MANILA, July 29 -- President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has appointed former Department of Education (DepEd) Undersecretary Debbie Jean Centeno-Dijamco and former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Director General Paolo Teston as associate justices of the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA), Malacanang announced Wednesday.

The two appointees will join the tax court and assist Presiding Justice Ma. Belen Ringpis-Liban in its adjudicative and administrative functions.

Centeno-Dijamco most recently served as DepEd undersecretary from 2025 to 2026.

Before joining the education department, she spent more than a decade as judicial staff head to former CTA Presiding Justice Roman Del Rosario from 2013 to 2025, after serving as a court attorney at a Regi...