{"id":244931,"date":"2020-02-14T01:18:56","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T06:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=244931"},"modified":"2020-02-14T01:18:56","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T06:18:56","slug":"ex-chief-justice-bersamin-named-gsis-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/02\/14\/ex-chief-justice-bersamin-named-gsis-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Chief Justice Bersamin named GSIS chair"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bersamin replaced Ronald Macasaet, who served as officer-in-charge of GSIS. (File Photo<\/a>: Supreme Court of the Philippines\/Website<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— President Rodrigo Duterte has named retired chief justice Lucas Bersamin as the new chairperson of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS).<\/p>\n

Duterte signed Bersamin\u2019s appointment paper on February 6, according to a copy of the document released by Malaca\u00f1ang on Friday.<\/p>\n

Bersamin replaced Ronald Macasaet, who served as officer-in-charge of GSIS.<\/p>\n

Duterte also appointed Bersamin as a member of the GSIS board of trustees.<\/p>\n

As GSIS board member, Bersamin will serve until June 30, 2020.<\/p>\n

Bersamin joined the new presidential appointees that took oath before Duterte at Palace\u2019s Rizal Hall on February 6, photos from Malaca\u00f1ang showed.<\/p>\n

In November 2018, Duterte appointed Bersamin as the country’s top magistrate. He retired from the judiciary in October last year.<\/p>\n

A native of Abra, Bersamin finished his law degree at the University of the East in 1973 and placed ninth in the bar examinations in the same year.<\/p>\n

He served as presiding judge of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 96 in 1986.<\/p>\n

In 2003, Bersamin was appointed associated justice at the Court of Appeals and was promoted to the Supreme Court in 2009.<\/p>\n

He bagged the Judicial Excellence Award for Best Decision both in Civil Law and Criminal Law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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