Bacolod lawyer Franklin Jaruda Demonteverde was recently appointed presiding judge of the Regional Trial Court Branch 55 in Himamaylan City, replacing the late Judge Jose Aguirre Jr.

Demonteverde told the DAILY STAR yesterday that he received his appointment on the last week of January and will undergo immersion and training in Tagaytay for two weeks. He expects his actual assumption of his post to take place in March. The new judge took up his elementary and secondary years at the Ateneo de Davao and the Notre Dame of Cotabato. He acquired his Bachelor in Business Administration from the University of the East in Manila in 1967, and his Law degree from the College of Law of the University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos in 1979.

Demonteverde, 61, is married to Judge Lorna Demonteverde of the Municipal Trial Court in Cities, with whom he has six children, Dale, a supervisor at the San Miguel Corporation; Jong, who works for the American West Airlines - Nevada; Omar, a lawyer; Peewee, a bank employee, Bambi, assistant manager of the Metropolitan Club in Chicago, and Rhett, who has just competed his Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of St. La Salle Bacolod.

He retired as Regional legal officer of the Development Bank of the Philippines for Negros Island, with a rank as assistant vice president. Born in Davao City, he is the second child of the late DBP Bacolod manager Ruperto Sarrosa Demonteverde and Nora Jaruda.*DMG

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