Immortality in World History: Judge Florentino Floro, LUIS, Armand & Angel meet Alicia Austria-Martinez Angelina Sandoval-Guitierrez Cerge M. Remonde

World-Famous Mystic Judge Florentino Floro meets Philippines Dwarves LUIS, Armand and Angel: Angel of Death Judge Florentino Floro is a Filipino Martyr, National Hero and the Planet's only living canonized Patron Saint of Psychotic Justices, Judges and Crab Mentality Pinoys - The Greatest Story of Friendship Ever Told

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World Famous Philippine Healing Judge and 3 Mystic Dwarves:
Immortality in World History

“From obscurity, I and these
3 Mystic Dwarves became
Immortal in world history”

Judge Floro's magic box spells OMEN for his enemies, detractors and persecutors.

GOOGLE/YAHOO Judge Floro and 1,710,000 /49,200 entries come up in 0.12 seconds (as of September, 2009). One of the entries is “Filipino Justice”, which is a May 16, 2006 SWIFT (The Weekly Newsletter of the JREF) article of Amazing James Randi.


Judge Floro's global and planetary enemies and detractors are frustrated when their loved ones suffer lingering illnesses and die horrible-painful deaths due to the Mystic-Biblical curse of the Philippine Angel of Death

James Randi (born August 7, 1928) (stage name The Amazing Randi), is a stage magician and scientific skeptic best known as a debunker of pseudoscience. Born Randall James Hamilton Zwinge, in Toronto, Canada, Randi is the creator of the James Randi Education Foundation's million dollar challenge offering a prize US$1,000,000 to anyone who can demonstrate evidence of any paranormal, supernatural or occult power or event, under test conditions agreed to by both parties. He occasionally features on the television program Bullshit!, hosted by noted skeptics Penn & Teller.

Black dwarves' icon James Randi waxes intellectual: “A billion dollars are spent each year on psychics. Sylvia Browne charges $700 for a 20-minute phone call. She doesn’t even see you. And you will have to wait two years, because she is booked that far out.”

Randi has worked as a professional stage magician and escapologist since 1946. In 1955, he broke Houdini's record for survival in a sealed coffin (1 hour, 33 minutes) by 11 minutes. In his early career, Randi was part of numerous stunts involving his escape from jail cells and safes. He writes:



FILIPINO JUSTICE – James Randi

“I spent some time in the Philippine Islands years ago, working night clubs.
That was before Ferdinand Marcos and Imelda of the 1,060 pairs of shoes, were in power, but I became aware of how “informal” the judicial system was even then, when several friends came up against it and were only allowed to leave the islands after large cash bribes were openly paid to appropriate officials, all the way to the boarding gate at the airport. Strange standards in that part of the world were part of the atmosphere in which everyone lived.

Midnights of Fridays, Judge Floro's super green dwarf cyber destroyer strikes at all his enemies and persecutors so that their loved ones would suffer lingering illnesses and horrible deaths due to the Biblical curse

A Filipino trial judge in the northern section of Manila, Florentino Floro, was fired last month and fined 40,000 pesos (US$775) after a three-year investigation found that he’d claimed he could see into the future and admitted that he consulted privately with mystical magic dwarfs.

Filipino Justice and LUIS, Armand and Angel

He now argues that his personal beliefs were being questioned. Yes, I’d say that’s true. He told investigators that the invisible dwarfs – Armand, Luis and Angel – helped him carry out “healing sessions” during breaks in his chambers.

The firing was not only based on his delusions; the court also found that Judge Floro was incompetent, and had shown bias in a case he was trying. The dwarfs were only an added flavour to the case. The court made no effort to decide whether Floro was insane, but agreed with a clinic's finding that he was suffering from psychosis. Really ?

Judge Floro's Dwarf Randi: Conversion to Catholicism before the hour of his painful death?

Dear reader, I hope that you don’t chuckle too loudly at what must appear to be an example of naivety or outright superstition among the population of the Island. I have several good friends there, competent and educated, though I regret that the skeptical community there is no longer actively organized.

3pm of Fridays, Judge Floro's dwarf cyber seaman patiently target small fishes and giant judicial sharks in the most corrupt Philippine judiciary destroying by cyber strikes at all his enemies and persecutors so that their loved ones would suffer lingering illnesses and horrible deaths due to the Biblical curse

But right here in the USA, and in the UK, professional “psychics” work the populace, the administrations in both countries are headed by people who talk to deities, educational standards are being eroded by the admission of irrational “faith-based” notions, blatantly quack medicine is freely available to all, and television is packed with “psychics,” spook shows and “documentaries” that pander to public credulity.

The major difference between here and the Philippines is the number of persons who labor under the delusions, not the magnitude of the errors themselves. As if to emphasize the lack of a skeptical community in the Philippines, a reader has asked if I’ll appeal to anyone there who would provide skeptical company to him… He says it’s lonely there for him, without much rational behavior being obvious…. If you are resident in the Islands, have a generally skeptical attitude, and would like to be in touch with this man, contact me, please.”

Immortal Judge Saint Florentino Floro's Christmas gift for his enemies, detractors and persecutors' loved ones:a Casket, Museum of Funeral Customs, Springfield, Illinois, 2006.

James Randi, JREF Newsletter, May 5, 2006, "Filipino Justice"

Immortal Judge Floro awaits the imminent most painful death of James Randi

At the The Amaz!ng Meeting 7 (July 9–12, 2009), Randi, in a wheelchair, announced to the audience that he is fighting intestinal cancer (Colorectal cancer) and had a "ping pong ball"-sized tumor removed from his intestines two weeks earlier and would begin chemotherapy two weeks after the conference: "We'll fight it," he said, "And we'll beat this. We still have a lot of work to do." He also said at the conference: "One day, I'm gonna die.

That's all there is to it. Hey, it's too bad, but I've got to make room. I'm using a lot of oxygen and such — I think it's good use of oxygen myself, but of course, I'm a little prejudiced on the matter." Randi also said that after he is gone he does not want his fans to bother with a museum of magic named after him or burying him in a fancy tomb, instead he said, "I want to be cremated, and I want my ashes blown in Uri Geller's eyes." His physicians have put his five-year survival rate at 50%.

A laparoscopic robotic surgery machine.

Randi explains how he ended up with three navels (Laparoscopic surgery). This was followed by 12 chemotherapy sessions, one per fortnight. He says that he discovered to his "delight" that chemotherapy is not necessarily as awful as it is often claimed. When he went to the hospital for his chemotherapy, on Tuesdays, he would check into the infusion lab where they would first "flush" him with all sorts of products to prepare him for the chemotherapy proper. For this, they hooked him up for two days to a small bottle (containing the chemotherapy drugs) via a thin tube to a port in his chest. He put the bottle in his pocket and went back to work, or home, feeling just fine.

When the chemotherapy session was over, he started to tire, feeling weak by Friday morning, so weak that he sometimes didn't even want to get out of bed. This lasted through the weekend. He felt better by Monday, and he then enjoyed ten days of good health before his next infusion.

Judge Floro and LUIS, Armand and Angel did commission this duende to annihilate all their enemies, detractors and persecutors.

He made the video, he says, because some people he knows chose not to undergo chemotherapy. He worries that they are risking their lives needlessly.
Yes, he says, chemotherapy does cause hair to fall out, but it grows back. Yes, he says, chemotherapy does tire you out, but you can always take a nap. Yes, he says, chemotherapy is unpleasant, but none of this is insurmountable. "Please do yourself a favour", Randi says, "if your physician says you need chemotherapy, get it. Don't risk your life, and definitely don't risk your life over the bogeyman of "the ravages of chemo" or the silly words of TV stars with no expertise whatsoever."
Randi closes his talk with:



Medical science improves by the month, and the experience of a cancer patient in the hands of a good oncologist is very different from what it was 20, 10 or even 5 years ago. Don't be afraid of medicine. Medicine you can handle. Be afraid of going without it.

The Demystifying Adventures of the Amazing Randi; Chemotherapy may not be as terrible as you have been told

Randi On (and Off) Chemotherapy If Randi were still undergoing chemotherapy, he would have spent most of the morning at Broward General Hospital, getting hydrated and flushed and infused. But Randi’s done with chemo. Hear Randi’s thoughts on the subject after the jump.

World Famous and Immortality: Definitions
Hello Judge … Ripley’s Believe It or Not

ePP Online Dictionary defines this adjective WORLD FAMOUS, thus: Well known throughout the world. Answers.com - Thesaurus: famous on the other hand provides the thesaurus for this highly coveted adjective that, must at all cost be achieved by the privileged few and dreamers in this broken world of materialism:

Judge Floro and LUIS, Armand and Angel did commission all spirit guides and duendes to annihilate all their enemies, detractors and persecutors.

widely known, discussed and esteemed; famed, leading, notorious, popular, well-known, celebrated, distinguished, eminent, famed, great, illustrious, notable, noted, pre-eminent, prestigious, prominent, redoubtable, renowned. The soul and spirit of WORLD-FAMOUS is IMMORTALITY. Wikipedia defines it, thusly:

“Others believe that they can achieve "immortality" through their "legacy", through their acts and the achievements that they leave behind (a common belief, sometimes called renown or glory). Such was a belief of Alexander the Great.

Alexander the Great or Alexander III of Macedon (356–323 BC) (Greek: Μέγας Ἀλέξανδρος, Mégas Aléxandros), was a Greeki king (basileus) of Macedon who created one of the largest empires in ancient history.

This view of immortality is different from others, in that it places value not on the continuance of one's physical, spiritual, or intellectual "self", but rather on how one will be remembered by generations to come ("Their heroic works 'live on' in the world, for us to remember them by and others can emulate") — or even how the world is influenced by one's acts even if oneself is no remembered. This view of immortality is embraced in many Germanic and humanistic philosophies.”


Philippine Comedian German Moreno interviewed (on GMA Ch. 7 T.V.) a rich actor. The former asked why the latter should expose him artistically when he has already all the riches … Surprisingly the bold actor tersely replied: “If you land in the print media, you are IMMORTAL.”

Ripley's Believe It or Not! #70(6/8/2006), Hello Judge! portrayed the dwarf Judge, to wit:

"Hello judge..." Florentino Floro, a Philippines judge, was relieved of duty in April 2006 after claiming to have seen the future and to be able to communicate with magic dwarves!"

Judge Floro and LUIS, Armand and Angel did commission all spirit guides and duendes to annihilate all their enemies, detractors and persecutors.

Overnight, for sure, Judge Floro and the 3 healing dwarves became world-famous and immortal in world history: on the birthday of ANGEL, April 7, 2006 --- the day promised by LUIS (on the date of DALLIANCE or covenant with the 3 dwarves, on March 1, 1996) --- that on a definite, most certain and pre-destined future time, Judge Floro and these 3 mystic dwarves would be immortalized in the world. Specifically, on April 7, 2006, when the Supreme Court of the Philippines released (on April 6, 2006) the cursed 75 pages Minita Chico-Nazario Decision separating Judge Floro from service due to alleged consultation with the 3 dwarves, the whole world discussed it: more than 500 world, international reports/headlines, 1,000 blogs and forum discussions threads or topics plus more than 50,000 replies, all unprecedented or unduplicated in history. It was just the matter of being in the right place at the right time.

Hello Judge Floro!

Parenthetically, ”celebrity,” fame, fortune and glory cannot be equated with “Immortality and World-Famous”. Mega stars, Stars for all Seasons, Super Stars, Kings of Movies, Song Birds, and Comedy Kings, inter alia, reign supreme only in their own turfs. Lea Salonga, Sharon Cuneta, Vilma Santos, Nora Aunor, Da King, Regine Velasquez, Dolphy … are mere idols of the cinematic world, a world of art, make-believe, drama anthology and music.

10 Steps to Making It Big – Dream & Believe

Apparently, even among the gods, fame and its parameters remain intangible --- which makes it just that more desirable. As philosopher Blaise Pascal tersely and more adequately put it, “The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached --- even death.” The Philippine Daily Inquirer, in this regard (Last updated, 10/15/2006, page Q4 of the October 15, 2006) states:

Blaise Pascal (French pronunciation: [blɛz paskal]), (b. 1623-06-19 in Clermont-Ferrand, France, d. 1662-08-19 in Paris) was a French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher. He was a child prodigy who was educated by his father, a civil servant. Pascal's earliest work was in the natural and applied sciences where he made important contributions to the construction of mechanical calculators, the study of fluids, and clarified the concepts of pressure and vacuum by generalizing the work of Evangelista Torricelli. Pascal also wrote in defense of the scientific method. In this evocative, atmospheric biography, Roberto Rossellini brings to life philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal, who, amid religious persecution and ignorance, believed in a harmony between God and science.

“Some things you could do to become famous

1. Bask in reflected glory. Hang out long enough with famous people, and some of that fame is bound to rub off on you—think “Entourage.” Corollary to this…
2. Sleep with somebody famous
3. Get a makeover. Liposuction, nose job, boob job—the works. It’s still all about the way you look, baby.
4. “Throw a brick at someone famous.” This was said by the American newspaper columnist Walter Winchell back in the 1930s, but it’s still true today. When in doubt, attack! (See no. 2)


One of our favorite "old time" journalists, Walter Winchell (April 7, 1897 – February 20, 1972) was an American newspaper and radio commentator. He invented the "gossip column" while at the New York Evening Graphic.

5. Turn gay. Then, preferably, a suitably flamboyant and dramatic “outing,” like Rustom Padilla’s on-cam revelation. … or a slightly less flamboyant one like Aiza Seguerra’s (these days it’s not enough to be a talented songwriter, you need to be a talented lesbian songwriter to cut it in the music biz).



6. I fought the law and the law won. If you can’t make it in the entertainment section, try making the front page.
7. If you have to go down, go all the way down.
8. Live fast, die young, leave a good-looking corpse.
9. Get a good manager/agent. If you aren’t great at pushing yourself, get somebody else to do it, even if you have to pay them! But when all else fails…
10. Audition for a reality show, even if you have absolutely no talent. Hey, considering the strange mindset of the Filipino viewer (to paraphrase “Philippine Idol” Ryan Cayabyab), that doesn’t seem to be a requirement to getting the votes.”

Quite interesting and shocking: fame was defined as Carabaos + chickens + vegetables. Johnny Manahan said that parents of would-be stars gifted him with weekly rations of chickens and vegetables.

Star Circle Quest (SCQ) is a reality-based talent search in where at least 10 teen-aged contestants, called as "Questors", will undergo talent training, physical enhancement and different challenges to test their talent skills.

Boy Abunda, judge of “Star Circle Quest”, on the other hand, was gaping in disbelief when a girl said that they sold their carabaos, house and everything just to come to Manila. A cursory perusal of the above-discussed points of fame, fortune and glory readily shows that Judge Floro’s and the 3 dwarfs’ immortality originated from none of the above. It is sheer pre-destination and the GIFT of LUIS, Armand & ANGEL.

Dismissed judge, elfin pals claim immortality
A.J. Hammer, “Showbiz Tonight” – CNN

Dismissed judge, elfin pals claim immortality - The Philippine Daily Inquirer, in this regard (Last updated 02:42am, 08/06/2006, Published on page A1 of the August 6, 2006 issue) states:

By Armand Nocum
Inquirer 08/06/2006 Published on page A1 of the August 6, 2006 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer

HIS pals, “the imaginary dwarfs” Armand, Luis and Angel, may not have impressed the justices of the Supreme Court but, according to dismissed Judge Florentino Floro Jr., he and his three friends were superstars among psychics and believers of the occult throughout the world.

The high court last April dismissed the 53-year-old Floro, a Malabon Regional Trial Court judge, after finding that he was suffering from a mental “disabling condition” that it said made it impossible for him to discharge his judicial functions.

