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Benchmark Online August 2007
RE-ORGANIZATION OF SC STANDING COMMITTEES
By Genevieve B. Zuñiga

As per Memorandum Order No. 29-2007, dated July 27, 2007, several standing committees were re-organized to achieve both efficient and effective administrative and financial management in the Judiciary. The reorganized committees are as follows:

COMMITTEE ON THE REVISION OF THE RULES OF COURT
Chairperson: Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno; Co-Chairperson: Justice Ma. Alicia A. Martinez; Members: Senior  Justice Leonardo A. Quisumbing, Justice Adolfo S. Azcuna, Justice Dante O. Tinga, Justice Minita V. Chico-Nazario, Justice Antonio Eduardo B. Nachura; Consultants, (Ret.) Justice Jose Y. Feria, (Ret.) Senior Justice Flerida Ruth P. Romero, (Ret.) Senior Justice Josue N. Bellosillo, (Ret.) Justice Bernardo P. Pardo, (Ret.) (Ret.) Justice Jose C. Vitug, (Ret.) Justice Romeo J. Callejo, Sr., (Ret.) CA Justice Oscar M. Herrera; Secretary: Atty. Douglas Anama; Asst. Secretary: Ms. Lida A. Pilapil 

(A) SUB COMMITTEE ON ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Chairperson: Senior Justice Leonardo A. Quisumbing; Members: Dean Custodio O. Parlade, Dean Eduardo De Los Angeles, Dean Jose M. Roy III, Atty. Victor P. Lazatin, Atty. Eduardo P. Lizares, Atty. Alfredo F. Tadiar, Atty. Ismael G. Khan, Jr.; Secretary: Atty. Emmanuel Jesus P. Santos; Asst. Secretary: Ms. Melinda A. Item; Stenographer: Ms. Rosela V. Calma

(B)  SUB COMMITTEE ON FAMILY COURTS
Chairperson: Justice Minita V. Chico-Nazario; Co-Chairperson: DCA Zenaida N. Elepaño; Members: ACA Nimfa C. Vilches, Hon. Persida V. Rueda-Acosta, (Ret.) Judge Rosalina L. Pison, Prosecutor Gregorio A. Arizala, Professor Myrna S. Feliciano, Atty. Katrina Legarda, and Atty. Angelica Ynares Santiago; Secretary: Atty. Jocelyn Gamboa; Asst. Secretary: Atty. Ma. Lisa L. Tolentino

(C) SUB COMMITTEE ON COMMERCIAL COURTS
Chairperson: Justice Dante O. Tinga; Members: CA Justice Japar B. Dimaampao, CA Justice Sixto C. Marella, Jr., IPO Director General Adrian Cristobal, Jr., Judge Reynaldo B. Daway, Dean Cesar L. Villanueva, Atty. Francis Ed. Lim; Secretary: Atty. Oliver Xavier A. Reyes; Asst. Secretary: Atty. Jennifer B. Dinopol; Stenographer: Ms. Editha B. Pante

(D)  SUB COMMITTEE ON EVIDENCE
AND DNA EVIDENCE
Chairperson: (Ret.) Justice Romeo J. Callejo, Sr.; Vice-Chairperson: CA Justice Regalado E. Maambong; Members: CA Justice Lucas P. Bersamin, SB Justice Diosdado M. Peralta, Judge Raul B. Villanueva, Judge Aloysius Alday, Atty. Rogelio Vinluan, Atty. Jose C. Sison, and Atty. Francis Ed. Lim; Consultants: (Ret.) Justice Bernardo P. Pardo, (Ret.) CA Justice Oscar M. Herrera; Secretary: Atty. Zharone Fritz Japzon-Ferreras; Asst. Secretary: Ms. Lida A. Pilapil 

(E)  SUB COMMITTEE ON E-COMMERCE
Chairperson: (Ret.) Justice Jose C. Vitug; Members: ASG Rex Bernardo L. Pascual, Prosecutor Geronimo Sy, Atty. Francis Ed. Lim, Atty. Rodolfo Noel S. Quimbo, Atty. Jesus M. Disini, Jr., Atty. Claro V. Parlade, SC Management Information Systems Office Chief; Secretary: Atty. Zenaida D. Perucho; Asst. Secretary: Ms. Annabelle B. Lizada

(F)  SUB COMMITTEE ON THE REVISION OF RULES GOVERNING NOTARIES PUBLIC
Chairperson: (Ret.) Justice Jose C. Vitug; Co-Chairperson: Justice Presbitero J. Velasco, Jr.; Members: (Ret.) Judge Alicia G. Decano, Atty. Feliciano M. Bautista, Atty. Francis Ed. Lim, Atty. Edna E. Diño, SC Management Information Systems Office Chief; Secretary: Atty. Zenaida D. Perucho; Asst. Secretary: Ms. Annabelle B. Lizada

