Bacolod City – Negros Occidental will have two additional court branches.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed into law 11 measures creating additional court branches in various parts of the country. Copies of the new laws were released by Malacañang recently.
Republic Act 12051, which was signed by PBBM, provides for the establishment of two additional Municipal Trial Court branches in the Sixth Judicial Region in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental.
RA 12044 provides for the establishment of 12 additional regional trial court (RTC) branches in the Fourth Judicial Region to be located in Los Baños and Cabuyao, Laguna.
The same law provides for the creation of a Municipal Trial Court (MTC) also in Cabuyao.
RA 12045 will create two additional RTC branches and two MTC branches in the Ninth Judicial Region to be stationed in Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur. Marcos likewise signed RA 12046, which will create 10 additional RTC branches and eight MTC branches in the Fourth Judicial Region, to be stationed in Antipolo City, Rizal.
RA 12047 will establish two additional RTC branches in the Eleventh Judicial Region in Samal City and Panabo City in Davao del Norte.
Also signed were RA 12048, which seeks to create four trial court branches and four MTC branches in the Eighth Judicial Region to be located in Ormoc City, Leyte; RA 12049 for two RTC branches in the Twelfth Judicial Region to be based in Tubod, Lanao del Norte; RA 12050 for an additional MTC branch in the Tenth Judicial Region in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon. (Gilbert Bayoran via The Visayan Daily Star/Philippine News Agency)