CONSUELO YNARES-SANTIAGO

'Consuelo Ynares-Santiago' (born October 5, 1939) is an incumbent Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. She was appointed to the Court by President Joseph Estrada.

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Profile

Some notable opinions

External links

Profile

Appointed on April 6, 1999, the gracious and respected Justice Consuelo Ynares- Santiago is the first female member of the Supreme Court who rose from the ranks, having begun her career as a Municipal Judge – proof that seniority, competence and fitness in the career service reign supreme in the Judiciary.
A product of the UP College of Law where she graduated in 1962, Justice Santiago started her career in the judiciary in 1973 when she was appointed Municipal Judge of Cainta, Rizal, a position she held for thirteen years. In November 1986, she was appointed Regional Trial Court Judge of Makati where she remained until her appointment to the Court of Appeals in 1990.
Justice Santiago’s career has been marked with calm but courageous dispositions. She is the celebrated judge who, during the Marcos regime, acquitted former Education Secretary Alejandro Roces on charges of the violation of the Election Code when he boycotted the April 7, 1981 plebiscite. It was also Justice Santiago, then a Regional Trial Court Judge of Makati designated by the Supreme Court as Hearing Commissioner, who recommended the opening of Banco Filipino.
A native of Binangonan, Rizal, where she was born on October 5, 1939, Justice Santiago received in 1994 the Pambayang Gawad Palosebo, the highest municipal award given to outstanding citizens of Binangonan, Rizal who have excelled in their professions and are role models for the youth.
Justice Santiago has done much to improve the image of women in the field of law, business and politics. She was a speaker at the Regional Workshop on Women in Business and Politics in Southeast Asia which was held in Singapore in December 1990. In October 1999, she was invited by the International Women’s Forum to attend the 15th Annual Global Conference in Washington, D.C. and to join a panel with the US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg to speak on the topic “The Courts and Women’s Rights: Trendsetter or Arbiter?” She was also a guest speaker at the International Women’s Day Celebration of the Metro Manila Council of Women Balikatan Movement in March 2000.
She has likewise participated in conventions and conferences such as the Appellate Judges Seminar in Portland, Oregon, USA (August 1996), Program of Instruction for Lawyers, Harvard Law School (June 1994) and International Convention for Women Judges in Wellington, New Zealand (September 1993).
Source: SC Public Information Office)

Some notable opinions

★ ''Gamboa v. Aguirre (1999)'' — ''on right of a provincial Vice-Governor to preside over local council meetings while concurrently Acting Governor.''

★ ''Garcia v. Corona (1999)'' — ''on constitutionality of Oil Deregulation Law''

★ ''Estrada v. Desierto (2001) - Separate Opinion'' — ''on the validity of assumption to the presidency of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo''

★ ''People v. Lacson (2003) - Dissenting Opinion'' — ''on reinstitution of criminal cases for murder against Senator Panfilo Lacson''

★ ''People v. Genosa (2004) - Dissenting Opinion'' — ''on “battered women syndrome" as a defense in trial for spousal parricide (joined by C.J. Davide, J. Sandoval-Gutierrez and Austria-Martinez).''

★ ''Tenebro v. CA (2004)'' — ''on whether the annulment of the second marriage affects criminal liability for bigamy''

★ ''People v. Mojello (2004)'' — ''on right of an accused to an independent counsel of his own choice''

★ ''Agabon v. CA (2004)'' — ''on notice requirement for dismissals of employees for "just causes"''

★ ''In re: Habeas Corpus for Reynaldo de Villa (2004)'' — ''on propriety of writ of habeas corpus as a means to collect DNA evidence from a detained prisoner''

★ ''Ledesma v. CA (2005)'' - ''on authority of Ombudsman to dismiss local government officials

External links

★ Justice Consuelo Ynares-Santiago (Official Supreme Court Webpage)