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Manila Bulletin devider devider SC, San Pablo City sign deed of donation for land for justice hall

SC, San Pablo City sign deed of donation for land for justice hall

Published Mar 4, 2019 02:57 pm
  By Rey Panaligan SAN PABLO CITY – The Supreme Court (SC) and the San Pablo City government signed here on Monday (March 4) the deed of donation over a 1.5-hectare property where a Hall of Justice (HoJ) will be constructed. FUTURE SAN PABLO CITY HOJ. (Seated, from left) San Pablo City Mayor Loreto Amante and Supreme Court Administrator Jose Midas P. Marquez discuss the terms of the donation of the 1.5 hectare parcel of land in San Pablo City where the Hall of Justice will rise. Looking on are San Pablo City Regional Trial Court Judge Agripino G. Morga (standing, right) and the other San Pablo City judges. (SC PIO / MANILA BULLETIN) (Seated, from left) San Pablo City Mayor Loreto Amante and Supreme Court Administrator Jose Midas P. Marquez discuss the terms of the donation of the 1.5-hectare parcel of land in San Pablo City where the Hall of Justice will rise. Looking on are San Pablo City Regional Trial Court Judge Agripino G. Morga (standing, right) and the other San Pablo City judges. (SC PIO / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Court Administrator Jose Midas P. Marquez signed for the SC while Mayor Loreto S. Amante signed for the city government. Chief Justice Lucas P. Bersamin, Associate Justices Alexander G. Gesmundo and Ramon Paul L. Hernando, and retired SC Associate Justice Arturo D. Brion witnessed the signing ceremony held at city ‘s One-Stop Shop. Bersamin commended Brion for facilitating the city’s donation of the property located in Barangay San Gregorio. Brion and Gesmundo are natives of San Pablo City while Hernando had served as a regional trial court (RTC) judge in the city. Also present during the signing ceremony were acting Executive Judge Agripino G. Morga and lawyer Candido g. Javaluyas Jr., president of the San Pablo City Bar Association. The HoJ in San Pablo City will house the offices of the trial courts, the mediation center, server rooms, data center, detainees’ holding rooms, lawyers’ lounge, and seminar rooms, Bersamin said. The Chief Justice said he will include the funds for the construction of the hall in the 2020 budget of the judiciary. Last January, Bersamin witnessed the signing of a deed of donation between Cebu City, represented by Mayor Tomas Osmena, and the SC, represented by Court Administrator Marquez, that would turn over to the judiciary a 1.5-hectare property owned by the city government for the construction of a judiciary building complex. Under the deed, the Cebu City government donated its 1.5-hectare property in exchange for the 7,123 square meters of land, also owned by the city government, on which the Chief Justice Marcelo Fernan Hall of Justice was constructed. The Fernan Hall was weakened by the 7.2 magnitude earthquake in 2013. The SC was forced to vacate the hall and opted to rent offices for the trial courts in a commercial building on the North Reclamation area of the city. Bersamin said the new judiciary complex will house the Court of Appeals, Cebu City station, and the Cebu City Halls of Justice, as well as the offices and hearing rooms of the Sandiganbayan and the SC, itself.
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