PBBM names COA chair Gamaliel Cordoba as new SC associate justice

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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. appointed Commission on Audit (COA) chairperson Gamaliel Cordoba as the next associate justice of the Supreme ...

MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. appointed Commission on Audit (COA) chairperson Gamaliel Cordoba as the next associate justice of the Supreme Court (SC), Malacañang announced on Friday.

Cordoba will succeed Associate Justice Amy Lazaro-Javier, who is set to retire on Nov. 16, Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said in a press briefing.

A lawyer, economist, and public administrator, Cordoba joins the high tribunal after more than two decades of public service, most recently as head of the country’s independent constitutional audit body.

“At COA, he led a comprehensive fraud audit of flood control projects, submitting at least 50 fraud audit reports to the Office of the Ombudsman and the Independent Commission for Infrastructure,” Castro said.

He also institutionalized GPS-based geotagging for government infrastructure projects nationwide to strengthen monitoring and verification.

On the international front, Cordoba served as an external auditor of the International Labour Organization and the World Trade Organization.

He also chaired the ASEAN Supreme Audit Institutions in 2024 and 2025.

Before heading the COA, Cordoba served as commissioner of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) from 2009 to 2022, making him the agency’s longest-serving commissioner.

During his tenure, he helped open the telecommunications industry to a third major player, ending the country’s decades-old duopoly.

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