Court of Appeals gets first female Muslim justice

By Jomar Canlas, TMT

Dec 23, 2020 12:08 am

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Judge Anisah Amanodin-Umpa as associate justice of the Court of Appeals (CA).

Amanodin-Umpa is the first female appointee to the CA from the Muslim community. She and fellow Muslim Justice Japar Dimaampao were lawyer-accountants before becoming justices.

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