{"id":244966,"date":"2020-02-15T00:31:30","date_gmt":"2020-02-15T05:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=244966"},"modified":"2020-02-15T00:31:30","modified_gmt":"2020-02-15T05:31:30","slug":"palace-expects-dedication-integrity-from-bersamin-as-gsis-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/02\/15\/palace-expects-dedication-integrity-from-bersamin-as-gsis-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace expects dedication, integrity from Bersamin as GSIS chair"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo issued the statement after President Rodrigo Duterte approved on February 6 Bersamin\u2019s nomination as the head of the GSIS.(File Photo<\/a>: Office of the Presidential Spokesperson\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Malaca\u00f1ang on Friday said it is optimistic that newly-installed Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) chairperson Lucas Bersamin would exhibit dedication and integrity as he takes the helm of the state insurance firm for government workers.<\/div>\n
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Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo issued the statement after President Rodrigo Duterte approved on February 6 Bersamin\u2019s nomination as the head of the GSIS.<\/div>\n
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\u201cWe are confident that Mr. Bersamin would serve the GSIS with the same dedication and integrity he demonstrated in his many years of government service,\u201d Panelo said in a press statement.<\/p>\n

GSIS, a government-owned social insurance institution, provides a defined benefit scheme and insures state workers against the occurrence of certain contingencies in exchange for their monthly premium contributions.<\/p>\n

Bersamin was also appointed as a member of the GSIS\u2019 Board of Trustees.<\/p>\n

He already took oath as GSIS chair on February 6, but his appointment paper was released by Malaca\u00f1ang just on Friday.<\/p>\n

Prior to his new appointment, Bersamin served as the top magistrate of the Supreme Court. He reached the mandatory retirement age of 70 in October last year.<\/p>\n

Panelo acknowledged Bersamin\u2019s \u201csterling record of public service capped by a 10-year service in the Supreme Court where he assumed the position of Chief Justice in 2018\u201d.<\/p>\n

Bersamin finished law at the University of the East in 1973 and placed ninth in the Bar Examinations in the same year.<\/p>\n

In 1985, he became a presiding judge of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 96.<\/p>\n

Bersamin was then appointed as Court of Appeals associate justice in 2003 and later served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court in 2009.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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