Maria Filomena Singh

In this Philippine name for married women, the birth middle name or maternal family name is Dumandan, the birth surname or paternal family name is Singh, and the marital name is Paulite.

Maria Filomena "Monette" Dumandan Singh (born June 25, 1966) also known as is a Filipino judge who has served as associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines since 2022.

Maria Filomena Singh
Singh in December 2022
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
Incumbent
Assumed office May 18, 2022
Appointed by	Rodrigo Duterte
Preceded by	Estela Perlas-Bernabe
Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals of the Philippines
In office March 13, 2014 – May 18, 2022
Appointed by	Benigno Aquino III
Preceded by	Rosalinda Asuncion Vicente
Succeeded by	Raymond Joseph Javier
Member of the Marikina City Council from the 2nd district
In office June 30, 1998 – June 30, 2001
Personal details
Born	Maria Filomena Dumandan Singh (1966-06-25) June 25, 1966 (age 58)
Other political affiliations	Liberal (2001) Lakas NUCD–UMDP (1997–2001)
Relations	Maria Rosario Vergeire (sister)
Parents	Harry Singh (father) Clara Dumandan-Singh (mother)
Alma mater	University of the Philippines (BA) Ateneo de Manila University (JD) American University (LLM)

Early life and education

Maria Filomena Singh was born on June 25, 1966. She is the eldest of six children born to barangay chairman and political strategist Harry Francisco Macalanda Singh (1940–2020) and lawyer Clara Dizon Dumandan-Singh (1934–2021), both residents of Marikina.

She graduated from the University of the Philippines, cum laude, with a Bachelor of Arts in English major in imaginative writing. She earned a Juris Doctor from the Ateneo Law School with second honors distinction. She studied at the Washington College of Law of the American University in Washington, D.C., for a Master of Laws in International Legal Studies.^[1]

Judicial career

Singh served as an associate justice of the Court of Appeals of the Philippines from 2014 to 2022, succeeding Justice Rosalinda Asuncion-Vicente who retired in November 2013. She previously served as the senior member in the 3rd Division of the Court of Appeals under the chairpersonship of Justice Fernanda Lampas-Peralta.^[2]

On May 18, 2022, Singh was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Justice Estela Perlas-Bernabe.^[3] Singh is Duterte's last appointment to the Supreme Court.^[4]