1. PERSONAL DATA

 

Born on October 5, 1939, Binangonan, Rizal

Daughter of Casimiro Ynares, Sr, and Consolacion Y. Martin (both deceased)

Married to Atty. Francisco B. Santiago (deceased)

Children: Pura Angelica, Jonas Francisco, Regina Carmela, Jennylind Allison

 

2. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

 

Elementary:             Binangonan Elementary School, 1946-1952

                                Salutatorian

High School:            La Consolacion College, Manila, 1952-1956

                                Salutatorian

 

College:                    Bachelor of Laws,

                                College of Law, University of the Philippines, 1962

 

3. WORK EXPERIENCE

Legal Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, February 1968 to July 1973

Municipal Judge, Cainta, Rizal, 1973-1983

Metropolitan Trial Court Judge, Malabon, Branch 41, January 1983 to October 1983

Metropolitan Trial Court Judge, Caloocan City, Branch 53, October 1983 to March 1984

Metropolitan Trial Court Judge, Pasig, Metro Manila, Branch 69, March 1984 to 1986

Regional Trial Court Judge, Makati, Branch 149, November 1986 to 1990

Associate Justice (Court of Appeals), Chairmen, 8^th Division, November 15, 1990 to April 5, 1999

Associate Justice (Supreme Court), April 6, 1999

 

4. AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS

Class Salutatorian, Binangonan Elementary School, Class 1952

Class Salutatorian, La Consolacion College, Manila, High School, Class 1956

Most Outstanding Alumna, La Consolacion College, Manila, 1981 and 1996

Model Lady Judge Award, Model Citizen Award Institute, 1984

‘Gawad Palosebo” Awardee, Municipality of Binangonan, Rizal, 1994

Ulirang Ina Sectoral Award for Law and Judiciary, National Mother’s Day and Father’s Day Foundation of the Philippines, May 7, 1995

Gintong Ina Awardee, Golden Mother and father Foundation, May 11, 1997

Bar Examiner, Labor law and Social Legislation, 1996 Bar Examinations, Taxation, 1998 Bar Examinations

‘Gawad parangal sa Larangan ng Serbisyo-Publiko” Centenary Celebration of Municipality of Binangonan, Rizal, March 29, 2000

 

5. ATTENDANCE AT SEMINARS AND TRAINING PROGRAMS

Speaker, “Women and Politics in the Philippines”, Regional Workshop on Women in Business and Politics in Southeast Asia, Singapore, December 1990.

Participant, International Convention for Women Judges, Wellington, New Zealand, September 1993.

Participant, Program of Instruction for Lawyers, Harvard law School, June 1994.

Participant, Appellate Judges Seminar, Portland Oregon, U.S.A., August 1996.

Speaker, 15^th Annual Global Conference of the International Women’s Forum “Our World 2000: Women Leading Global Change”, Washington D.C., October 12-15, 1999.

Participant, “Judicial Colloquium on the Application of International Human Rights Law at the Domestic Level,” United Nations Office, Vienna, Austria, October 27-29, 1999.

Guest of Honor, “International Conference on Article 15 of India,” City Montessori School, Lucknow, India, may 6, 2001

Participant, “International Symposium on Networking of Training centers and Courts in ASEAN”, Marriot Resort and Spa, Bangkok, Thailand, April 22-23, 2002

Participant, ‘Judicial Administration and Reform Course,” Sydney Australia, June 2-20, 2002

Participant, 18^th Biennial Conference of LAW ASIA 2003, Tokyo, Japan, September 1-5, 2003

Participant, Second Regional Seminar of Asian Constitutional Court Judges, Bangkok, Thailand, March 31-April 2, 2004

Participant, 19^th LAW ASIA Conference, Queensland, Australian, March 20-24, 2005