The New Chief Justice of the Philippines is

1. Justice Antonio Carpio - For his "distinguished and exemplary service" to the Republic, Justice Carpio was awarded in 1998 the Presidential Medal of Merit by then President Fidel Ramos. In 1991, Justice Carpio received the Outstanding Achievement Award in Law from the Ateneo de Manila Alumni Association. In 2002, he was also the recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Ateneo de Davao Alumni Association. In 2009, he was conferred a Doctorate of Laws, honoris causa, by the Ateneo de Davao University.
2. Justice Roberto Abad - a Dean’s Lister at the Ateneo de Manila University where he earned his law degree. He first engaged in private practice, working for about a year at the Jose W. Diokno Law Office in 1968 before he joined the government working as Technical Assistant (1969-1973) and Associate Attorney (1974-1975) at the Supreme Court, supervised by then Chief Justice Fred Ruiz Castro.
3. Justice Arturo Brion - Although born in Manila on December 29, 1946, Justice Brion is a true-born son of San Pablo, Laguna, the City of Seven Lakes, whose people value the pursuit of excellence in all fields. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics degree from the San Pablo Colleges before going on to take his law studies at the Ateneo de Manila University, where he became Editor in Chief of the Ateneo Law Journal. He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree from the Ateneo in 1974 cum laude as well as class valedictorian and awardee of the Golden Leaf Award, Gold Medal for Academic Excellence, and First Honors Gold Medal. He went on to place first in the Bar Examinations held that same year, with a grade of 91.65%.
4. Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno - Born July 2, 1960, the 50-year old Justice is the youngest to be appointed to the SC in this century. She is also seen to be one of the longest-serving justices so far as she is set to mandatorily retire after serving a 20-year term in 2030.
5. Justice Teresita Leonardo-De Castro - appointed to the Supreme Court on December 3, 2007. She is an alumna of the University of the Philippines College of Law where she finished Bachelor of Arts cum laude in 1968 and Bachelor of Law in 1972 at the top four of her class.
6. Francis Jardeleza - was in private practice until 1996, including a long-term stint at the ACCRA Law Offices.[1] In 1996, he was named Senior Vice-President and General Legal Counsel of San Miguel Corporation.
7. Ronaldo Zamora - First elected to the legislature in 1978, he has introduced and advanced the passage of numerous laws of national importance.
8. Cesar Villanueva - Villanueva is a member of the faculty of the Ateneo Law School since 1983, and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from 2000 to 2004. He was appointed Dean of the Ateneo Law School in 2004, succeeding constitutionalist Fr. Joaquin G. Bernas, SJ.

My bet is candidate number 4 Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, she will be picked by Pnoy as the next Chief Justice of the Philippines. She will also be the first lady Chief Justice. Congratulations to Chief Justice Sereno