Floro now claims that the news of his sacking—which came out on CNN, Time magazine and The New York Times, among more than a hundred international news agencies and publications—has given him and the three dwarfs “immortality.”



A. J. Hammer (born Andrew Goldberg on October 31, 1966) is a television and radio personality who, as of now, hosts CNN Headline News evening show, Showbiz Tonight. From 2001 to 2005, Hammer hosted Court TV's Hollywood Heat, a program focusing on crime and justice in the entertainment business. He also hosted several programs on Sirius Satellite Radio.

Mind-boggling delay

In CNN’s “Showbiz Tonight” show, co-host A.J. Hammer singled out the news story on Floro as the story of the day. Although he joked that there was nothing wrong with consulting dwarfs from time to time, Hammer pointed to the three-year delay in the investigation of Floro as mind-boggling. “Dwarfs, healing sessions, a three-year investigation? Now, that’s ridiculous!” he said.



In NBC’s “Countdown w/ Keith Olbermann” show, Floro was cited as “No. 2” in Countdown’s “three top newsmakers of the day” last April 11. Floro graduated with second honors from the Ateneo de Manila University law school and placed 12th in the 1983 bar examinations with a grade of 87.55 percent.

“From obscurity, my name ... and the three mystic dwarfs became immortal not only in this country, not solely in the international broadcasts (CNN, MSN-NBC) and in almost all print media worldwide, but first and foremost, in the indelible memory of world judicial history,” he said in a letter to the court that he sent to Chief Justice Artemio Panganiban last Friday.

Judge Floro's August 4, 2006 Bended Knees Appeal for Mercy from Chief Justice Artemio V. Panganiban, "No Pain, No Gain" - Liberty and Prosperity

Occult blogs

Floro said news of his dismissal also figured in forum discussions in more than 1,000 blogs all over the world and elicited 10,000 replies, with believers of the occult and those who claim to see spirits and dwarfs siding with him. In the letter, to which he attached about 200 pages of international news stories about him, Floro “begged” the court to act on his partial motion for reconsideration. He asked that he be returned to the service and given the 83 months’ worth of back wages that accumulated during the period of his preventive suspension before he was eventually dismissed. The high court had rejected five such previous motions from Floro.

In a decision penned by Associate Justice Minita Chico-Nazario, the high court found Floro guilty of seven of the 13 administrative charges lodged against him by the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA).

Judge Floro's May 2, 2006 Verified Supplemental Motion for Partial Reconsideration of the Cursed Decision

During the three-year investigation of the case by the OCA, during which he was interviewed by doctors, psychologists and other medical experts, Floro admitted that he believed in “psychic visions” of the future because of his powers and mastery of “psychic phenomenon.”

Healing Judge Floro was featured in Mr. Jaime T. Licauco's 1999 Book, "A Practical Guide to Philippine Healers". Floro, in the picture has successfully healed 14 of 15 patients in Mr. Licauco's Prince Plaza II Makati City office on October 20, 1999.

Healing sessions

He also confessed that he had made a covenant with his “dwarf friends,” that he could write while in a trance and that he had been seen by several people in two places at the same time. Questioned by court officials, Floro also admitted conducting healing sessions in his chambers during breaks.

Psychic phenomena is a subject that has been explored for centuries, and many people have attempted to figure out just how this phenomena takes place, and what it means. Parapsychology is a discipline that seeks to investigate the existence and causes of psychic abilities and life after death using the scientific method. Parapsychological experiments have included the use of random number generators to test for evidence of precognition and psychokinesis with both human and animal subjects and Ganzfeld experiments to test for extrasensory perception.

“Psychic phenomena, even assuming such exist, have no place in a judiciary duty-bound to apply only positive law and, in its absence, equitable rules and principles in resolving controversies,” the court said in its en banc decision. The court also ordered Floro to pay the amount of P40,000 as a penalty but awarded him three years’ worth of back salaries, allowances and other economic benefits.

‘Psychosis’

However, the high court said that it was not within its authority to conclude that Floro was “insane” but said it agreed with the findings of the Supreme Court clinic that showed Floro to be suffering from “psychosis.” According to Floro, the international paranormal and legal discussions triggered by his case had made him “immortal.” “When you hit it big in the print media internationally, you are immortal,” he said.

In CNN TRANSCRIPT, "SHOWBIZ TONIGHT," Aired May 3, 2006 - 19:00:00 ET, co-host A.J. Hammer singled out the news story on Floro as the story of the day. Although he joked that there was nothing wrong with consulting dwarfs from time to time, Hammer pointed to the three-year delay in the investigation of Floro as mind-boggling. The CNN TRANSCRIPT states:

Showbiz Tonight is an American entertainment news program on HLN (formerly CNN Headline News). Similar to syndicated entertainment programs, such as Extra and Entertainment Tonight, the program features a number of celebrity interviews, stories about new movies and shows, but also in-depth stories about problems with celebrities, such as severe dieting. Show Pages - Showbiz Tonight - CNN.com

“Welcome back to SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. I`m A.J. Hammer.

It`s time now for the story today that made us say, "That`s ridiculous!" An ousted judge in the Philippines wants his job back, but the country`s highest court says Florentino Floro is well, a little bit crazy.

The court fired Floro after he admitted to consulting imaginary mystic dwarfs. He said the dwarfs, Armand, Luis and Angel, helped him carry out healing sessions during the breaks in the chambers. Who doesn`t do that, really?

Well, the court decided it didn`t need a mystic judge. So, after a three-year investigation, Floro was fired. Floro is, of course, appealing the decision.
Dwarfs, healing sessions, a three year investigation? Now, that`s ridiculous! Although I will admit to you, Brooke, every night before coming in to do SHOWBIZ TONIGHT I consult with my velvet painting of John Tesh.”

Showbiz Tonight is CNN Headline News's one-hour evening entertainment news show. The show first aired February, 20, 2005, with Karyn Bryant and A.J. Hammer as the entertainment anchors. Bryant left the show at the end of 2005. Currently Brooke Anderson serves as Hammer's regular (albeit unofficial) co-host. Entertainment news headlines are covered by Sibila Vargas. A.J. Hammer is entertainment anchor for CNN Headline News' evening show, Showbiz Tonight. Hammer came to CNN from Court TV, where he hosted its crime and justice entertainment show, Hollywood Heat.

The Cable News Network, commonly known as CNN, is a major cable television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. It is a division of the Turner Broadcasting System, owned by Time Warner. CNN introduced the idea of 24-hour television news coverage, and celebrated its 25th anniversary on June 1, 2005.

Countdown with Keith Olbermann is an hour-long weeknight news and political commentary program on MSNBC which airs live at 8 p.m. Eastern Time and reruns at 10 p.m., 1 a.m. and 4 a.m. on weekdays, other than Fridays, when there are typically no re-runs. The show, hosted by Keith Olbermann, debuted on March 31, 2003, and counts down five selected news stories of the day with news reports and interviews with guests, along with commentary by Olbermann. On February 15, 2007 Olbermann received a four-year contract extension, which includes two Countdown primetime specials on NBC.

'Countdown with Keith Olbermann' for April 10

In NBC’s 'Countdown with Keith Olbermann' for April 10 show, Judge Floro was cited as “No. 2” in Countdown’s “three top newsmakers of the day” last April 10. Keith Olbermann (born January 27, 1959 in New York City) is an American news anchor, commentator and radio sportscaster.

He currently hosts Countdown with Keith Olbermann on MSNBC, an hour-long nightly newscast that reviews the top news stories of the day along with commentary by Olbermann. He is also on The Dan Patrick Show on ESPN radio from 2-3 PM EST.

MSNBC, a combination of Microsoft and NBC, is a 24-hour cable news channel in the USA and Canada, and a news Website. MSNBC was founded in 1996 by Microsoft and General Electric's NBC unit, which is now NBC Universal. MSNBC cable is currently America's third most-watched cable news channel, after Fox News and CNN, but ahead of CNBC and CNN Headline News. Keith OLBERMANN states:

“But first, here are COUNTDOWN’s top three newsmakers of this day. Xxx Number two, Judge Florentino Floro of a court in suburban Manila in the Philippines. He‘s off the bench now. They tolerated his decision to conduct healing sessions in his chambers, but when he started explaining that he could now see the future after cutting a deal with his, quote, “dwarf friends,” unquote, they took away his gavel, to say nothing of his belt and his shoelaces.”

'Countdown with Keith Olbermann' for April 10

World Briefing | Asia: The Philippines: Judge Seeks Reinstatement – The New York Times -

The New York Times is a newspaper published in New York City by Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. and distributed internationally. It is owned by The New York Times Company, which publishes 15 other newspapers, including the International Herald Tribune and the Boston Globe. Nicknamed the "Gray Lady" for its staid appearance and style, it is regarded as a newspaper of record in the United States.

The New York Times was founded on September 18, 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones as the New-York Daily Times. Published on May 4, 2006, it reported Judge Floro and the 3 imaginary mystic dwarves:

“A judge who claimed he could see into the future and admitted consulting three imaginary mystic dwarfs has asked for his job back after being fired by the Supreme Court. ''They should not have dismissed me for what I believed,'' the judge, Florentino Floro, said after filing his appeal.”

New York Times sells headquarters for $225 million 2009-03-11

World Briefing | Asia: The Philippines: Judge Seeks Reinstatement – The New York Times - May 4, 2006

The Times –

World in Brief
Law unto himself

Manila: “A Filipino judge who said that he could see into the future and consulted imaginary mystic dwarfs has appealed against his dismissal by the Supreme Court. “They should not have dismissed me for what I believed,” Florentino Floro said. ” (Reuters)

World Briefing: Europe, Americas, Africa, Middle East and AsiaMay 4, 2006, THE PHILIPPINES: JUDGE SEEKS REINSTATEMENT A judge who claimed he could see into the future and admitted consulting three imaginary mystic dwarfs has asked for his job back after being fired by the Supreme Court. "They should not have dismissed me for what I believed," the judge, Florentino Floro, said after filing his appeal. (REUTERS)



May 4, 2006, World in Brief

Mystic dwarves – Times Online – Mark Stephens

“I find myself in the the Far East again and never cease to be astonished at the legal news here.

If you were a lawyer in Manila you may not be surprised to find that a local trial judge reportedly changed from blue court robes to black each Friday in order to "recharge his psychic powers".

What might suprise you, however, is the fact that Judge Floro consulted three mystic dwarves named Armand, Luis and Angel, whom he claimed had helped him to carry out healing sessions during breaks in his chambers. The Philippines Supreme Court has now reportedly sacked Judge Floro, observing that his "dalliance with dwarves would gradually erode the public's acceptance of the judiciary as the guardian of the law, if not make it an object of ridicule."

I love that the Supreme Court is worried that judicial alliances with magical dwarves might gradually erode the public’s confidence in the judiciary. So a one-off dalliance is OK? I wonder what our Lord Chief Justice would say.”

Mark Stephens is a partner at Finers Stephens Innocent, wrote this August 23, 2006, article for the TIMES ONLINE, the best of the Times and Sunday Times. This is a Law Weblog – Legal News and Comment from Times Online.

Mark Stephens Mr “Media Lawyer” himself, Mark Stephens, 51, is the best-known in the business. A prolific commentator, broadcaster, blogger and writer, his strongly pro-freedom-of-expression views are regularly sought across the industry. Head of media with Finers Stephens Innocent, his practice spans media law and regulation, including defamation, newsgathering, reporting restrictions, anti-counterfeiting work, moral rights, cultural property and copyright. Much of his work has a multinational and cross-jurisdictional dimension: a passionate supporter of human rights he takes cases in the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.

Fortune-telling judge couldn’t see firing coming – Reuters, MSNBC

Philippine jurist was noted for consulting 3 imaginary dwarves about cases
Philippine jurist was noted for consulting 3 imaginary dwarves about cases

Reuters Odd News Summary
TORONTO, May 3, 2006 —



“MANILA, The Philippines - A Philippine judge who claimed he could see into the future and admitted consulting imaginary mystic dwarfs has asked for his job back after being sacked by the country’s Supreme Court. “They should not have dismissed me for what I believed,” Florentino Floro, a trial judge in the capital’s Malabon northern suburb, told reporters after filing his appeal.

Floro was sacked last month and fined $780 (40,000 pesos) after a three-year investigation found he was incompetent, had shown bias in a case he was trying and had criticized court procedure, a ruling showed.



He told investigators that three mystic dwarfs -- Armand, Luis and Angel -- helped him carry out healing sessions during breaks in his chambers. The Supreme Court said it was not within its expertise to conclude that Floro was insane, but agreed with the court clinic’s finding that he was suffering from psychosis.”

Fortune-telling judge couldn’t see firing coming Copyright 2006, Updated: 10:39 a.m. ET May 3, 2006 Reuters Limited; Fortune-telling judge could’nt see firing coming – Reuters, MSNBC

Reuters Group plc Reuters Group plc (LSE: RTR and NASDAQ: RTRSY); pronounced / /ˈrɔɪtərz/ is a financial market data provider and news service that provides reports from around the world to newspapers and broadcasters. However, news reporting accounts for less than 10% of the company's income.

Its main focus is on supplying the financial markets with information and trading products. Paul Julius Reuter, born to a rabbi in Kassel, Germany, noticed that, with the electric telegraph, news no longer required days or weeks to travel long distances. In 1850, the 34-year-old Reuter was based in Aachen, Germany, close to the Dutch and Belgian border, and began using the newly opened Berlin–Aachen telegraph line to send news to Berlin. But there was a 76-mile (122 km) gap in the line between Aachen and Brussels. Reuter spotted the opportunity to speed up news between Brussels and Berlin by using pigeons to bridge the gap in the line.



'Sane Judges See 'Emanations' and 'Penumbras'

"A Philippine judge who claimed he could see into the future and admitted consulting imaginary mystic dwarfs has asked for his job back after being sacked by the country's Supreme Court," Reuters reports from Manila:



Floro was sacked last month and fined $780 (40,000 pesos) after a three-year investigation found he was incompetent, had shown bias in a case he was trying and had criticized court procedure, a ruling showed. He told investigators that three mystic dwarfs--Armand, Luis and Angel--helped him carry out healing sessions during breaks in his chambers. So much for the little man getting his day in court!

Fortune-telling judge couldn’t see firing coming; Philippines jurist was noted for consulting 3 imaginary dwarfs about cases



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'I Never Consulted Any Imaginary Dwarf'
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, Editorial Page, OPINION JOURNAL, reported:

“In May we noted the case of a Florentino Floro, a Philippine judge who, according to Reuters, "claimed he could see into the future and admitted consulting imaginary mystic dwarfs" and had "asked for his job back after being sacked by the country's Supreme Court." This morning we received an email from Judge Floro, who would like to clarify matters:

On April 6, 2006, the Philippine Supreme Court RELIEVED (separated--it did not dismiss) me from judicial service, and paid me 3 years back wages, by reason of PSYCHOSIS, a medical incapacity -- because I allegedly believed in dwarves, angel of death, inflicting sicknesses, healing, prophecy, psychic phenomena and (in writing) predicted the downfall of 13th Philippine President Joseph Estrada (on December, 1998) who was ousted by people power on January 20, 2001.

