Sereno's two-page order, dated last January 13 and signed by Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa, in behalf of the president, named the following new appointees for Region 8:
Judges Leonito Sabandal for Regional Trial Court-branch 9 in Tacloban City of Leyte; Manesseh Bastas for Municipal Trial Court in Cities-Branch 2 also in Tacloban; Lorna Obus-Pades for 10th Municipal Circuit Trial Court in Merida-Isabel towns in Leyte; Ernesto Piñaflor for RTC-Branch 32 in Calbayog City of Samar; Renato Noel Echague for MTCC-Borongan City in Eastern Samar; Alejo Calvo for MCTC-Palapag in Northern Samar; Ulysses Loverita for MCTC in Biri-San Jose-Rosario towns of Northern Samar; Emerenciana Orquin Manook for RTC-branch 23 in Allen, Northern Samar;
Jacinto Elle for RTC-branch 26 in San Juan, Southern Leyte; and Mayumi Gorme-Amora for 7th MCTC in Pintuyan-San Ricardo towns of Southern Leyte. (FREEMAN)