President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. appoints Debbie Jean Centeno-Dijamco and Paolo Teston as new associate justices of the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA), Malacañang confirms. Both are named to fill vacancies created by changes in the CTA leadership. The appointments follow the promotion of then-Associate Justice Maria Belen Ringpis-Liban to presiding justice of the CTA on Dec. 17, 2025, and the retirement of Associate Justice Catherine Manahan on Jan. 2, 2026. Centeno-Dijamco is identified as a former Education Undersecretary, while Teston is described as a former director general of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The two appointees take their oaths of office before President Marcos at Malacañang on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Presidential Communications Office. The reports note that the appointments are part of the process to complete the CTA associate justice bench as current positions open due to promotion and retirement.
Marcos appoints Teston and Dijamco as new Court of Tax Appeals associate justices
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. appoints Debbie Jean Centeno-Dijamco and Paolo Teston as new associate justices of the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA), Malacañang confirms. Both are named to fill vacancies...
- President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. appoints Debbie Jean Centeno-Dijamco and Paolo Teston as CTA associate justices.
- The appointments fill vacancies caused by the Dec. 17, 2025 promotion of Maria Belen Ringpis-Liban to CTA presiding justice.
- The vacancies also result from the Jan. 2, 2026 retirement of associate justice Catherine Manahan.
- Centeno-Dijamco is described as a former Education Undersecretary; Teston is described as a former FDA director general.
- Both appointees are set to take their oath of office before President Marcos at Malacañang on Wednesday afternoon.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday appointed lawyers Debbie Jean Centeno-Dijamco and Paolo Teston as new associate justices of the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA).
1 hour agoMANILA, Philippines — Malacañang on Wednesday confirmed the appointment of former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) director general Paolo Teston and former Education Undersecretary Debbie Jean Centeno-Dijamco as new associate justices of the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA). President Marcos named Teston and Dijamco to replace the posts vacated following the promotion of then-Associate Justice Maria Belen Ringpis-Liban as presiding justice of the CTA on Dec. 17, 2025, and the retirement of Associate Justice Catherine Manahan on Jan. 2, 2026. They are set to take their oath of office before President Marcos in Malacañang on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Presidential Communications […]...Keep on reading: Marcos names Teston, Dijamco as tax court associate justices
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