(G)  SUB COMMITTEE ON THE REVISION OF RULES ON CIVIL PROCEDURE
Chairperson: Justice Adolfo S. Azcuna; Members: CA Justice Marina L. Buzon, CA Justice Mario L. Guariña III, CA Justice Magdangal M. De Leon, (Ret.) CA Justice Renato C. Dacudao, Judge Thelma Ponferrada, Prof. Roberto Abad, Atty. Manuel Lazaro; Secretary: Atty. Normalyn P. Bagbag; Asst. Secretary: Ms. Guinevere D. Zuñiga

(H)  SUB COMMITTEE ON THE REVISION
OF RULES ON CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chairperson: (Ret.) Senior Justice Josue N. Bellosillo; Members: CA Justice Martin S. Villarama, Jr., CA Justice Jose L. Sabio, Jr., SB Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo, (Ret.) SB Justice Manuel R. Pamaran, Judge Manuel Barrios, Chief State Prosecutor Jovencito R. Zuño, Prosecutor Geronimo L. Sy, Atty. Jose Flaminiano, Atty. David Aquino, Atty. Pedro “Pete” Principe; Secretary: Atty. Katrina Diane Noelle C. Monsod; Asst. Secretary: Ms. Eva Mendoza

(I)  SUB COMMITTEE ON THE REVISION
OF RULES ON SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS
Chairperson: Justice Antonio Eduardo B. Nachura; Members: CA Justice Noel G. Tijam, Judge Liza Sempio-Diy, Atty. Antonio Bautista, Atty. Charles B. Escolin, Atty. Jimmy Soriano, Atty. Henedino M. Brondial, Atty. Domingo M. Navarro; Secretary: Atty. Maricel M. Marcial-Oquendo; Asst. Secretary: Atty. Rowena C. Balagtas

(J)  SUB COMMITTEE ON THE REVISION
OF RULE 65
Chairperson: (Ret.) Justice Romeo J. Callejo, Sr.; Co-Chairperson: (Ret.) Justice Bernardo P. Pardo; Members: (Ret.) CA Justice Oscar M. Herrera, Sr., CA Justice Regalado Maambong, RTC Judge Raul B. Villanueva, Atty. Feliciano M. Bautista, Atty. Rita Linda V. Jimeno; Secretary: Atty. Zharone Fritz Japzon-Ferreras; Asst. Secretary: Ms. Lida A. Pilapil;

Committee on Computerization
AND LIBRARY
Chairperson: Justice Adolfo S. Azcuna;Members: Justice Consuelo Ynares-Santiago, Justice Angelina Sandoval-Gutierrez, Justice Conchita Carpio-Morales, Chancellor Ameurfina A. Melencio-Herrera, CA Presiding Justice Ruben T. Reyes, SB Presiding Justice Teresita J. Leonardo-de Castro, CTA Presiding Justice Ernesto D. Acosta, Court Administrator Christopher O. Lock, DCA Zenaida N. Elepaño, Atty. Ma. Luisa D. Villarama, Atty. Teresita G. Dimaisip, Atty. Piedad F. Campaña, Ms. Evelyn Toledo-Dumdum, SC Management Information Systems Office Chief, Ms. Milagros S. Ong, Mr. Edmund M. Moredo, Atty. Josephine G. Maribojoc, Mr. Jose Emmanuel David M. Eva III; Resource Persons: Atty. Gwyn P. Calina, Atty. Madeleine U.V.G. Avanzado, Mr. Joselito N. Enriquez, Mr. Edwin S. Ligot, Mr. Jovito M. Salonga;  Secretary: Atty. Normalyn P. Bagbag, Asst. Secretary: Ms. Luningning Marin

COMMITTEE ON GENDER RESPONSIVENESS IN THE JUDICIARY
Chairperson: Justice Conchita Carpio Morales; Co-Chairperson: Justice Adolfo S. Azcuna; Members: CA Justice Josefina G. Salonga, SB Justice Christina G. Cortez-Estrada, CTA Justice Erlinda P. Uy, Dr. Purificacion V. Quisumbing, DCA Zenaida N. Elepaño, Philippine Judges Association President, Prof. Amparita Sta. Maria , Atty. Eden T. Candelaria, Atty. Edna E. Diño, Atty. Corazon G. Ferrer-Flores, Atty. Madeleine U.V.G. Avanzado, Ms. Evelyn Toledo-Dumdum; Secretary: Atty. Jennifer Manalili; Asst. Secretary: Ms. Arriane Olegario-Galope

COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE ON WHEELS
Chairperson: Justice Consuelo Ynares-Santiago; Vice-Chairperson: ACA Nimfa C. Vilches; Members: ACA Jose Midas P. Marquez, Atty. Maria Victoria Gleoresty Sp. Guerra, Atty. Thelma C. Bahia, Atty. Fe Aguila, Mr. Edilberto A. Davis; Secretary: Atty. Jackie B. Crisologo; Asst. Secretary: Ms. Annabelle B. Lizada

Committee on Legal Education
AND BAR MATTERS
Chairperson: Justice Antonio Eduardo B. Nachura; Members: Justice Angelina Sandoval-Gutierrez, Justice Antonio T. Carpio,  Justice Dante O. Tinga, (Ret.) Justice Carolina Griño-Aquino, CA Presiding Justice Ruben T. Reyes, Dean Salvador Carlota, Dean Mariano Magsalin, Atty. Feliciano M. Bautista, Atty. Edna E. Diño, Atty. Ma. Cristina B. Layusa; Secretary: Atty. Maribel U. Camarador; Asst. Secretary: Ms. Glorivy-Nysa Y. Tolentino

LEGISLATIVE-EXECUTIVE RELATIONS COMMITTEE (LERCOM)
Chairperson: Justice Consuelo Ynares-Santiago; Members: Justice Angelina Sandoval-Gutierrez, Justice Antonio T. Carpio, Justice Dante O. Tinga, Justice Minita V. Chico-Nazario, Justice Antonio Eduardo B. Nachura, Chancellor Ameurfina A. Melencio-Herrera, Court Administrator Christopher O. Lock, CA Presiding Justice Ruben T. Reyes, SB Presiding Justice Teresita J. Leonardo-de Castro, CTA Presiding Justice Ernesto D. Acosta, Atty. Ma. Luisa D. Villarama, Atty. Edna E. Diño, Atty. Corazon G. Ferrer-Flores, Atty. Lilian Baribal-Co, Atty. Mary Gale A. Atienza, Ms. Evelyn Toledo-Dumdum, Ms. Estrella D. Eje; Secretary: Atty. Ana Teresa T. Cornejo-Tomacruz; Asst. Secretary: Ms. Mary Angeline V. De Jesus

COMMITTEE ON RETIREMENT PROGRAM
Chairperson: Atty. Ma. Luisa D. Villarama; Ex Officio Members: Atty. Mary Gale A. Atienza, OCJ Representative, Ms. Michelle Mangubat, Special Disbursing Officer, Representative from the Office of the Retiring Justice; Permanent Members: Ms. Verna DL. Albano, Atty. Eden T. Candelaria, Atty. Ruby Garcia, Ms. Maria Virginia S. Ignacio

SC HEALTH AND WELFARE PLAN BOARD
Chairperson: Justice Minita V. Chico-Nazario; Vice-Chairperson: Justice Cancio C. Garcia; Members: Atty. Ma. Luisa D. Villarama, DCA Jose P. Perez, Atty. Maria Cecilia Marcial, Atty. Rene Enciso, Dr. Prudencio P. Banzon, Jr., Ms. Estrella D. Eje, Mr. Jose Dante Guerrero; Secretary-Recorder: Ms. Mary Angeline V. De Jesus; Asst. Secretary-Recorder: Ms. Analou C. Baquiran

Screening Committee “A”
(SC and NCR)
Chairperson: Dr. Elmer A. Ruñez; Members: Atty. Cresencia Come, Mr. Renato M. Velasquez; Member/Recorder: Ms. Florencia K. Bardel; Asst. Recorder: Ms. Elaine Narciso; Hospital Coordinator: Ms. Mayvell B. Samonte 

Screening Committee “B”
(Regions 1-4)
Chairperson: Dr. Celeste P. Vista; Members: Atty. Claudine Ann L. Calo, Mr. Renato M. Velasquez; Asst. Recorder: Ms. Emma Regala; Secretary: Ms. Gislaine C. Juan

Screening Committee “C”
(Regions 5-12)
Chairperson: Dr. Ramon S. Armedilla; Members: Atty. Lilian Barribal-Co, Mr. Renato M. Velasquez; Secretary: Ms. Mercelinda Gutierrez; Asst. Recorder: Ms. Lourdes G. Tropa

Committee on Security
Chairperson: Justice Presbitero J. Velasco, Jr.; Members: Justice Antonio T. Carpio; Vice Chancellor Justo P. Torres; Court Administrator Christopher O. Lock; ACA Jose Midas P. Marquez; Philippine Judges Association President, Philippine Trial Judges League President, Metropolitan and City Judges Association of the Philippines President; Atty. Theoben Jerdan C. Orosa; Ms. Evelyn Toledo-Dumdum; Chief of Security, Supreme Court; Chief of Security, Court of Appeals; Chief of Security, Sandiganbayan; and Chief of Security, Court of Tax Appeals; Secretary: Atty. Marcelino Atanante IV; Asst. Secretary: Ms. Mary Ann E. Bartolome

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