James Taranto declares @ Best of the Web Today - WSJ.com

TRUTH: I never used the word "DWARVES" in any DECISION, and I never consulted any imaginary dwarf to pen my decisions; my detractors submitted these false evidence or lies to replace me with their political candidate; what I do believe in is: a) in the so-called (my) SPIRIT GUIDES or PROTECTORS: LUIS, is the KING OF ALL KINGS of ELEMENTALS/spirits worldwide (I opine due to his lights, violet and white); and b) he is GOD's ANGEL (Genesis, Exodus, etc.)-- what St. Paul teaches: Gifts of the Holy Spirit, Prophecy and Spiritual Healing. I am GIFTED; I never tried to develop my psychic powers, since these are God's GIFTs to me--TO HEAL and TO PROPHESY.
So the story turns out to be not as crazy as it sounded”.

'I Never Consulted Any Imaginary Dwarf' Best of the Web Today, by JAMES TARANTO,Thursday, July 27, 2006 3:58 p.m. EDT.

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Filipino 'dwarf' judge loses case

Judge Floro's landmark dwarf case-decision was No. 2 Most Popular Story and No. 2 Most read story from the world section of BBC News for August 20, 2006

A Philippines judge who said he consulted imaginary mystic dwarves has failed to convince the Supreme Court to allow him to keep his job. --- BBC News
Last Updated: Friday, 18 August 2006, 01:57 GMT 02:57 UK
Second Most Popular & Second Best Read of the Day:
World News, Asia-Pacific.

“Florentino Floro was appealing against a three-year inquiry which led to his removal due to incompetence and bias. He told investigators three mystic dwarves - Armand, Luis and Angel - had helped him to carry out healing sessions during breaks in his chambers.

'Dwarf dalliance'

The Manila trial judge had asked the Supreme Court to dismiss the complaint and return him to the bench, after being sacked in April.

“From obscurity, my name and the three mystic dwarves became immortal.”

Judge Floro's landmark dwarf case-decision was No. 2 Most Popular Story and No. 2 Most read story from the world section of BBC News for August 20, 2006

Florentino Floro "They should not have dismissed me for what I believed," Mr Floro told reporters after filing his appeal in May. The judge said he had made a covenant with his dwarf friends that he could write while in a trance and that he had been seen by several people in two places at the same time.Judge Floro reportedly changed from blue court robes to black each Friday "to recharge his psychic powers".

In a letter to the court he said:"From obscurity, my name and the three mystic dwarves became immortal."

However, the Supreme Court said dalliance with dwarves would gradually erode the public's acceptance of the judiciary as the guardian of the law, if not make it an object of ridicule.”

Judge Floro's landmark dwarf case-decision was No. 2 Most Popular Story and No. 2 Most read story from the world section of BBC News for August 20, 2006

Filipino 'dwarf' judge loses case

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Judge Floro, in his immortal state, is a man for all seasons

LUIS, Armand and Angel meet Cerge M. Remonde

Judge Floro-LUIS predicted the Dire OMEN upon Presidential Management Staff Building's Officers, Employees
Palace assures swift probe on presidential chopper crash 04/09/2009
Sophia M. Dedace, GMANews.TV

The ill-fated aircraft took off from the Loakan Airport in Baguio City late Tuesday afternoon and was supposed to go to Ifugao province as advance party for President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s inspection. However, it never reached its destination.

On board the aircraft were Press Undersecretary Jose Capadocia Jr., senior presidential military aide Brig. Gen. Carlos Clet, Undersecretary for Presidential Engagements and Appointments Malou Frostrom, Presidential Management Staff assistant director Perlita Bandayanon, Navy Petty Officer 1 Demy Reyno, and Air Force Sergeant Roe Gem Perez.

The pilots were identified as Major Rolando Sacatani and Captain Alvin Alegata. The Bell 412, a twin engine helicopter, was purchased brand new and delivered in 1996. Its latest certificate of airworthiness was issued last February 10 and is set to expire Feb. 10, 2010.

Chopper wreckage, 8 bodies found in Kabayan, Benguet On board the aircraft were Press Undersecretary Jose Capadocia Jr., senior presidential military aide Brig. Gen. Carlos Clet, Undersecretary for Presidential Engagements and Appointments Malou Frostrom, Presidential Management Staff assistant director Perlita Bandayanon, Navy Petty Officer 1 Demy Reyno, and Air Force Sergeant Roe Gem Perez.

The wreckage of the chopper was found Wednesday at a heavily forested mountain along boundaries of Benguet and Ifugao provinces. The bodies of seven of the victims were likewise recovered Wednesday while Perez’s remains was recovered only Thursday morning, authorities said.



Judge Floro, LUIS, Mark my word, they will regret it! PHILIPPINE Air Force (PAF) said the pilots of the ill-fated presidential helicopter that crashed in Benguet last April 7 evaded a low cloud formation and thick fog engulfing a crucial mountain pass en route to Lagawe, Ifugao. Air Force spokesman Gerardo Zamudio said the evading helicopter flew into an enveloping mass of clouds behind it causing the Bell 412 Number 1946 to made contact with trees and crashed.

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo pays tribute to the late Press Undersecretary Jose Capadocia (whose remains are in the coffin at left) and seven other Palace officials and staff (who died in a chopper crash on April 7, Holy Tuesday, in the thickly forested boundary of Benguet and Tinoc, Ifugao) during the vigil mass for the victims on Holy Thursday night (April 9) at Malacanang's Heroes Hall.

Eight died in the incident, including Press Undersecretary Jose Capadocia, Presidential Management Staff Undersecretary Malou Frostrum, and President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's senior military aide, Brigadier General Carlos Clet. Citing initial findings of the PAF Aircraft Accident Investigation Board under Major General Jovito Gammad, Zamudio said that the doomed 250th Presidential Airlift Wing helicopter crashed 6,900 feet above sea level between Mounts Mangingihi and Pulag in Tinoc, Ifugao.

Malou Frostrom: GMA’s closest and perfect co-worker Frostrom was the Appointments Secretary at the Office of the President, and Undersecretary for Presidential Engagements and Head of the Office of Regional Concerns (ORC) at the Presidential Management Staff (PMS).

Midnights and 3pm on Fridays, Judge Floro's 2 mystic dwarves rejoice and jump endlessly crazy when they release Vendetta Violet light which strikes patiently targeting Honorable Thieves and Filipino crabs destroying by cyber fires all his enemies and persecutors so that their loved ones would suffer lingering illnesses and die horrible deaths due to the Biblical curse

"The impact site's bearing of 280-degrees that was way off the northernly direction of 30-degrees to Lagawe indicates that seasoned pilots Major Ronaldo Sacatani and Captain Alvin Alegata decided to turn back instead of hurdling the Kabayan-Pulag saddle towards Lagawe," he said. The Kabayan-Pulag pass is the usual gateway for PAF pilots flying the Benguet to Ifugao route because the mountain ranges that increasingly descend from that point makes flying safer.

LUIS: Mark my word, they will regret it!



LUIS, Armand and Angel to Judge Floro: We will punish with dire illnesses, death, accidents and horrible deaths any person and all those who ridicule, deny and humiliate you, our sole instrument and immortal friend!

Military honor guards take the casket of the late Press Secretary Cerge Remonde to a waiting Air Force plane that will fly him to Cebu.

Cerge Remondo: Health Curse in the PGMA Cabinet Eduardo Ermita said that President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was stupefied when she learned of Remonde’s death, adding that many Palace officials remained in a state of unbelief up to now. “Namangha si pangulo (She was stupefied)," he said when asked about Mrs. Arroyo’s reaction

At last, Cerge Remonde would decide to give Jobless Judge Floro, an audience in the 7th plane of LUIS, Armand and Angel

Remonde, 51, died shortly before noon on Tuesday after suffering a heart attack. His doctor said the secretary suffered from a coronary artery disease, along with health risks such hypertension and diabetes. His personal physician Anthony Leachon also noted that Remonde had gotten back to smoking lately. "Mukhang meron siyang coronary artery disease, at ang weight factor.

Judge Floro cursed the Presidential Management Staff (PMS) Building on December 14, 2006

May diabetes at hypertension, tumaas ang cholesterol level niya, at lately napapanigarilyo siya (He appeared to have coronary heart disease, and there is the weight factor. He had diabetes and hypertension, and high cholesterol. Lately he had taken up smoking)," Leachon had said in an interview Tuesday on dzBB radio.



Judge Floro cursed Argao, Cebu, hometown of his persecutor, Hilario G. Davide, Jr. Remonde was born on Dec. 21, 1958 in Argao, Cebu. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, from the University of the Visayas in 1977. Remonde also wrote for Sun Star Cebu and Manila Bulletin.

In 1999, he was declared Most Outstanding Cebuano, along with former Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr. From being a Cebu-based broadcaster, Cerge Remonde rose to become a member of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s Cabinet.

Air Force honor guards prepare to load the casket of the late Press Sec. Cerge Remonde to a C-150 plane on Friday for his burial in Cebu. January 23 2010

He served as anchor of the highly rated dyLA Interaction, a primetime show that set the benchmark for public affairs programming in Cebu.



Judge Floro and Cerge M. Remonde January 20, 2010

Cardiac arrest

Marit Stinus, wife of the late press secretary Cerge Remonde, is greeted by family and friends after they arrived in Cebu City Friday. Remonde, who died of cardiac arrest last Tuesday, will be buried in Argao January 23, 2010.

Remonde was pronounced dead at 11:51 a.m. Tuesday from cardiac arrest. He was 51. His driver found him unconscious and naked at 10:30 a.m. in the bathroom of his home in Makati.

Cerge Remonde's mortal remains, brought inside the Argao Church, when he was judged with the 3 mystic dwarves virtually present thereat.

He was rushed to the Makati Medical Center where doctors failed to revive him. Remonde wasn’t breathing and had no pulse and heartbeat when he was brought into the emergency room, said Dr. Eric Nubla, hospital spokesperson.

Hypertension, diabetes

With bended knees, Judge Floro filed his December 14, 2006 Letter-Application for Job-Work, asking Mercy from Cerge M. Remonde

On December 14, 2006, 2:50 p.m. Judge Floro filed his Letter-Application and knelt down and beg mercy for "job, work, trabajo and occupation" from PMS Director, Secretary Cerge M. Remonde. Floro was never given his repeatedly asked personal audience, and further, humilated, denied and ridiculed. Floro cursed the PMS building.

Dr. Anthony Leachon, personal cardiologist of Remonde, said the press secretary’s cardiac arrest could be attributed to a confluence of factors such as his hypertension, diabetes, his cervical spine problem and his perennial habit of smoking. He added that Remonde suffered cardiac arrest at about 9:30 a.m. and was found unconscious in his bathroom an hour later. He noted an hour and a half had intervened from the time Remonde was found to the time he was brought to the hospital at 11:20 a.m.


Cebu Governor Gwen Garcia and arch media critic Leo Lastimosa shake hands during the 50th birthday celebration last December 22, 2008 night of Secretary Cerge Remonde, director general of the Presidential Management Staff, at the Malacanang sa Sugbo. At left is Mrs. Marit Remonde.

He told reporters that Remonde could have survived if he had been rushed to the hospital earlier. Leachon, a cardiologist of the Manila Doctors Hospital, said that Remonde had spine surgery in 2007. Remonde was in the hospital for two weeks.



He added that he last checked on Remonde around six months ago, when the Press secretary showed him his laboratory tests. According to Remonde’s driver, the press secretary was coughing since Monday. Leachon said a person with respiratory tract infection can “predispose a patient to his cardiac problem.”

Midnights on Fridays, Judge Floro's dwarves annihilators around many planets and stars, patiently targets Honorable Thieves and Filipino crabs destroying by cyber strikes at all his enemies and persecutors so that their loved ones would suffer lingering illnesses and horrible deaths due to the Biblical curse

LUIS, Armand and Angel meet Cerge M. Remonde Judge Floro welcomes Cerge M. Remonde

In October 2006, he became director-general of the Presidential Management Staff and in February 2007 was named as press secretary. Deputy presidential spokesman Gary Olivar earlier told dzMM that Remonde, suffered a “major heart incident” in his house in Bel-Air, Makati City.

Press Secretary Cerge M. Remonde swears in Judge Natividad Dizon as Deputy Executive Secretary for Legal Affairs in simple ceremonies Thursday (April 30, 2009) at the Premier Guest House in Malacanang. Judge Floro accidentally me Dizon's brother Alex Giron at SM City, Baliuag, Bulacan last year and gave Judge Floro his celphone number Alex, 0917-3432312 so that Judge Floro would kneel before Judge Dizon and be humiliated, turned down. Alex Giron of Br. 11/15, RTC Malolos never talked again to Poor Jobless Judge Floro, hence the Biblical Curse upon Judge Natividad Dizon, Cerge Remonde and their loved ones up to the 4th generation as mandated by LUIS.

Bhe! Belat! 24/7-endless crazy-driving, dancing, giggling, rejoicing, jumping of Judge Floro-LUIS, Armand & Angel when loved ones of his enemies, persecutors, detractors, Biblically cursed Philippine Supreme Court retired, incumbent and future Justices, Judges, and court personnel, suffer dire illnesses, massive strokes, spinal-other nerve disorders, car-fire-motorcycle accidents, slow & painful-horrible deaths-suicides

Press Secretary Cerge M. Remonde joins Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita and other state officials and media leaders in honoring law enforcers of DOJ Task Force 221 and PNP Task Force Usig for their significant performance in going after suspects behind the extra-judicial killing of journalists in the country. Photos above show the Press Secretary with the other officers, guests and honourees during the awards rites held at the Premier Guest House in Malacanang on Thursday, June 11, 2009.

The road leading to the humble family home of the late Press Secretary Cerge Remonde in barangay Lamac, Argao is lined with white linen to symbolize mourning, as well as to serve as guide to mourners.

3pm of Fridays, Judge Floro's dwarf warrior patiently targets Honorable Thieves and Filipino crabs destroying by cyber strikes at all his enemies and persecutors so that their loved ones would suffer lingering illnesses and horrible deaths due to the Biblical curse

Ma. Alicia Austria-Martinez & Angelina Sandoval-Gutierrez meet Judge Floro and his 3 mystic dwarves

Ma. Alicia Austria-Martinez (born Ma. Alicia Austria, December 19, 1940, Manila) is a Filipino jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 2002 to 2009. She was appointed to the Court by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on April 12, 2002.

Midnights and 3pm on Fridays, Judge Floro's 3 mystic dwarves release Vendetta light strikes patiently targeting Honorable Thieves and Filipino crabs destroying by cyber fires at all his enemies and persecutors so that their loved ones would suffer lingering illnesses and horrible deaths due to the Biblical curse

Justice Austria-Martinez started working in the government as a clerk in the Office of the Insurance Commissioner (February 1962 - December 1962). Later, she became Legal Officer I in the same Office (January 1963 - October 1964).

Justice Consuelo Ynares-Santiago The First Female Magistrate to Serve on All Courts, the Queen of Rich and Famous Justices Justice Austria-Martinez Retires due to lingering illness, incurable disease before mandatory age of retirementHRET 2008. The House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal (HRET) is chaired by Supreme Court Justice Consuelo Ynares-Santiago (seated center) with members (seated from left) Rep. Mauricio G. Domogan (Baguio, lone district), SC Justice Ma. Alicia Austria-Martinez, SC Justice Conchita Carpio Morales, Rep. Fredenil H. Castro (Capiz, 2nd District), (standing from left) Rep. Roberto C. Cajes (Bohol, 2nd District), Rep. Justin Marc SB. Chipeco (Laguna, 2nd District), Rep. Solomon R. Chungalao (Ifugao, lone district), and Rep. Florencio T. Miraflores (Aklan, lone district).

Her brief stint in the Office of the Insurance Commissioner was cut short when she became a legal researcher in the Court of First Instance of Rizal (October 1964 - July 1969), thus, starting her long and illustrious career in the judiciary. From being a researcher, she gradually worked her way up in the ladder of judicial hierarchy and, in the process, held various positions such as Attorney Researcher (July 1969 - December 1975), Senior Attorney (January 1976 - October 20, 1976), and eventually Division Clerk of Court of the Court of Appeals (October 21, 1976 - January 17, 1983).

