Laoag City RTC gets new judge

Associate Justice Diosdado M. Peralta administers the oath of newly promoted Judge Myra Sheila M. Nalupta who was appointed by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte as the new Presiding Judge of Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 65, Laoag City. Judge Nalupta was previously appointed as the Presiding Judge of the MTCC Branch 01, Laoag City from January 4, 2012 to February 2019; Executive Judge of the MTCC Laoag for 5 years; City Prosecutor of Batac City and Associate City Prosecutor and Public Attorney at the PAO Laoag City and Batac City District Offices. Ms. Nalupta obtained her Juris Doctor degree from the Ateneo De Manila School of Law graduated 2nd Honors Dean's List in 1997. Her pre-law course was BS Legal Management graduated at the Ateneo De Manila University in 1993 as cum laude, departmental awardee and merit scholar. Witnessing the oath taking is her mother former Batac Mayor Elena Marders Nalupta, brother Atty. Richard M. Nalupta of the Register of Deeds in Marikina City, nephew Marco Renzo Dalida Nalupta and uncle-in-law former DOH assistant secretary Dr. Jaime Yap Legahid. (Doms dela Cruz)

By Bernard Ver

Contributor

Laoag City—Judge Sheila Nalupta-Barba was named among the 19 new judges in Northern Luzon by President Rodrigo R. Duterte and took her oath of office before fellow Ilocano Supreme Court Associate Justice Diosdado M. Peralta.

Judge Nalupta-Barba take overs Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 65 in Laoag City, which was vacant for a long time. Her appointment to the said court was recorded at the Supreme Court on March 13, 2018.

Before becoming an RTC judge, Mrs. Nalupta-Barba served as the magistrate in the Municipal Trial Court in Cities Branch 01 in Laoag City.

She is the daughter of the late Mariano "Anno" Rosario Nalupta Jr., also a lawyer and politician. Her father was the second district of Ilocos Norte representative from 1987 to 1992. He later served as Ilocos Norte vice governor from 1992 to 2001.

“Ad majorem Dei gloriam! For the greater glory of God! The blue eagle has landed to nest at RTC Branch 65, Laoag City!" Judge Nalupta-Barba said.

Last year, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan passed Resolution No. 248-2018 requesting President Duterte to fill up the vacancies in the Regional Trial Court Laoag City Branches 16 and 65, and Branches 17 and 18 in Batac City. The assigned presiding judges in the said courts have retired.

With Judge Nalupta-Barba’s appointment, three vacancies still remain.

Under Article VIII, Section 9 of the 1987 Constitution, the President has the sole power to appoint judges of the lower courts.

The rest of the newly appointed judge will be assigned to the Regional Trial Courts in Baguio City, Benguet, Pangasinan, La Union and Ilocos Sur.

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