MANILA, Philippines – The “scaled-down” farewell ceremony was conducted Monday for the retirement of Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta due to recent prohibitions on mass gathering imposed in the wake of the increasing number of COVID-19 cases.
High court’s Public Information Office said the ceremony was done in hybrid – only a select few court employees have been allowed to physically attend the ceremony on open grounds while the rest were watching online.
“It was a scale-down from the previous traditional last flag-raising ceremony given to a retiring chief magistrate. It was without any arrival honors and attended only by a select few Court employees mostly coming from the Offic…
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