On January 18, 1983, she was appointed as the Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court (Branch XXXVI) of Calamba, Laguna. On November 4, 1986, she became the Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court (Branch CLIX) of Pasig City. From 1990 to 1992, she concurrently held the position of Executive Judge of the Regional Trial Court of Pasig City. She also served in different capacities as an officer of the Philippines Judges’ Association and the Philippine Women Judges’ Association from 1987 to 1992.

Senior Associate Justice Leonardo A. Quisumbing and Justice Ma. Alicia Austria-Martinez lead the second batch of volunteers in an outreach program in the Pediatrics Ward of the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) in Manila.

On March 5, 1992, she went back to the Court of Appeals, this time as an Associate Justice. She served in this capacity until July 27, 2001, when she was appointed as the Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeals. However, her occupation of the Office of the Presiding Justice proved to be short-lived because on April 12, 2002 she was named Associate Justice of the High Tribunal.

Her curriculum vitae includes: Examiner in Commercial Law in the 1994 Bar Examinations and Examiner in Remedial Law in the 2000 Bar Examinations; member of the Supreme Court’s Committee on Formulation of Rules of Procedure in Family Courts which includes the drafting of the Rules on Examination of a Child Witness, on Domestic Adoption, on Commitment of Children, and on Annulment and Declaration of Nullity of Marriage; lecturer and resource person in various programs and seminars conducted under the auspices of the Supreme Court, the Philippine Judicial Academy and the U.P. Law Center.

Justice Austria-Martinez graduated from the University of the Philippines in 1962, earning the degree of Bachelor Laws (LLB). She passed the Bar Examinations given in 1962. She also obtained a Master’s degree in National Security Administration in 1980 from the National Defense College of the Philippines where she eventually became the Chairman of the Panel of Examiners for Oral Defense in 1987, 1988 and 1991. She also served as a member of the Board of Admission in the same College for the School Years 1991-1993. Justice Austria-Martinez also attended the 31st Program of Instruction for Lawyers held at the Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1999.

Judge Floro was informed by Judge Oscar Herrera, Jr. in front of CTA Justice Cesar Casanova at Br. 80, RTC, Malolos City that SC Justice Martinez' was afflicted with Alzheimer's disease (AD), also called Alzheimer disease, Senile Dementia of the Alzheimer Type (SDAT) or simply Alzheimer's, is the most common form of dementia. This incurable, degenerative, and terminal disease was first described by German psychiatrist and neuropathologist Alois Alzheimer in 1906 and was named after him. Generally, it is diagnosed in people over 65 years of age, although the less-prevalent early-onset Alzheimer's can occur much earlier. In 2006, there were 26.6 million sufferers worldwide. The prevalence of Alzheimer's is thought to reach approximately 107 million people by 2050.

Resignation

On September, 2008, Austria-Martinez, citing health reasons, filed a letter to the Supreme Court of the Philippines thru Reynato Puno, tendering her resignation effective April 30, 2009, or 15 months before her compulsory retirement on December 19, 2010. In the October 1 Judicial and Bar Council's en banc deliberations, Reynato Puno ruled: “The court merely noted it. We don’t have to approve it... it is her right.” During the JBC hearing, a JBC member said "Austria-Martinez had wanted to retire earlier because of health reasons. We were told she had health problems even when she was in the CA.”

Midnights on Fridays, Judge Floro's dwarf Vendetta muscle striker patiently targets Honorable Thieves and Filipino crabs destroying by cyber lights at all his enemies and persecutors so that their loved ones would suffer lingering illnesses and horrible deaths due to the Biblical curse

Retired Chief Justice of the Philippines Artemio Panganiban stated: "I am saddened that Justice Ma. Alicia Austria-Martinez has opted to retire early from the Supreme Court due to 'health reasons.' She is not bedridden. Neither is she physically or mentally incapacitated, but she has chosen to retire on April 30, 2009 because she felt she could no longer cope with the heavy caseload." The 1987 Constitution of the Philippines provides that: "Section 11, Article VIII. The Members of the Supreme Court xxx shall hold office during good behavior until they reach the age of seventy years or become incapacitated to discharge the duties of their office."

Exclusive: SC Justice Alicia Martinez to retire early By ARIES RUFO, abs-cbnNEWS.com/Newsbreak | 09/30/2008 Supreme Court (SC) Justice Ma. Alicia Austria-Martinez, one of the most fiercely independent magistrates in the Tribunal, has opted to make an early retirement due to health reasons. A staff of Austria-Martinez confirmed with abs-cbnNews.com/Newsbreak that the justice is set to hang her robe on April 30, 2009, or 15 months before her compulsory retirement on Dec. 19, 2010.

Full dressage by a dwarf Grey horse with dwarf Queen on the saddle, before Judge Floro's canonization as the Universe only living Venerable, Blessed and Saint, at Rome's Dwende Patio amid President Ferdinand Marcos' Order declaring Judge Floro, Filipino Martyr and National Hero

Born as Ma. Alicia Austria in Manila on December 19, 1940, Justice Austria-Martinez was introduced early to the intricacies of the law. Both her parents were lawyers. Her father, Retired Colonel Benjamin A. Austria, served in the Philippine Air Force while her mother, Remedios M. Austria, was a Doctor of Civil Law and served as a consultant in the Graduate School of the University of Santo Tomas (UST). Justice Austria-Martinez is the widow of Atty. Daniel T. Martinez who once served as the Clerk of Court of the Supreme Court. Justice Austria-Martinez has two adopted sons, Michael and Bryan. Michael is married to Ma. Evangeline "Jenny" B. Austria. They have two children, Marianne Nicole and Vince Matthew. Bryan is still single.

Angelina Sandoval-Gutierrez (born February 28, 1938) is a Filipino jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 2000 to 2008. She was the last appointment to the Court made by President Joseph Estrada.

Queen of Prosperity and Liberty, Supreme Court Justice Angelina Sandoval-Gutierrez (second from left) and Philippine Judicial Academy (PHILJA) Chancellor Justice Ameurfina A. Melencio-Herrera cut the ceremonial ribbon, signifying the opening of the Judicial Dispute Resolution (JDR) Showcase held on April 13, 2007 at the Baguio City Hall of Justice. Looking on are (from L-R) Supreme Court Justices Conchita Carpio Morales and Ma. Alicia Austria-Martinez.

Justice Angelina Sandoval-Gutierrez earned her law degree from the University of Santo Tomas in 1960. After two years working at the National Bureau of Investigation, Sandoval-Gutierrez joined the Department of Justice in 1965. She later worked as an attorney for the Supreme Court.

In 1983, Sandoval-Gutierrez was appointed as a trial court judge in Manila. She was promoted as an Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals by President Corazon Aquino in 1991. She served in the appellate court until her appointment to the Supreme Court in 2000.

Witty SC Justice Ruben T. Reyes beside the Queen of Spade, SC Justice Angelina Sandoval-Gutierrez who just suffered a gall bladder surgery and in pain due to lung cancer death of her only husband NBI Dep. Director Diego Gutierrez

In pursuit of post-graduate studies attended Harvard Law School Courses in 1989 and 1994, taking up Constitutional Law, Advanced Constitutional Law, Legal Medicine, Family Law and Federal Courts. She also studied, as a fellow, American and International Law at the Academy of the American and International Law, University of Texas in Dallas. She attended the course on trial techniques at the National Judicial College, University of Nevada at Reno and took up management and delinquency control at the University of Southern California Delinquency Control Institute, Los Angeles.



Among many various honors, Sandoval-Gutierrez was the first recipient of the prestigious Cayetano Arellano Award as an Outstanding RTC Judge of the Philippines for 1990. She has also the distinction of being the first winner (First Prize Awardee, 1989) in the judicial essay/best written decision contest among Regional Trial Court women judges sponsored by the Philippine Women Judges Association yearly for having written the best “Proposed Innovations in Judicial Management and Procedure.”

Supreme Court Diyos ng Faura, Justices Antonio T. Carpio and his cousin, Conchita Carpio-Morales with the Queen of Fame SC Justice Angelina Sandoval-Gutierrez

Family



Justice Gutierrez was married to the late NBI Assistant Director Diego H. Gutierrez (who died of LUNG cancer on May 20, 2002). NBI Deputy Director Gutierrez, 64, passes away Manila Bulletin Article date: May 20, 2002 Gutierrez, a veteran NBI agent, joined the bureau as a line agent in December, 1964. He rose from the ranks as NBI agent, senior agent, supervising agent, head agent, regional director (assistant), regional director assigned in various regions in the country, deputy director, and, lastly, NBI assistant director.



They have three children: Aileen is a State Prosecutor in the Department of Justice, whose husband, Robert Victor C. Marcon, is a law practitioner; Francis, an Esquire (attorney-at-law), is a graduate of the American University George Washington College of Law. He works in the Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D.C.; James, also an Esquire, is a graduate of the Boston University. He is connected with the Stroock and Stroock and Lavan Law Firm in New York City.

On May 14, 2000, Sandoval-Gutierrez was bestowed the “Ulirang Ina Award” by the National Mother’s Day and Father’s Day Foundation.

SC Justice Angelina Sandoval-Gutierrez is thinking of the 3 dwarves' mystic vengeance

After Deleuze, Judge Floro's enemies are now in dire pain, and LUIS jumps with joy!

LUIS, Armand and Angel - "A friend from another Star - A friend worth dying for!

Astronomers hopeful of detecting extra-terrestrial life
By Pallab Ghosh Science correspondent, BBC News



The chance of discovering life on other worlds is greater than ever, according to Britain's leading astronomer. Lord Rees, the president of the Royal Society and Astronomer Royal, said such a discovery would be a moment which would change humanity. It would change our view of ourselves and our place in the cosmos, he said. His comments come as scientists gather in London for an international conference to discuss the prospect of discovering extra-terrestrial life. Scientists have been scanning the skies for radio broadcasts from intelligent life for 50 years, and so far they have only heard static. But the chances of discovering life now were better than ever, Lord Rees said.

I suspect there could be life and intelligence out there in forms that we can't conceive - Lord Rees, Royal Society president



He said: "Technology has advanced so that for the very first time we can actually have the realistic hope of detecting planets no bigger than the earth orbiting other stars.

"(We'll be able to learn) whether they have continents and oceans, learning what type of atmosphere they have. "Although it is a long shot to be able to learn more about any life of them, then it's tremendous progress to be able to get some sort of image of another planet, rather like the earth orbiting another star." The recent deployment of space telescopes capable of detecting earth-like planets around distant stars now make it possible to focus the search.

"Were we to find life, even the simplest life, elsewhere that would clearly be one of the great discoveries of the 21st Century. "I suspect there could be life and intelligence out there in forms that we can't conceive."And there could, of course, be forms of intelligence beyond human capacity, beyond as much as we are beyond a chimpanzee," he added.

Aliens might not be friendly, warns astronomer
24 Jan 2010



Scientists searching for alien life should get governments and the UN involved lest we unwittingly contact hostile extraterrestrials, a British astronomer has warned. The caution comes as more experts argue that the search for intelligent life should be stepped up. Mr Marek Kukula, public astronomer at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, said: "Part of me is with the enthusiasts and I would like us to try to make proactive contact with a wiser, more peaceful civilisation."

But he warned: "We might like to assume that if there is intelligent life out there it is wise and benevolent, but of course we have no evidence for this.

"Given the consequences of contact may not be what we initially hoped for, then we need governments and the UN to get involved in any discussions," he told The Sunday Times. This week a two-day conference is being held at the Royal Society in London, titled, 'The detection of extraterrestrial life and the consequences for science and society.' There is also an astrobiology conference in Texas in April at which new methods of detecting aliens will be discussed.


Abduction onThe North Canol Road, one of the most remote roads in Northern Canada - September 3, 1987

Douglas Vakoch, director of interstellar message composition at the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute in California, told the paper: "My personal view is that being more active is a worthy strategy. There is more serious talk of it, though not at the institute level." Professor Simon Conway Morris, a Cambridge University evolutionary biologist, will be talking at the Royal Society on 'Predicting what extraterrestrial life will be like – and preparing for the worst." He thought that, given that the principles of Darwinian evolution should be universal, it was "inevitable" that intelligent life would have developed elsewhere in the universe given the right environmental conditions.

"If that is correct – and it applied to manipulative skill – then that suggests there should be alien technologies," he said. Some scientists are puzzled as to why no messages have been sent back even though humans have been transmitting radio and television signals for the last century. Prof Conway Morris reasoned that if he were in their shoes "I'm not sure I'd answer the telephone."

Royal Society meet to discuss if extra-terrestrials are here on Earth The search for aliens should start on earth not outer space, says scientist

Prof Davies said: We need to give up the notion that ET is sending us some sort of customised message and take a new approach

26 pages February 4, 2010 Judge Florentino Floro's Supreme Court JBC Application-Nomination for Chief Justice
Download 26 pages, February 4, 2010 Judge Floro's Supreme Court JBC Application-Nomination for Chief Justice of Philippines Supreme Court

February 4, 2010, Verified Application for Chief Justice by Judge Florentino V. Floro, Jr.; Nomination by Judge Florentino V. Floro, Jr. of Atty. Henry R. Villarica, Atty. Gregorio M. Batiller, Jr., SC Associate Justices Arturo D. Brion and Conchita Carpio-Morales for the position of Chief Justice subject to their ratification of the nomination or later consent thereof.

On the morning of Chief Justice Florentino Floro PREDICTED the September 11, 2001, Al-Qaeda-affiliated hijackers - "flew two 767 jets into the complex, one into each tower, in a coordinated suicide attack. After burning for 56 minutes, the South Tower (2) collapsed, followed a half-hour later by the North Tower (1), with the attacks on the World Trade Center resulting in 2,750 deaths. 7 World Trade Center collapsed later in the day and the other buildings, although they did not collapse, had to be demolished because they were damaged beyond repair."

Chief Justice Position-Application-Nomination by Judge Florentino V. Floro, of Atty. Henry R. Villarica, Atty. Gregorio M. Batiller, Jr., SC Associate Justices Arturo D. Brion and Conchita Carpio-Morales

Ex-judge who ‘predicted’ Maguindanao massacre eyes chief justice post A Malabon judge who was kicked out of his job for claiming he consulted imaginary mystic dwarfs and who claimed to have predicted the Nov. 23 Maguindanao massacre has nominated himself for the soon-to-be-vacated chief justice post.

35 News Reports published the Oath-taking of Chief Justice Florentino Floro 400+ images of dire evidence regarding deaths, fires, accidents and lingering illnesses Documentary evidence of Chief Justice Florentino Floro's extraordinary achievements and records as Prophet and Visionary

Florentino Floro was among the three aspirants who beat the Feb. 4 deadline of the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) for the submission of their application for the top judiciary post. The others were Supreme Court Associate Justice Teresita Leonardo-de Castro and Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon Victor Fernandez.

LUIS: Mark my word, they will regret it! Judge Florentino Floro

Floro was presiding judge of the Malabon Regional Trial Court Branch 73 before he was dismissed in 2006 due to “medically disabling condition of the mind that renders him unfit to discharge the functions of his office." He was sued by the Office of the Court Administrator after his own judicial staff lodged 13 administrative cases against him. The SC found him guilty of seven charges and fined him P40,000 and removed him from his position.

Clairvoyant

Balloons in all shapes and colors take off during the oath-taking of Chief Justice Florentino Floro amid the 15th Hot Air Balloon Festival at Clark Field in Angeles City, Pampanga on February 11, 2010.

