Hilario Davide

Chief Justice Hilario G. Davide 


Tenure: November 30, 1998 - December 20, 2005
Appointed by: Estrada
Birthdate: December 20, 1935
Place of Birth: Colawin, Argao, Cebu
Children: Hilario III, Joseph Bryan Hilary, Sheryl Ann, Noreen, and Delster Emmanuel
Name of Spouse :
Virginia Jimenea Perez

Education: 
Elementary : Argao (Cebu) Elementary School, 1949 
High School : Abellana Vocational High School, Cebu City, 1953 
College : University of the Philippines (U.P.) Diliman, Quezon City 
Bachelor of Laws, University of the Philippines, 1959 
Bachelor of Science in Jurisprudence, University of the Philippines, 1958 
Associate in Arts, University of the Philippines, 1955 
Degree of Doctor, honoris causa, Soka University, Japan, March 2002 
Doctor of Public Administration, honoris causa, Polytechnique University of the Philippines, December 9, 2005 
Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, University of Cordilleras, Baguio City, May 2004 
Doctor of Humanities, honoris causa, Northern Christian College, Laoag City, March 2004 
Doctor of Humanities, honoris causa, for Peace and Development, Notre Dame University, Cotabato City, March 2004 
Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, University of San Carlos, Cebu City, March 2003 
Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, De La Salle, Manila, June 2001 
Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, Angeles University Foundation, Angeles City, April 2001 
Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, University of the Philippines, April 2001 
Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, Far Eastern University, Manila, April 2001 
Doctor of Humanities, honoris causa, University of the Visayas, Cebu City, March 2001 
Doctor of Humanities, honoris causa, Ateneo de Manila University, March 2001 
Doctor of Humanities, honoris causa, University of Cebu, Cebu City, March 2000 
Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, Southwestern University, Cebu City, March 1999 

Professional Career:
Private Secretary to the Vice Governor and then to the Governor of Cebu, 1959 – 1963 
Faculty Member, College of Law, Southwestern University, Cebu City, 1962 – 1968 
Delegate, Constitutional Convention, representing the 4th District of Cebu, 1971 
Assemblyman, Interim Batasang Pambansa representing Region VII, June 12, 1978 – June 30, 1984 Commissioner, Constitutional Commission of 1986 which drafted the 1987 Constitution, June 2, 1986 – Oct. 15, 1986 
Chairman, Commission on Elections, Feb. 16, 1988 – Jan. 11, 1990 
Chairman, The Presidential Fact Finding Commission, Dec. 7, 1989 – Jan. 11, 1990 
Chairman, The Presidential Fact Finding Commission, Jan. 12, 1990 – Jan. 15, 1991 
Chief Justice, Supreme Court of the Philippines, Nov. 30, 1998 – Dec. 20, 2005 
Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the Philippines, Jan. 24, 1991 – Nov. 29, 1998 
Chairman, Judicial and Bar Council Presiding Officer, 
Presidential Impeachment Court 
Chairman, Presidential Electoral Tribunal 
Chairman, Board of Trustees, Philippine Judicial Academy 
Chairman, Executive Committee, Judicial Reform Program
source: e-library of SC




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Renato C. Corona is the 150th member of the highest court, appointed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on April 9, 2002 as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in the Philippines. Corona had served over thirty years both in private sector and government administration.Alumni from Ateneo de Manila University, where he graduated Bachelor in Arts with honors and continues his study in Bachelor of Law and ranked as the 5th in the class. Corona passed the bar examination in 1974 and ranked as the 25th place with 84.6% grade. He then served 17 years as an Ateneo faculty member, where he taught Corporation Law and other commercial law subjects.He continued his Masters degree in Business Administration at the Ateneo Professional School and took his Masters in Law from Harvard Law School in 1982 majoring the field of foreign investment policies and the regulation of corporations and financial institutions.On his early year as a young lawyer, he had served Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) as a consultant. He then became a senior vice president of the General Counsel and a corporate sec. of Commercial Bank of Manila.Corona also writes for The Manila Chronicle. His column was called “Tax Corner” where he deals with tax and commercial law issues. In 1998, he received the Philippine Legion of Honor Award and was once called one of the Outstanding Manilans.In 1992, he had served as the Presidential Legal Counsel and Deputy Executive Secretary to President Fidel Ramos. He then became the spokes person and chief of staff of V-President Arroyo in 1998. In 2001, where Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo became the president, Renato C. Corona had promoted to Presidential Chief of Staff, Presidential Spokesperson, and afterward, Acting Executive Secretary.As a member of the Supreme Court, he is the Chairman of the Third Division, Integrated Bar of the Philippines Oversight Committee, Legislative-Executive Relations Committee, House of Representative Electoral Tribunal, a Co-Chairman of the Administrative Concerns Committee of the Supreme Court and a member of the Management Committee of the Judicial Reform Support Project and Committee on Public Information.On international conferences, corona represented the Supreme Court of the Philippines and submitted numeral papers in bar and judicial congresses abroad. He also writes and teaches International Law at the Graduate School of the University of Santo Tomas.source:iamkaiser.com

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