{"id":271630,"date":"2020-10-12T22:45:52","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T02:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=271630"},"modified":"2020-10-12T22:45:52","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T02:45:52","slug":"palace-grieves-passing-of-ex-sc-justice-melancio-herrera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/10\/12\/palace-grieves-passing-of-ex-sc-justice-melancio-herrera\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace grieves passing of ex-SC Justice Melancio-Herrera"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_261612\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-261612\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/roque-june23.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-261612\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/roque-june23.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/roque-june23.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/roque-june23-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-261612\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque. (File photo by PNA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Malaca\u00f1ang has mourned the passing of former Supreme Court Justice Ameurfina Melencio-Herrera.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are deeply saddened by the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ameurfina Melencio-Herrera,\u201d Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a statement on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Roque hailed Herrera\u2019s career, describing her as \u201cthe embodiment of judicial excellence\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe topped the Philippine Bar Examinations, appointed the second woman Supreme Court Justice, and became the Chancellor of the Philippine Judicial Academy (PhilJa) \u2013 the training school for justices, judges, court personnel, among others,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He also recalled how Herrera paved the way for his joining the PhilJa upon her invitation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am fortunate to have given the opportunity to be part of PhilJa upon the invitation of Justice and Chancellor Herrera,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Roque, meanwhile, offered prayers to Herrera\u2019s family and friends.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs tributes pour to honor the life and legacy of Justice Herrera, we pray that the Almighty grant her eternal repose. Farewell and rest in peace, Madame Justice,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>PhilJa Chancellor Adolf Azcuna expressed sadness over Herrera&#8217;s demise, but was consoled \u201cby the fact that she lived a long and fruitful life\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She will always be remembered for her illustrious career as a jurist marked by integrity and brilliance as shown by her being a bar topnotcher and her scintillating ponencias, as well as her dignity and serenity as a person. We will pray for abundant light, love, grace and peace for her soul,&#8221; he said in a tweet.<\/p>\n<p>Herrera served as an Associate Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court from 1979 until her retirement in 1992.<\/p>\n<p>She was the second woman appointed to the Supreme Court, filling the vacancy left by the retirement of the first female Supreme Court Justice, Cecilia Mu\u00f1oz-Palma.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 Malaca\u00f1ang has mourned the passing of former Supreme Court Justice Ameurfina Melencio-Herrera. \u201cWe are deeply saddened by the passing &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":261612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-271630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-azer-parrocha","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271630"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":271633,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271630\/revisions\/271633"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}