In his motion, Floro, a self-proclaimed clairvoyant, said the SC should not allow itself be dictated upon by a proceeding to remove judges based on the medical incapacity of doctors, whose claims he said are inadmissible for being mere hearsay.

Among the “phenomena" that he supposedly predicted were the downfall of the Estrada regime, the 2001 terrorist attack at the World Trade Center in the United States, and the July 2001 fire that gutted the Malabon Hall of Justice, which he said he predicted on July 18, 1999.

He also claimed to have predicted the inclusion of journalists in the massacre of 57 people in Maguindanao. Floro said in his motion that he should not be held liable for the justices’ emotional incapability to accept his “gift."

Ultimate rejoicing, jumps for joy, happiness and dancing of LUIS-Judge Floro, when loved ones of Justices, Judges, of his enemies, persecutors, stalkers and detractors die, suffer accidents, cancer, massive stroke, spinal cord-nerve disorders and dire illnesses

Six contenders

The nomination of Floro, De Castro and Fernandez has brought the number of contenders for chief justice to six. The post will be vacated by Chief Reynato Puno on May 17 when he reached the mandatory retirement age of 70. The JBC had automatically considered for nominations of Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, Associate Justices Renato Corona, Conchita Carpio-Morales, Presbitero Velasco Jr. and Antonio Eduardo Nachura. Velasco and Nachura, however, declined their inclusion in the list.

Midnights and 3pm on Fridays, Judge Floro's 3 mystic dwarves release Vendetta light strikes patiently targeting Honorable Thieves and Filipino crabs destroying by cyber fires at all his enemies and persecutors so that their loved ones would suffer lingering illnesses and horrible deaths due to the Biblical curse

Carpio and Morales said that they are accepting their nomination provided that their names would be submitted to whoever will win as president in the May 10 elections. They said this was pursuant to the constitutional ban barring the incumbent president from making appointments two months before elections until the end of her term. Corona, on the other hand, accepted his nomination without ascribing any condition for his acceptance. - KBK, GMANews.TV
02/04/2010 | 08:05 PM



Expelled ‘psychic judge’ Florentino Floro among nominees for chief justice post

Expelled ‘psychic judge’ among nominees for chief justice post

By Tetch Torres INQUIRER.net First Posted 20:33:00 02/04/2010

MANILA, Philippines—A dismissed judge who claimed to be the fifth best psychic in the county is among the applicants for the chief justice post. Former Malabon City regional trial court judge Florentino Floro filed his application for the highest post in the Supreme Court, along with Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon Victor Fernandez.

At the same time, Floro nominated Associate Justice Arturo Brion, lawyers Henry Villarica and Gregorio Batiller Jr. for the position, which will be vacated when Chief Justice Reynato Puno retires on May 17.

Ultimate rejoicing, jumps for joy, happiness and dancing of LUIS-Judge Floro, when loved ones of Justices, Judges, of his enemies, persecutors, stalkers and detractors die, suffer accidents, cancer, massive stroke, spinal cord-nerve disorders and dire illnesses

Floro hugged the limelight when he claimed he was aided in the court by three dwarfs: Luis, Armand and Angel. He said he was the “angel of death” and that he could write while in a trance. In 2006, the Supreme Court ordered Floro’s dismissal from the bench after finding him suffering from psychosis that impaired his judgement.

Hot air balloons take flight during the Third Haikou Hot Air Balloon Festival, a total of 25 teams took part in the event in protest against the elimination of Chief Justice Florentino Floro by the shy Judicial and Barc Council last February 8, 2010.

The other candidates for the chief justice post include: Associate Justice Renato Corona, Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, Associate Justice Conchita Carpio-Morales, and Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio. Associate Justices Antonio Eduardo Nachura and Presbitero Velasco declined the nomination. The Judicial and Bar Council closed the nomination for the chief justice post at exactly 5 p.m. Thursday.

As predicted by Judge Floro (on 2002 at Pandacan, Manila, to classmate Tonette and) Arturo D. Brion - became a candidate for Chief Justice on February 4, 2010



Another SC justice eyes CJ post; aspirants now 7 02/05/2010
Supreme Court Associate Justice Arturo D. Brion, a former labor secretary, has joined the list of aspirants for the country's top judiciary post, raising the total number of applicants for chief justice of the high court to seven. Brion was the last to submit his application to the Judicial Bar Council (JBC) Thursday.



He joined three others who had earlier submitted their applications: Supreme Court Associate Justice Teresita Leonardo-de Castro, Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon Victor Fernandez, and Florentino Floro, a Malabon judge who got kicked out of his job in 2006 due to a “medically disabling condition of the mind that renders him unfit to discharge the functions of his office."



Endorsed by the Philconsa



Brion's application for the chief justice post was endorsed by the Philippine Constitution Association (Philconsa) and Court of Appeals Associate Justice Japar Dimaampao. Brion became Supreme Court associate justice on March 17, 2008, replacing Justice Angelina Sandoval-Gutierrez, according to the Supreme Court Website.

Prior to his appointment to the high court, Brion was secretary of the Department of Labor and Employment. He was CA Associate Justice from July 2003 until his appointment to the DOLE in June 2006. Brion, a graduate of Ateneo de Manila University, was the bar topnotcher in 1974. He engaged in private law practice, mostly labor law, before entering government service in 1982 as executive director of the Institute of Labor and Manpower Studies under the Philippine Ministry of Labor. - with Johanna Camille Sisante/RSJ/LBG/MDM, GMANews.TV

The World Trade Center (WTC) was a complex in Lower Manhattan in New York City whose seven buildings had been PREDICTED by Chief Justice Florentino Floro, to have been destroyed in 2001 in the September 11 terrorist attacks. The site is currently being rebuilt with six new skyscrapers and a memorial to the casualties of the attacks.

On January 20, 2010, the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) announced the opening for application or recommendation, of the position of CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT, which will be vacated on 17 May 2010 upon the retirement of the incumbent Chief Justice, HON. REYNATO S. PUNO. Applications or recommendations for this position must be submitted not later than 4 February 2010 (Thursday) to the JBC Secretariat, 2nd Flr. Centennial Bldg., Supreme Court , Padre Faura St., Manila (Tel. No.552-9512; Fax No.552-9607; e-mail address jbc_supremecourt@yahoo.com.ph or jbc@sc.judiciary.gov.ph).

The very brilliant and blessed Arturo D. Brion

Media and the Court called Judge Floro, "Lunatic," Psychotic Judge

Loony ex-judge wants to be Chief Justice abs-cbnNEWS.com | 02/05/2010

MANILA, Philippines - A dismissed trial court judge who consulted a dwarf or "duwende" in deciding cases wants to become the Philippines' next Chief Justice. Former Malabon Regional Trial Court Judge Florentino Floro nominated himself to the top post in the judiciary, which will be vacated on May 17 when Chief Justice Reynato Puno retires.

The September 11 attacks (often referred to as September 11th or 9/11), duly PREDICTED by Chief Justice Florentino Floro, were a series of coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda upon the United States on September 11, 2001. On that morning, 19 al-Qaeda members hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners. The hijackers intentionally crashed two of the airliners into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, killing everyone on board and many others working in the buildings.

One of the reasons Floro used to support his bid is his being a visionary and prophet. In his application, Floro attached a picture of himself with a stuffed toy dwarf. Floro said he was able to predict the fall of former President Joseph Estrada in January 2001, the coming of typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng in 2009, and the November 23 Maguindanao massacre, the country's worst election-related violent incident.


Judge Floro had been considered by media and the Court as Lunatic. The Ampatuan Massacre, however, cannot be forgotten in judicial and journalism history, as foretold by Saint Judge Floro.

Floro was relieved from the service in 2006 after the Supreme Court found him to be mentally unfit to discharge his duties. He was found guilty of 7 out of 13 administrative charges filed against him by the Office of the Court Administrator. While the Supreme Court said it had no authority to conclude that Floro was "insane," it cited medical findings that he was "suffering from psychosis."



Floro also nominated lawyers Henry Villarica and Gregorio Batiller, and incumbent Supreme Court Associate Justices Arturo Brion and Conchita Carpio-Morales. Carpio-Morales, one of the five most senior justices of the Supreme Court, earlier informed the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) that she will only agree to be appointed Chief Justice if it will be made by the next President due to the midnight appointment ban.

An outgoing president is barred by the Constitution from issuing appointments two months before a presidential election and until the end his or her term. Associate Justices Antonio Carpio and Ombudsman Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio have also expressed willingness to be nominated for the chief justice post on the condition that the appointment is made by the next president.

Supreme Court Diyos ng Faura, Justices Antonio T. Carpio and his cousin, Conchita Carpio-Morales with the Queen of Court of Appeals Poison Letters, Angelina Sandoval-Gutierrez

Deputy Ombudsman, De Castro to vie for post

Meantime, deputy Ombudsman for Luzon Victor Fernandez (926-87-34, 926-87-38 Local 343, 344) whose term of office ends on March 3, has applied for Chief Justice. Associate Justice Teresita Leonardo De-Castro, former presiding justice of the Sandiganbayan, has reportedly expressed her interest in becoming Chief Justice. “It was just relayed to me [that they applied],” Justice Secretary Agnes Devanadera said.



SC Justice Arturo D. Brion walks with Judge Floro along the Path of Destiny

Chief Justice Florentino Floro Expelled ‘psychic judge’ among nominees for chief justice post By Tetch Torres INQUIRER.net 02/04/2010

MANILA, Philippines—A dismissed judge who claimed to be the fifth best psychic in the county is among the applicants for the chief justice post. Former Malabon City regional trial court judge Florentino Floro filed his application for the highest post in the Supreme Court, along with Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon Victor Fernandez.

The only living and canonized Saint - Judge Florentino Floro, Filipino Martry and National Hero



The Prophet

3 more, including ‘prophet,’ eyeing CJ’s post

Written by Joel R. San Juan / Reporter - Friday, 05 February 2010 21:09

(left to right) Justice Talangka, Supreme Court Associate Justice Teresita Jose Leonardo de Castro, a Icon of Holiness, an Archetype of grace, piety and most venerable devotee of sacred hypocrisy, the most pious Philippine Supreme Court Associate Justice Minita Viray Chico-Nazario, a paragon of beauty, a model of judicial excellence and perfection, having no equal, and a perfect embodiment of the Rule of Law, Moral Farce and Hypocrisy, and Justice Kaututang-Dila

DEPUTY Ombudsman for Luzon Victor Fernandez, whose term of office will end on March 3, has applied before the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) for the post to be vacated by Supreme Court (SC) Chief Justice Reynato Puno on May 17.

Aside from Fernandez, Associate Justice Teresita Leonardo de Castro also reportedly expressed interest for the post. “It was just relayed to me [that they applied],” Justice Secretary Agnes Devanadera said, when asked to confirm that Fernandez and de Castro also applied for the post.



Likewise, dismissed regional trial court (RTC) judge Florentino Floro Jr. also expressed interest in the position; but at the same time, he nominated SC Associate Justices Arturo Brion and Conchita Carpio Morales and lawyers Henry Villarica and Gregorio Batiller Jr. for the position of Chief Justice. Earlier, Associate Justice Renato Corona manifested interest in being nominated to replace Puno, and deferred to the JBC’s decision on whether it would submit its shortlist of nominees to President Arroyo or to the next President, considering the election ban on appointments which will take effect on March 10.

Sno-Flo's 7 duendes rejoice on top of each other, when Judge Floro's enemies suffer in greatest pain Judge Florentino Floro

Associate Justices Antonio Carpio and Conchita Carpio-Morales, along with Ombudsman Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio, also expressed willingness to be nominated for the Chief Justice post on condition that the shortlist will be submitted to the next president.

In 2006, Floro, then presiding judge of the Malabon City RTC Branch 73, was relieved from the service after the SC found him to be mentally unfit to continue discharging his functions. The Court ruled although it is not within its authority to conclude that Floro is “insane,” medical findings had said the dismissed judge “is suffering from psychosis.” In determining his fitness to remain in office, the Court considered the report of the OCA that Floro proclaims himself to be endowed with psychic powers, that he can inflict pain and sickness on people, and that he is the angel of death.

Justice Renato C. Corona

In his 26-page document submitted to the JBC, Floro said his application and possible nomination for the Chief Justice post is with the condition that its shortlist will be submitted by the JBC “only to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.” He described himself as a “visionary and prophet” in his application. Floro is a graduate of the Ateneo Law School. He placed 12th in the 1983 Bar exams, with a rating of 87.55 percent.

Judge Floro accurately predicted the Ampatuan Massacre and Haiti Earthquake

SC scolds ex-judge for badgering justices February 5, 2010

The Supreme Court told a former judge that it will throw the book at him if he keeps on badgering justices with phone calls and pleadings seeking a review of his removal from office. The high tribunal en banc denied the petitions and letters filed by dismissed Judge Florentino Floro Jr. of the Malabon City Regional Trial Court, warning that he would face indirect contempt should he continue to ignore orders from the bench.

The per curiam ruling said Floro had no substantial evidence to obtain a modification or reversal of a March 31, 2006 decision that dropped him from branch 73, due to a “medically disabling condition of the mind that renders him unfit to discharge the functions of his office.” His petitions were ordered striken off records, foreclosing further pleadings from him because the ruling said litigations had to terminate at some point.



In the assailed ruling penned by Associate Justice Minita Chico-Nazario, Floro was sacked over his “delusional” tendencies, citing his admissions that he had sought guidance from three dwarf friends whom he named Armand, Luis and Angel. But the SC applied equity justice in awarding Floro backpay, allowances and other benefits commensurate to his three-year service as magistrate.

INDUCTION OF JUSTICE RENATO C. CORONA AS NEW SENATE ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL MEMBER: Justice Renato C. Corona takes his oath as member of the Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) before SET Chair Senior Associate Justice Leonardo Quisumbing at the En Banc Conference room at the Supreme Court, Manila on March 6, 2008. Justice Corona replaced Justice Angelina Sandoval-Gutierrez who retired last month. Witnessing the event were Justice Antonio T. Carpio and Atty. Irene R. Guevarra, SET Judiciary member and Secretary, respectively.

Floro filed on separate dates three partial motions for reconsideration and supplements, which were all denied, despite the case being terminated and closed to further pleadings. But he filed several more pleadings, including a Motion for Leave of Court to reinstate him as judge and a letter offering to work in the offices of three justices or the Office of the Chief Justice, by way of reconciliation.

Floro was sued by the Office of the Court Administrator which investigated about 13 administrative cases lodged against him by his own judicial staff. The SC found him guilty of seven out of 13 administrative charges and ordered him to pay P40,000 as penalty. Floro said he graduated with honors from the Ateneo de Manila, was 12th in the 1983 Bar exams and predicted the ousting of President Joseph Estrada, 9/11, and a 2001 fire that gutted the Malabon Hall of Justice, except his own sala. Rey E. Requejo



Judge Floro accurately predicted the Downfall of Erap and the Death of Rod Nazario

Sacked judge who sees dwarves wants to be Chief Justice

by Hector Lawas Thursday, 04 February 2010 19:33

THE dismissed judge who claimed that he consulted dwarves to see the future and has seen the Virgin Mary in at least 25 apparitions has applied for the soon-to-be-vacant post of the Chief Justice. Former Malabon regional trial court judge Florentino Floro yesterday filed his “verified application and with urgent administrative omnibus motion” before the Judicial and Bar Council.

