(Eagle News) — The five candidates for the post of Chief Justice are slated to be interviewed by the Judicial and Bar Council today, Aug. 16.
Facing the seven-man team are SC Associate Justices Teresita Leonardo-de Castro, Diosdado Peralta, Lucas Bersamin, Andres Reyes Jr., and Davao del Norte Regional Trial Court Branch 1 Judge Virginia Tejano-Ang.
The interviews of Bersamin, De Castro and Peralta are scheduled from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
The interviews of Reyes and Tejano-Ang will take up the 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. slot.
Below is a profile of each of the candidates, as released by the SC Public Information Office: