Ex-Justice Cuevas' remains will lie in state at Sanctuarium

The remains of the late retired Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Serafin R. Cuevas will lie in state at the Sanctuarium along Araneta Avenue, Quezon City.

Visitors can start paying their respects only starting at 12 p.m. of Tuesday, February 11.

Interment will be at the family mausoleum on Friday.

Meanwhile, in a statement, Chief Justice Maria Lourdes P. Aranal Sereno said that as dictated by law but also prompted by the collective desire of the members of the SC and the staff of the various offices constituting it, the flag of the Philippines and the colors of the SC fly at half-staff as "a sign of mourning and great respect on the occasion of the passing of one of our own, the late Justice (ret.) Serafin R. Cuevas, the Court's 106th Associate Justice. They shall remain at half-staff until his burial."

"I extend my sincerest condolences to the family of the late Justice Cuevas whose loss is mine as well. Justice Cuevas was a skilful lawyer – many of the younger generation know him only by what they saw during his most recent high-profile litigation, the man in white holding court before a nationwide audience," Sereno said.

The Chief Justice noted that she also had the privilege of knowing him as a brilliant teacher at the University of the Philippines, from where he finished his law degree and where he first made a mark in many law students' hearts and minds.

"His classes in remedial law were master classes and every student who sat through his classes, regardless of the grade they got, would have one conclusion: he was a brilliant teacher," Sereno said. (PNA)