Judge Floro lost his job because of Ateneo Law School Class 1982
Supreme Court Justice Arturo D. Brion (fourth from left) was elevated to the Hall of Fame of the Fraternal Order of Utopia of the Ateneo De Manila University (ADMU) School of Law during the fraternity’s Grand Ball and 45th Anniversary at the Hyatt Hotel and Casino, Manila on June 25, 2009. Justice Brion, former Secretary of Labor and Employment and Court of Appeals Justice, graduated cum laude and class valedictorian, with a Bachelor of Laws degree, from the Ateneo Law School in 1974. He joins fellow SC Justice Renato C. Corona (third from left) in the Hall of Fame. Also witnessing the conferment are Former Customs Commissioner Antonio M. Bernardo (far left), Utopia Fraternity President Kristoffer Tiansay (second from left), and Atty. Antonietta C. Articona-Brion (far right), wife of Justice Brion.

Floro, who was dismissed from the bench after the Supreme Court backed a medical finding that he had been suffering from psychosis, said he is applying for the post of Chief Justice on the condition that the JBC will submit his name to President Macapagal-Arroyo alone. He stressed that he does not want his name to be submitted to the next “Prime Minister or President” for appointment.



To back up his application, Floro said that he is a visionary and a prophet and accurately predicted in his 1996 book “Angel of Death,” which he said is a blockbuster, more than 800 dire prophesies with “razor-sharp accuracy.” Further, Floro bragged that he had foreseen the downfall of former President Joseph Estrada, and more than 10 years into the future, the twin typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng.

Floro further boasted that he had seen in his dreams the deaths of 57 civilians and journalists in the now infamous Maguindanao Massacre in Shariff Aguak town. The former judge earned a Bachelor of Laws degree from the Ateneo Law School and placed 12th in the 1983 Bar Examinations with a grade of 87.55 percent.

Two justices join race to replace Puno
By EDMER F. PANESA, Manila Bulletin
February 5, 2010, 4:48pm



Two more incumbent justices of the Supreme Court have joined six others in the race for the post that will be vacated when Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno hangs his robe in May. Associate Justices Teresita Leonardo De Castro and Arturo D. Brion were nominated before the Punoled Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) by their peers. Both accepted their nominations. De Castro and Brion are the seventh and eighth most senior SC justices, respectively, after Puno and Associate Justices Antonio T. Carpio, Renato C. Corona, Conchita Carpio Morales, Presbitero J. Velasco Jr., and Antonio Eduardo B. Nachura.

Ombudsman Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio

Corona, Carpio, and Morales all signified their interest for the top SC post, although the latter two said their acceptance of the nomination was subject to the condition that their names will be submitted to the next President. With the entry of De Castro and Brion, there are now five associate justices vying to become the country’s next Chief Justice. They are joined by three “outsiders” – Special Prosecutor Dennis M. Villa-Ignacio, former Malabon Judge Florentino Floro Jr. and Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon Victor C. Fernandez.

2 more justices eye SC chief post
Journal Online by Hector Lawas Friday

De Castro was nominated by retired SC Justice Minita Chico Nazario and lawyer Julie Ann Chang. Both Nazario and De Castro were former Sandiganbayan presiding justices and chairwomen of the anti-graft court’s Special Division that tried the plunder case against former President Joseph Estrada. Nazario, in her letter to Puno, said that apart from De Castro’s unquestionable qualifications as a jurist, her “achievements as a former Presiding Justice of the Sandiganbayan are testament to her skills as a unifying leader and an effective administrator.” In accepting the nomination, De Castro told the JBC that it is her honor to be considered as successor to Puno and that she has “full faith in the rule of law and the viability of our constitutional processes through which all the burning constitutional issues of the day should be resolved in due course.”

Because the big 7 were very influential clients versus Judge Florentino. Brion, on the other hand, was nominated by Associate Justice Japar Dimaampao of the Court of Appeals (CA) and Philippine Constitution Association (PHILCONSA) led by its president Manuel Lazaro.

Erap justice, ex-Webb lawyer, fired judge round out list


JBC stuck with Corona for SC post?



BY EVANGELINE DE VERA

IT looks like Supreme Court Associate Justice Renato Corona is the only viable candidate for the post of chief justice. But the Judicial and Bar Council, which screens nominees to vacant judicial posts, is yet to make a decision on whether to submit its list of nominees to President Arroyo or to the next president.

JBC: Judicial and Bar Council regular members (l-r) Hon. J Conrado Castro, Hon. Amado Dimayuga, Hon. Regino Hermosisima, EXECOM Chairman, Hon. Raoul Victorino, Hon. Rogelio Sescon and Atty. Renato Lopez, Jr. compose the panel during an open forum on Judicial and Bar Council Processes at the Leyte Park Hotel, Tacloban City, January 30, 2008.

The JBC received three more applications before it officially closed the nomination process yesterday. Associate Justice Teresita Leonardo-de Castro, Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon Victor Fernandez and dismissed Malabon judge Florentino Floro Jr. brings to six the total number of nominees vying for the post to be vacated by Chief Justice Reynato Puno who will retire on May 17. The JBC earlier automatically considered for nomination Corona, Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, and Associate Justices Conchita Carpio-Morales, Presbitero Velasco Jr. and Antonio Eduardo Nachura.

Velasco and Nachura declined their nomination.


Hermosisima’s ancestral house in Isabela, which is located beside the house of Melissa Sanchez. (Front to Back): Beverly Ann Hermosisima, daughter of Regino C. Hermosisima, Jr., unidentified teacher, Tita Purit Villanueva (caretaker), Winnie de leon Bucoy (in black), Carole Carabana, Nida Patiño-Dans and Carlo (2nd child of Carol)

Carpio and Morales said they were accepting their nomination provided their names would be submitted to the next President, pursuant to the constitutional provision barring the incumbent president from making appointments two months before elections until the end of her term on June 30.

Corona accepted his nomination without any condition. Another nominee, Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio, accepted his endorsement for the chief justice post, but with the same condition as that of Carpio and Morales.


‘Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.’ - Benjamin Whichcote

With Carpio and Morales declining their nomination, De Castro filed a "conforme" to the JBC signifying her interest to join the search for Puno’s successor. Prior to being appointed by President Arroyo to the high court, De Castro was the presiding justice at the Sandiganbayan Special Division that tried and convicted deposed President Joseph Estrada for plunder and perjury. Fernandez was one of the lawyers who defended Hubert Webb and his co-accused in the celebrated Vizconde massacre case.

Floro, who had claimed to be talking with dwarves, used to be the presiding judge of branch 73 of the Malabon regional trial court but was dismissed in 2006 due to "medically disabling condition of the mind that renders him unfit to discharge the functions of his office." Floro was sued by the Office of the Court Administrator which investigated about 13 administrative cases lodged against him by his own judicial staff. The SC found him guilty of seven of 13 administrative charges and fined him P40,000. Floro, in his letter to the JBC, repeatedly said he was the brightest in his class and graduated with honors from the Ateneo de Manila and even landed 12th in the 1983 Bar exams.


The Overview of the Judicial and Bar Council and its processes presented by
Hon. Regino C. Hermosisima Jr., JBC Regular Member

He also said he could not be held liable for the justices’ emotional incapability to accept his "gift" with empirical certainty. Among the "phenomena" that he supposedly predicted were the failure of former President Estrada to finish his term, the 2001 terrorist attack at the World Trade Center in the United States, and the July 2001 fire that gutted the Malabon Hall of Justice, except his own sala, which he predicted on July 18, 1999.

He also mentioned his ability to inflict pain via energy transfer or to prevent pains from being inflicted on a person during Fridays, on the condition that the person should alter his ways, lest they be punished, and his ability to see his dwarf friends. In his letter, he also claimed to have predicted the death of journalists in the November 23 Maguindanao massacre in Maguindanao.



JBC gets 8 nominees for Chief Justice

Judge Florentino Floro makes judicial history: the first and only RTC Judge to be included in the Final List of Chief Justice nominees-applicants abs-cbnNEWS.com | 02/05/2010 4:45 PM

MANILA, Philippines - Five Supreme Court associated justices, two officials from the Office of the Ombudsman, and one dismissed trial court judge have been nominated for Chief Justice. They are seeking to replace Chief Justice Reynato Puno, who retires on May 17.

Ancestral house in Lamitan, which is located in front of the City Hall of Lamitan. (L-R) Nida Patiño-Dans, Winnie de leon Bucoy, Beverly Ann Hermosisima, Carole Lourdes Hermosisima-Carabana & Marco Carabana.

Regino C. Hermosisima, Jr., the 4 termer (1997 to 2013) JBC Member, lives at a small condominium at the Capitol Estates, Fairview, near the St. Peter Parish and Ever Gotesco, Fairview, Quezon City and has mansions at Banilad, Cebu and Basilan (rubber plantations).

Papa Ino to his grandchildren Regino is married to very wealthy Rosemary P. Navarro of Alaminos, Pangasinan, and Lamitan, Basilan Province. They were blessed by God with very good children: Atty. Marceliano Hermosisima, Assistant Vice-President, Trust Department, Philippine National Bank; Mr. Mario Hermosisima, businessman; Dr. Carol Hermosisima-Carabaña, Asst. City Health Officer, Zamboanga City; Dr. Monalisa Hermosisima, Chua, Consultant Physician, Chong Hua Hospital, Cebu City; and Dr. Beverly Ann Hermosisima, Consultant Physician, Chong Hua Hospital, Cebu City.

Chief Justice Florentino Floro, Dwarf Supreme Justice LUIS, Associate Justices Armand and Angel are more brilliant than Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States

The 8 nominees whose names were submitted before the deadline on Thursday are:

* Associate Justice Renato Corona
* Associate Justice Antonio Carpio
* Associate Justice Conchita Carpio-Morales
* Associate Justice Teresita de Castro
* Associate Justice Arturo Brion
* Ombudsman Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio
* Deputy Ombudsman Victor Fernandez
* Former Judge Florentino Floro.

Mirror, Mirror on the wall, tell Judge Floro who has 666 on the forehead and Judge Floro will say who will be the fairest Chief Justice among them all!

In the case of President Arroyo, the ban starts on March 11 and ends on June 30. However, Malacañang has said that the President is also mandated by law to fill up vacancies in the Supreme Court. In a February 4 letter to the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC), the body that vets nominees to the President, Brion said he has accepted the nomination by Atty. Manuel Lazaro, president of the Philippine Constitution Association. "I consider it an honor and a duty to accept the nomination to the Office that we in the judiciary regard as the utmost in honor and potential for service to the nation," Brion said. Brion said it is up to the JBC to decide whether to submit his nomination to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, whose term expires on June 30, or to the next President.

The Prophet and Angel of Death, Judge Florentino Floro

"In accepting this nomination, I am fully aware that the JBC nomination process is now in the middle of a controversy that has excited, and elicited responses from, our citizens, our leaders and the best legal minds in the country. I am confident that the JBC, under the leadership of Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno, shall fully and lawfully discharge its duties under the Constitution," Brion said. "As a sitting Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, I cannot speculate, much less publicly air my views, on situations that may or may not arise in the appointment process. That is a move that I shall undertake in due form, guided by the letter and intent of the Constitution, once a concrete case is before the Court," he added. Among the top 5 senior justices, only Renato Corona has accepted a nomination for Chief Justice without conditions.



Judge Floro is one of the 9 Final Candidates-Nominees for 23rd Philippine Chief Justice to replace Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno on May 17, 2010

Nine express interest to replace Chief Justice
06:55 PM, February 05, 2010

A total of nine personalities, including two incumbent justices, have expressed their interest to replace Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno, who will step down on May 17. In a press conference on Friday, Court Administrator and SC spokesman Jose Midas Marquez said the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) received five applications or recommendations during the last day of submission (Feb. 4). The first two on the list are incumbent justices Teresita Leonardo-De Castro and Arturo D. Brion, who both gave their concurrence to the recommendations given by their colleagues in the judiciary. Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon Victor C. Fernandez, on the other hand, applied with the condition that "the next Chief Justice will be appointed by the incoming President."

Former Malabon Judge Florentino Floro, Jr., who was relieved from his duties in 2006 for having a "medically disabling condition of the mind," nominated himself but gave also his recommendations for Mr. Brion, Associate Justice Conchita Carpio-Morales and lawyers Henry Villarica and Gregorio Batiller, Jr. The high court’s most senior justices Renato Corona, Antonio Carpio and Ms. Carpio Morales have already earlier expressed their interests in the position. Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio also agreed to the nomination submitted by his former boss and Ombudsman Simeon Marcelo. -- Ira P. Pedrasa

Judge who talked to dwarves wants to be chief justice

By Dona Pazzibugan Philippine Daily Inquirer 02/05/2010



MANILA, Philippines—A former trial court judge who was dismissed for consulting “mystic dwarves” during trials has applied for the post of chief justice of the Supreme Court. Former Malabon Regional Trial Court Judge Florentino Floro Jr. personally submitted his application Thursday with the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) before it closed the filing of nominations for the successor to Chief Justice Reynato Puno, who will retire on May 17.

As he presented his application, Floro made it an express condition that the JBC should submit his name “only to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, that is, not to the next prime minister or president, as the case may be.” The Supreme Court dismissed Floro from the bench in 2006 after he admitted consulting mystic dwarves named Armand, Luis and Angel during “healing sessions” in his chambers. In sacking Floro for incompetence and bias, the high court said psychic phenomena had no place in the judiciary. It also called attention to a medical finding that said Floro had psychosis. In the 26-page application he submitted to the JBC, Floro affixed a photograph of himself with bills of money hanging down his neck and standing beside a toy stuffed dwarf. Floro, describing himself in the third person, said he was a “visionary and prophet.”

Atty. Gregorio M. Batiller, Jr. is also at present the General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce & Industry. He is likewise a member of several trade and professional organizations and served in recent years in various capacities either as President, Governor, Director, or General Counsel, of the Metro Manila Chambers of Commerce & Industry – South Sector, Paranaque City Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Rotary International – District 3830, Rotary Club of Paranaque – Sucat, Integrated Bar of the Philippines (Pasay, Paranaque, Las Pinas, Muntinlupa Chapter), and the Ateneo Law Alumni Foundation, Inc.

“He has accurately predicted in his ‘Angel of Death’ 1996 and other editions, more than 800 dire prophecies with impeccability. Since 2008, he had been bestowed more than 21 visions and apparitions of May and the Eucharist with vivid images and unequivocal messages duly filed with this Court of last resort,” he said. He also claimed that he had accurately predicted in writing the downfall of former President Joseph Estrada in 2001, the heart surgery of former Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr. in 2002 and the Nov. 23, 2009 Maguindanao massacre. Aside from nominating himself to be the next chief justice, Floro also nominated Supreme Court Associate Justices Arturo Brion and Conchita Carpio Morales and lawyers Henry Villarica and Gregorio Batiller Jr.

Justice Edilberto G. Sandoval Associate Justice - SandiganBayan Delivering his lecture on "Trial Technique: The Art of Direct & Cross Examination"

4 more nominees for next Supreme Court chief

By Edu Punay (The Philippine Star) Updated February 06, 2010 12:00 AM



MANILA, Philippines - Four more nominees for the post to be vacated by Chief Justice Reynato Puno upon his retirement on May 17 emerged last Thursday, the last day for filing of nominations and applications at the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC). The other nominees are Sandiganbayan acting Presiding Justice Edilberto Sandoval and Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon Victor Fernandez. Retired Justice Manuel Lazaro nominated Justice Sandoval while Fernandez applied for the post.



The nominations of Brion, De Castro, Sandoval and Fernandez brought to nine the number of candidates for the chief justice post to be deliberated upon by the JBC. The four who were earlier nominated for the post are Associate Justice Renato Corona, Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, Associate Justice Conchita Carpio-Morales and Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio. Former judge Florentino Floro Jr., on the other hand, applied for the post. SC administrator and spokesman Jose Midas Marquez said the JBC would evaluate the qualifications of the nominees. The council would publish the list of nominees and applicants and then set up public interviews before proceeding with their deliberations.



