PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Diosdado Peralta as Chief Justice, sources privy to the signing of the appointment papers said.

Peralta will succeed Lucas Bersamin who will retire on October 18.

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