Nine vie for chief justice post

February 4, 2010 By Perfecto T. Raymundo, Jr.

When will the dwarves have the First Woman Chief Justice with several chiakras?

MANILA, Feb. 4 – On the last day of submission of application to the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC), two more aspirants on Thursday submitted their nomination for the position of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (SC). Atty. Victor Fernandez, Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon, manifested his intention to replace Chief Justice Reynato Puno, who is set to retire on May 17, 2010.

Gregorio M. Batiller Jr. obtained his Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude, in 1975, and his Bachelor of Laws, Valedictorian, in 1979, both at the Ateneo de Manila University, then took the Bar examinations the same year and was topnotcher (First Placer) with a general average of 91.4%.

Former Malabon City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Judge Florentino Floro also applied for the position of Chief Justice. He would like that his nomination be submitted to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Floro, an alleged psychic, became controversial after he was dismissed from the service by the SC for his conversations with his alleged dwarf friends. He was suspended in 2006 due to mental illness.

Likewise, three nominees were also endorsed for the position of Chief Justice namely, Associate Justice Arturo Brion, Atty. Henry Villarica and Atty. Gregorio Batiller, Jr. There are now nine official nominees before the JBC for the position of Chief Justice, including Associate Justice Renato Corona who manifested his intention to become a nominee without any condition while Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio and Associate Justice Conchita Carpio-Morales both expressed their intention to become nominees as Chief Justice premised on the condition that the JBC shortlist of nominees will be submitted to the next president and not to President Arroyo.

Atty. Henry R. Villarica (2nd from left) is 20th No. 1 Bar placer in 1971, University of the Philippines, 92.4% is 20th No. 1 Bar placer in 1971, University of the Philippines, 92.4%

Siyam ang nagtutunggali sa puwesto ng Chief Justice

by RM Padua

Manila (5 February) -- Sa pagtatapos ng taning sa pagsumite ng nominasyon sa Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) kahapon, umabot sa siyam ang nominado para sa puwestong iiwanan ni Chief Justice Reynato Puno na magreretiro sa Mayo 17.

Ito'y matapos nagsumite ng kanilang nominasyon ang dalawa pang nagnanais pumalit kay Chief Justice Puno sa huling araw ng pagsusumite ng application. Ipinahayag ni Atty. Victor Fernandez, Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon, ang kanyang intensyong palitan si Puno.
Philippine Information Agency

Nag-apply din sa nasabing posisyon ang dating hukom ng Malabon City Regional Trial Court na si Florentino Floro. Nais niyang isumite ang kanyang application kay Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Naging kontrobersyal si Floro, na sinasabing isang psychic, matapos syang ma-dismiss ng Supreme Court mula sa serbisyo dahil umano sa kanyang pakikipag-usap sa mga kaibigang duwende.



Nasuspende sya noong 2006. Kabilang sa iba pang mga nominado ay sina Associate Justice Arturo Brion, Atty. Henry Villarica, Atty. Gregorio Batiller, Jr. at Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa- Ignacio na nominado ng dating Ombudsman Simeon Marcelo. Mayroon na ngayong siyam na opisyal na nominado para sa posisyon ng Chief Justice kabilang na si Associate Justice Renato Corona na nagpahayag ng kanyang intensyon na maging nominee ng walang hinihinging kondisyon. Nagsara ang pagtanggap ng mga application para sa posisyon ng Chief Justice kahapon, sa ganap na alas singko ng hapon. (PIA 1)

Jevon and Hailey with the bride’s family: Brother Harvey Lawrence, mom Linabelle Ruth Ramos-Villarica, dad Atty. Henry Villarica, and brothers Henry Lester and Hans Lerwyn

4 more nominees for next Supreme Court chief

3 more nominated to Puno’s post Manila Standard Today, February 6, 2010

Sandoval was nominated by retired Justice Manuel Lazaro while Fernandez applied for the post. The four nominations received Thursday brought to nine the number of candidates to replace Chief Justice Reynato Puno when he retires May 17. The others nominated were Associate Justice Renato Corona, Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, Associate Justice Conchita Carpio-Morales, and Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio.



Former Malabon judge Florentino Floro Jr., who was sacked over “delusional tendencies” in March 2006, applied for the post. The ruling ordering his relief cited his admission that he received guidance from three dwarf friends whom he had named Armand, Luis and Angel. Court Administrator and spokesman Jose Midas Marquez said the council will publish the list of nominees and applicants and then set up public interviews before proceeding with the deliberations. Marquez said the council had yet to decide on whether or not it would submit the shortlist to President Arroyo.

Chief competition, LOOKING ASKANCE By Joseph Gonzales (The Freeman) Updated February 07, 2010



Last week, I wrote about my naked ambition to become the next Supreme Court Chief Justice. Joining me in that quest, according to news reports, is none other than former Judge Florentino Floro Jr., who was earlier dismissed from the judiciary for his avowed ability to talk to dwarves.

Judge Floro (can I still call him a judge even after he’s been dismissed?) was booted out after the Supreme Court took him to task for consulting dwarves during healing sessions in his august chambers. Reportedly, there was also a medical report that said he had psychosis. A google search revealed that Judge Floro claims to be an angel of death, able to cause pain to his court audience, and that he can actually write while in a trance. Well, those credentials aren’t so bad. And Wikipedia says he’s a graduate of the Ateneo law school. Considering my lean C.V., he might actually give me stiff competition.

Florentino Floro: Juiz que consultava duendes é afastado nas Filipinas: Florentino Floro

Judge Floro supposedly attached a picture of himself standing beside a stuffed dwarf. That was actually one of the conundrums I faced when deciding which photo to submit. I obsessed a little on whether I should go to a professional photographer, and hire a make-up artist to airbrush my natural good looks (ahem) to pictorial perfection. I also put some thought into the issue of whether I should wear a suit (to convey that I’m used to a high-pressure corporate environment) or a barong tagalog (to denote my pride at being Filipino).



As my friend gave me hardly any time to focus, I ended up running to the nearest photo-me booth and posing in a simple green checked shirt with a white collar. Compared to Judge Floro, who was reportedly wearing money bills in his picture, my outfit now seems appropriately conservative. I didn’t know this before, but apparently, applicants also have to submit a six-page application
form. Browsing through this form (called the JBC Form – 1), I found many things that one might consider irrelevant and frankly, even an invasion of privacy.

Why would there be a need, for example, to disclose my height (in meters) and my weight (in kilos)? I already find it excruciating to look at the weighing scale, do I have to share my distress with the rest of the world? I’ve also developed a (minor) defensive attitude towards being called vertically challenged – do I have to be reminded I’m less than six feet tall? And the age requirement! No need to explain that one.


Judge Floro's 3 dwarves are more sexy than Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago, Consuelo Ynares-Santiago and Flerida Ruth-Romero

Scanning the form, I came across Item 24: Litigation Experience. (That should be fairly straightforward, I thought.) Then, one of the sub items under this heading asks the applicant to disclose how many cases he or she has won over the past five years, and more importantly, how many cases were lost. Uh-oh. Is the applicant going to be judged on this basis, when the vagaries of litigating cases in this country may not necessarily lead to results based on the abilities of a lawyer?



The next section, Item 25, asks the applicant for his judicial experience. Good for me. As I have none, I can skip to the next section. As for Judge Floro, I wonder how he’ll do on this one, although Item 28 is the question that might really trip him up. This was the section titled “Formal or informal complaints filed against you.” In ominous tones, the item goes: “Have you ever been charged with violation of any law, decree, ordinance, administrative issuance, or regulation before any court, prosecution office, tribunal, or any other government office, agency or instrumentality in the Philippines or in any foreign country?”

Mystic Dwarfs and Judicial Review; Judge Floro and the Honorable Thieves in the Corridors of Padre Faura Power

(Um, do traffic violations count?) Wait a minute. Judge Floro’s application is, like mine, conditional. His says he only wants his appointment to be made by President Arroyo. On the other hand, my application letter states that I only want to be appointed by her successor. Darn. He might actually have better chances of getting appointed.

Uncle Harry coming over to baby-sit Pinoys POSTSCRIPT By Federico D. Pascual Jr. (The Philippine Star) Updated February 07, 2010 NINE CONTENDERS: The latest nominees are Supreme Court Associate Justices Arturo Brion and Teresita Leonardo-De Castro, acting Sandiganbayan Presiding Justice Edilberto Sandoval and Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon Victor Fernandez.

Florentino Floro: Juiz que consultava duendes é afastado nas Filipinas

Nominated earlier were Associate Justices Antonio Carpio, Renato Corona and Conchita Carpio-Morales, and Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio. Former judge Florentino Floro Jr., on the other hand, applied for the post. Carpio, Morales and Villa-Ignacio accepted their nomination but on condition that any appointment would be made by the next president. Fernandez also imposed the same condition.

2 mahistrado humabol sa Supreme Court nomination (Pilipino Star Ngayon) Updated February 06, 2010 Kasama naman sa mga outsider na nagsu­mite ng aplikasyon ay sina special prosecutor Dennis Villa Ignacio, dating Mala­bon RTC Judge Florentino Floro at Deputy Ombuds­man for Luzon Atty. Victor Fer­­nandez. (Gemma Garcia)

Elimination process for next CJ starts
By EDMER F. PANESA February 7, 2010, 6:00pm

The enemies of Judge Floro are more sophisticated than this healthy piglet with three eyes and two snouts; it was born in a litter of eight on February 5, 2010 and weighs about the same as the other piglets in the litter in Narvacan, Ilocos Sur.

Amid the controversy over the appointment of the country’s next Chief Justice, a Supreme Court magistrate has thrown his support behind the decision of the Judicial and Bar Council to proceed with the screening of candidates to replace Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno. “I am confident that the JBC, under the leadership of Chief Justice Puno, shall fully and lawfully discharge its duties under the Constitution,” said Associate Justice Arturo D. Brion, a contender for the post that will be vacated when Puno retires in May. Brion made the statement as the JBC begins Monday the elimination process involving nine applicants and nominees for the position.

SC Spokesperson Jose Midas Marquez said the JBC will examine all letters of application and recommendation as well as the confirmation by the nominees which were received by the council from the time the nomination process was formally opened on January 20 up to the February 4 deadline. “(The) JBC will meet on Monday and all of these (letters) will be included in its agenda,” Marquez said.

JBC is composed of Puno as ex-oficio chairman, and Justice Secretary Agnes Devanadera, Sen. Francis Escudero and Quezon City Rep. Matias Defensor as ex-oficio members. Its regular members include Justice Regino Hermosisima Jr., Dean Amado Dimayuga, Justice Aurora Santiago Lagman and lawyer J. Conrado Castro of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines.

Judge Floro, the "Prophet," if filmed, would surely topple Avatar and Dear John (a 2010 American romantic drama/war film starring Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried. Directed by Lasse Hallström, the film is an adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' novel of the same name. It shows the life of a young woman (Amanda Seyfried) after she falls in love with a soldier (Channing Tatum). They decide to exchange letters to each other after he is deployed to the war).

The film was released theatrically in North America on February 5, 2010. Dear John debuted as the No. 1 movie with $32.4 million in its opening weekend, knocking off Avatar after seven weekends in first place. The film also sets a record opening for Super Bowl weekend, topping the $31.1 million debut for Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert in 2008. It is reportedly the best debut for a film based on a Nicholas Sparks novel.

Aside from Brion, also vying for the top judicial post are SC Associate Justices Antonio T. Carpio, Renato C. Corona, Conchita Carpio Morales and Teresita Leonardo De Castro, acting Sandiganbayan Presiding Justice Edilberto G. Sandoval, Special Prosecutor Dennis M. Villa-Ignacio, Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon Victor C. Fernandez and former Malabon Judge Florentino Floro, Jr.

Last January 18, the JBC unanimously agreed to start processing the nominations for the next SC chief but deferred its decision on when to submit the shortlist of nominees to the “proper appointing authority.” Some quarters believe the President could still appoint Puno’s replacement notwithstanding the ban, which they claimed only covers positions in the executive branch.



FSGO, law students protest CJ 'midnight appointment'

abs-cbnNEWS.com | 02/08/2010 9:39 AM

MANILA, Philippines - Law students, businessmen and former senior government executives on Monday protested a plan by President Arroyo to appoint a new Chief Justice before she steps down from office on June 30, 2010. In a full-page ad published in major broadsheets, members of the Former Senior Government Officials (FSGO) and business leaders said Malacañang's "brazen and sly attempt" to appoint the next Chief Justice was a ploy to "shield the guilty from accountability."

Welcome and Opening Remarks and The Overview of the Judicial and Bar Council and Its Processes presented by Hon. Regino C. Hermosisima Jr., JBC Regular Member

A separate ad by the Association of Law Students of the Philippines also noted that Malacañang's proposal to replace Chief Justice Reynato Puno violates the 1987 Constitution, which bars a president from issuing permanent appointments 2 months before a presidential election and until the end of his or her term.

The JBC earlier said 5 Supreme Court associate justices, two officials from the Office of the Ombudsman, and one dismissed trial court judge have been nominated for Chief Justice. The eight nominees are Associate Justice Renato Corona, Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, Associate Justice Conchita Carpio-Morales, Associate Justice Teresita de Castro, Associate Justice Arturo Brion, Ombudsman Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio, Deputy Ombudsman Victor Fernandez and Former Judge Florentino Floro.


Loony ex-judge wants to be Chief Justice 7 February 2010

‘Loony’ ex-judge seeks chief justice post

By Benjamin B. Pulta 02/05/2010



A former judge dismissed from the judiciary for consulting “dwarves” in his decisions has filed an application with the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) to be next chief justice of the Supreme Court (SC). Florentino Floro, formerly of the Malabon regional trial court in a “verified application and nomination” nominated himself to the collegial body which is coming up with a shortlist of hopefuls for the CJ position.

Floro, who has described himself “a visionary and a prophet” and once claimed to have been levitated one inch beside a duhat tree while three dwarf friends appeared to him, said he wants his name “as one of the list of the nominees only to President Arroyo, that is, not to the next prime minister or president.” He also asked the JBC to consider five others including Associate Justices Arturo Brion and Conchita Carpio-Morales, “subject to their ratification of the nomination or later consent.”

The Prophet Judge Floro has been contacted by, or has encountered, the supernatural or the divine, and serves as an intermediary with humanity, delivering this newfound knowledge from the supernatural entity to other humans. Like Isaiah's Lips Anointed with Fire, Judge Floro has "Krus sa Dila."

Undaunted by his threats of “ungodly reprisals,” SC magistrates earlier ordered Floro to stop badgering them with phone calls and pleadings seeking a review of his case. Floro was also warned that he can be held liable for indirect contempt should he persist in disregarding lawful orders of the Court. The SC said Floro failed to present convincing arguments and substantial evidence to warrant a modification or reversal of its March 31, 2006 decision that ordered his relief as Malabon judge due to a “medically disabling condition of the mind that renders him unfit to discharge the functions of his office.”

The high court further ordered to expunge his petitions from the records and ruled that no further pleadings from the former judge would be entertained, citing basic rules under the judicial system that litigations must end and terminate at some point. “We wish to remind Judge Floro that the Court cannot be swayed to modify or reverse its decision and various resolutions by inundating the ponente with numerous pleadings avowing ungodly reprisal as well as personal letters/telephone calls seeking audience with the latter, if, as in this case, they are only in furtherance of repeating issues and arguments already passed upon by the Court en banc’s earlier decision and resolution,” the SC said.

Visionary Judge Floro experiences visions and apparitions connected to the supernatural. At times this involves seeing into the future. The visionary state is achieved via lucid dreams and Gifts of the Spirit. Judge Floro is of different caliber than Hildegard of Bingen, a 12th century artist/visionary and Catholic saint, Mohammed (who had a vision of and communed with the Angel Gabriel), St. Bernadette (who had a vision of and communed with the Blessed Virgin), and Joseph Smith (who had a vision of and communed with the Angel Moroni).

In the assailed decision of the SC, penned by Associate Justice Minita Chico-Nazario, Floro was separated from service due to his “delusional” tendencies, citing his admissions in several occassions that he decides his case with the guidance of his three dwarf friends whom he named Armand, Luis and Angel. As a matter of equity, the Court resolved to award Floro back salaries, allowances and other economic benefits corresponding to three years.

Floro subsequently filed on separate dates three partial motions for reconsideration and supplements, which were all denied by the SC for lack of merit, considering the case closed and terminated, stating that no other pleadings will be entertained in the future. In obvious disregard of this directive, Floro incessantly filed several more pleadings, including a Motion for Leave of Court to reinstate him as judge and a letter stating that he is willing to work under the offices of three justices or the Office of the Chief Justice, by way of reconciliation.

The Seven Planes (or Realms) of Existence are the totality of All-That-IS in Its limitless expression of Creation. It is important to understand these Planes in order to clarify why and where our beliefs, programs, contracts, commitments, initiations and healings originate. We operate physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually as part of and connected to all the Planes. Every Plane is working in our body in complete harmony to create life at all times. Every Plane operates within this Third Plane, where we, as humans, reside. The Planet of Floro's 3 mystic dwarves is located in the 7th plane of existence.

The more people who tap into the Group Collective Consciousness to witness change at this Seventh Plane, the easier it will be to shift human consciousness. We can evolve together and have instantaneous healings all the time.



He also filed a supplement to his original letter to reopen his case and to seek a new docket number to his original petition and to designate Senior Associate Justice Leonardo Quisumbing or Sandiganbayan Associate Justice Gregory Ong as new ponente of this “new” case. Floro was sued by the Office of the Court Administrator which investigated about 13 administrative cases lodged against him by his own judicial staff. The SC found him guilty of seven out of 13 administrative charges and ordered him to pay the amount of P40,000 as penalty.

In his 79-page motion for reconsideration, in which pages of stories about himself were interspersed, Floro alleged that the six government doctors who examined him counterfeited his intelligence quotient and wrongfully declared him as mentally impaired. He asked that an impartial panel of doctors who are experts who are also gifted to assess his psychic powers should be commissioned to examine him to determine his true mental state.

The Seventh Plane of Existence: is where The Creator, All-That-Is, ALL of Creation exists and creates all the other Planes. It can be tapped into and understood as the Highest Truth and Pure Love. In working from this connection, we can witness the gathering of energy and how it is utilized to co-create with the Creator-of-All--to manifest spontaneously, to witness instant healings, to change any thought form (illusion) with the absolute energy of love and joy immediately. It is "The Awakened State."

The more people who tap into the Group Collective Consciousness to witness change at this Seventh Plane, the easier it will be to shift human consciousness. We can evolve together and have instantaneous healings all the time.

The beleaguered judge said that the amended Rule 140 in the Rules of Court never included weirdness, healing, psychic phenomena and the like as grounds for discipline.“Insanity is, but respondent has never been declared insane,” he said, noting that his gift “dwells in the realm of both religious and religious belief, free exercise and expression or parapsychology, and beyond the four corners of medicine, psychiatry and psychology.”

Floro, who has repeatedly cited in his motion that he was the brightest in his class and graduated with honors from Ateneo de Manila and even landed 12th in the 1983 Bar exams, aaid that the SC should not allow itself to be dictated upon by in a proceeding to remove judges based on the medical incapacity of doctors, whose claims are mere hearsay evidence and thus inadmissible. Dr. Celeste Vista in her report to the SC cited that despite Floro’s “impressive educational background, there is an impairment in reality testing which is an indicator of a psychotic process, such that, cultural beliefs in dwarfs, psychic and paranormal phenomena and divine gifts of healing have become incorporated in a delusional system, that it has interfered and tainted his occupational and social functioning.”



Among the “phenomena” that he supposedly predicted were the failure of former President Joseph Estrada to finish his term, the 2001 terrorist attack at the World Trade Center in the United States and the July 2001 fire that gutted the Malabon Hall of Justice, except his own sala, which he predicted on July 18, 1999. He also mentioned his ability to inflict pain via energy transfer or to prevent forthcoming pains on a specific person during Fridays, on the condition that the person should alter his ways, lest they be punished, and his ability to see his “little friends.” Delhi HC judges disclose their assets February 06, 2010

Dismissed ‘psychic’ judge gets High Court’s ire

By Tetch Torres INQUIRER.net 02/08/2010

MANILA, Philippines — The Judicial and Bar Council excluded a self proclaimed “fifth best psychic in the country” from the list of aspirants for the position of Chief Justice. Court Administrator Midas Marquez said the Supreme Court ruling is explanation enough why he should not be included in the nominees. The high court recently issued a per curiam ruling telling former Malabon Regional Trial Court Judge Florentino Floro that it “will throw the book at him if he keeps on badgering justices with phone calls and pleadings seeking a review of his removal from office.”



Floro hugged the limelight when he claimed he was aided in the court by three dwarfs: Luis, Armand and Angel. He said he was the “angel of death” and that he could write while in a trance. In 2006, the Supreme Court ordered Floro’s dismissal from the bench after finding him suffering from psychosis that impaired his judgment. Nominees to the Chief Justice post which will be vacated by Chief Justice Reynato Puno on May 17 include Supreme Court Associate Justices Antonio Carpio, Conchita Carpio-Morales, Arturo Brion, Teresita De Castro, Renato Corona, Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio, Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon Victor Fernandez, Sandiganbayan acting Presiding Justice Edilberto Sandoval.



However, Justices Carpio and Carpio-Morales and Villa-Ignacio said they will only agree for the nomination if the next president will make the appointment. With the nomination already closed, Marquez said the names of the nominees will be published for two weeks and the JBC will be accepting comments from the public. “After that, the JBC will determine if there is a need to conduct an interview,” Marquez said. Asked if there will be a shortlist before the ban on appointments, Marquez said it is up to the JBC to make the decision. SC irked by Dismissed RTC Judge

Corona hits charge of unethical conduct



BY EVANGELINE DE VERA TUESDAY FEBRUARY 9, 2010 PHILIPPINES

Supreme Court spokesman Jose Midas Marquez said the publication of the JBC list will run for two weeks in newspapers of national circulation. Following the publication of the names of the aspirants, the JBC will accept comments from the public. Based on these comments, it will decide on whether to hold public interviews on the aspirants. The JBC officially closed the nomination on February 4, with eight applicants.



Those who submitted applications for or were endorsed to the post were Associate Justices Renato Corona, Arturo Brion and Teresita Leonardo De-Castro; Edilberto Sandoval, Sandiganbayan acting presiding justice; Victor Fernandez, deputy Ombudsman for Luzon; Ombudsman Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio; and former Malabon judge Florentino Floro Jr.

Floro has been excluded from the list owing to his dismissal from the bench. On Villa-Ignacio, Marquez said the JBC has directed its ex-officio secretariat to determine whether Villa-Ignacio has pending criminal cases and their status.


Only 8 contenders for Chief Justice

Manila Bulletin, By EDMER F. PANESA February 9, 2010, 11:58am

The judge who was dismissed from the bench due to his strange relationship with three “mystic dwarves” has just been eliminated from the race for the post that will be vacated by Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno in May. Court Administrator Jose Midas Marquez said yesterday the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) removed the name of former Malabon Judge Florentino Floro Jr. from the list of possible candidates to replace Puno, thus, leaving eight contenders for the Chief Justice post.

He said the JBC also directed its ex-officio secretary, lawyer Ma. Luisa Villarama, to verify if another candidate, Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio, has a pending case. “Other contenders for Chief Justice are SC Associate Justices Antonio Carpio, Renato Corona, Conchita Carpio Morales, Teresita Leonardo de Castro, Arturo Brion, acting Sandiganbayan Presiding Justice Edilberto Sandoval and Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon Victor Fernandez.

Marquez said Floro’s removal from the list was primarily due to a previous SC decision dismissing him from the judiciary. “He (Floro) has been separated from the judiciary. That decision of the High Court speaks for itself,” he said. In 2006, the SC dismissed Floro after he admitted consulting his mystic dwarves – Armand, Luis, and Angel – during healing sessions in his chambers. The SC said psychic phenomena had no place in the judiciary. It backed a medical finding that the judge was suffering from psychosis.

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This developed as SC spokesman Jose Midas Marquez said the names of those who have been nominated and applied for the Chief Justice post, to be vacated by Chief Justice Puno upon his retirement on May 17, will be published for two weeks after the JBC closed its door for nominations and endorsements for the said post on February 4.

Midas Marquez also disclosed that former Regional Trial Court judge Florentino Floro Jr. has been excluded from the list owing to his dismissal from the bench, leaving the number of aspirants to only eight. Among the contenders for the Chief Justice post are Corona, Carpio, Associate Justices Conchita Carpio-Morales, Arturo Brion and, Teresita Leonardo-de Castro, Sandiganbayan Acting Presiding Justice Edilberto Sandoval, Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon Victor Fernandez and Villa-Ignacio.

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Hidden judicial skeletons Atty. Manuel J. Laserna, Jr. Las Pinas City, Metro Manila, Philippines is the managing partner of the Laserna Cueva-Mercader & Associates Law Offices (LCM Law), Las Pinas City, Philippines, which specializes in litigation of judicial and quasi-judicial cases. (http://lcmlaw.multiply.com; lcmlaw@gmail.com).

‘Psychic’ judge dismissed from court because of psychosis Now if only all the judges who listen to god could be given the heave-ho as well... I heard about this fella. Didn't Whatstheharm.net have an entry about him? Or was that some other judge in the same country who lost his job because he believed in psychic powers? Hilarious story, anyway. It doesn't get much loopier than this. Florentino V. Floro Jr., Fired from his job as judge Just playing devils advocate for a second. What if there was a judge that credited his judgements to something weird, but had a great track record and no cases that would be judged different by a judge that did not?

Only 8 contenders for Chief Justice

9 vie for chief justice post, February 7th, 2010, Zamboanga Times

Dismissed ‘psychic’ judge gets High Court’s ire

Only 8 contenders for Chief Justice The judge who was dismissed from the bench due to his strange relationship with three “mystic dwarves” has just been eliminated from the race for the post that will be vacated by Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno in May. Court Administrator Jose Midas Marquez said yesterday the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) removed the name of former Malabon Judge Florentino Floro Jr. from the list of possible candidates to replace Puno, thus, leaving eight contenders for the Chief Justice post.

"JUDGE “DUENDE”

Feb 5, '10 8:55 AM, Multiply.com by Biboyski - Wearing bills of money hanging down his neck and posing with a dwarf, the former Regional Trial Court Judge of Malabon Florentino Floro applies to the top post, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. My query is this, when Floro was appointed as judge was he screened? How many cases were decided by him because he consulted his “duendes” or dwarves? When he got appointed why was this habit of his not discovered?

My brother and my friend Atty. Tonson were still working in the Supreme Court when Floro was removed and sacked as judge for consulting “duendes” or “dwarves” in his decisions. Decisions have to be decided on facts, on the laws applicable, or in short the law of the land when the case is heard. But the former judge had to consult not his books but his “duendes”. He could argue that people consult “astrologers”, “geomancers” and “feng sui “ experts but as a judge he is dispensing justice. The lady of justice wears a blindfold, and carries the scales and displays a sword. No, she does not consult duendes.



Floro calls these spirits which he consult as “spirit guides when he writes his decisions, that’s what makes him different from those who consult horoscopes, astrologers, geomancers and the like. Dispensing justice can result in someone losing property, someone getting jailed, someone getting vindicated and how to arrive at a decision should require a judge to study the case carefully. Is it justice to send an accused to prison for say 10 to 12 years because a “duwende” told him so? Or for a judge to order a businessman to pay up his creditor because “a spirit” told him to write such order?

Judges are guided by the Constitution, the laws of the land, jurisprudence (decisions rendered by the Supreme Court), the evidence being shown and by legal ethics as well as rules being issued by the Supreme Court. The act of the former judge in appearing before the media last night is a great disservice to members of the judiciary and to lawyers as a whole.Media should not have covered it, we don’t need circuses that make fun of institutions in this country. He is making fun of us and I don’t find the joke funny.

Corona: Raps on impropriety vicious lies

By Benjamin B. Pulta 02/09/2010 Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Renato Corona has rejected charges of impropriety leveled against him by a losing litigant even as the high court said it will welcome public feedback on the applicants for the chief justice position to be vacated in May. The eight seven contenders for the chief justice post are: Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio; Associate Justices Renato Corona, Conchita Carpio-Morales, Arturo Brion and Teresita Leonardo-De Castro; Sandiganbayan Acting Presiding Justice Edilberto Sandoval; and Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio and Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon Victor Fernandez.

Meanwhile,a dismissed judge Florentino Floro was taken of the list of chief justice hopefuls by the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC). Marquez stated that Floro was removed from the list since he has been severed from the judiciary. In 2006, the Supreme Court ordered Floro’s dismissal from the bench after finding him suffering from psychosis that impaired his judgement.

3pm of Fridays, Judge Floro's dwarf cyber seaman patiently target small fishes and giant judicial sharks in the most corrupt Philippine judiciary destroying by cyber strikes at all his enemies and persecutors so that their loved ones would suffer lingering illnesses and horrible deaths due to the Biblical curse

Applicants for the Chief Justice post include Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon Victor Fernadez, Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio, SC Associate Justices Carpio-Morales, Carpio, Corona, Arturo Brion,De Castro, and Sandiganbayan Asscociate Justice Edilberto Sandoval. Floro claimed to be a clairvoyant and can see dwarves. He stated that he predicted the inclusion of the journalists in the now infamous Maguindanao massacre.

Judge Floro's LUIS, Armand and Angel would use their Giant crab from Osaka, Japan to punish their crab mentality enemies, detractors and persecutors

Dismissed RTC judge applies for SC chief justice postDismissed RTC judge applies for SC chief justice post - By DateLine Philippines Posted on Feb. 04, 2010 at 7:28pm

Filipino Dwarf Judge Florentino Floro excluded from list of Chief Justice candidates
2/13/2010 07:48 AM ID: 82883 Expelled ‘psychic judge’ Florentino Floro, who claimed he consulted three mystic dwarfs Luis, Armand and Angel, was listed among the nominees and candidates for chief justice post to be vacated by Chief Justice Reynato Puno on May 17.

Japanese spider crab measuring 10ft from claw to claw — Crabzilla: Sealife Tropical Curator Derek Scales from the National Sealife Centre in Birmingham with the biggest crab in Britain; Macrocheira kaempferi is the largest known arthropod; fully grown it can reach a leg span of almost 4 m (13 ft), a body size of up to 37 cm (15 inches) and a weight of up to 20 kg (44 lb). The crab's natural habitat is on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean (some 300 to 400 m deep) around Japan, where it feeds on dead animals and shellfish. It is believed to have a life expectancy of up to 100 years.

The Judicial and Bar Council, however, excluded the Filipino dwarf judge from the list of aspirants because of a 2006 decision which removed him from office due to experts´ finding that he suffered from psychosis that impaired his judgment.Final list of nominees to the Chief Justice post includes Supreme Court Justices Antonio Carpio, Conchita Carpio-Morales, Arturo Brion, Teresita De Castro, Renato Corona, lawyers Dennis Villa-Ignacio, Victor Fernandez, and Edilberto Sandoval.