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07/09/2026

Updated as of 9:00 P.M., September 7, 2026

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Judicial Region (JR) 1
- ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐š๐ญ๐š๐œ ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ˆ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž - scheduled power interruption
- ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐€๐›๐ซ๐š - scheduled power interruption

JR 3
- ๐Ÿ‘๐ซ๐ ๐Œ๐‚๐“๐‚, ๐’๐ญ๐จ. ๐“๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ-๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ง, ๐’๐ญ๐จ. ๐“๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ, ๐๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ - inclement weather
- ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š (๐ž๐ฑ๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ), starting 12:00 P.M. - 70th Canonical Coronation Anniversary of Virgen de los Remedios

JR 4-A
- ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฅ, ๐‹๐š๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐š - 477th Founding Anniversary

JR 5
- ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ƒ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ ๐š - Daraga Town Fiesta
- ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐š๐›๐š๐ง๐ ๐š, ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐’๐ฎ๐ซ - 277th Town Fiesta

JR 7
- ๐Œ๐“๐‚, ๐‹๐จ๐จ๐ง, ๐๐จ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ - SidlaKasilak Festival or the Festival of Lights
- ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐-๐ฅ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐“๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐›๐จ๐ง, ๐๐จ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ - scheduled power interruption

JR 8
- ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ž๐‚๐‚ ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐›๐š๐ฒ๐จ๐ , ๐’๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ซ - Hadang Festival
- ๐Œ๐“๐‚, ๐ƒ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ , ๐‹๐ž๐ฒ๐ญ๐ž - fiesta celebration in honor of Our Lady of Refuge
- ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐š๐ง, ๐„๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐’๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ซ - City Fiesta

JR 12
- ๐Œ๐‚๐“๐‚, ๐Œ๐š๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ฅ๐š-๐“๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐š๐ง, ๐‚๐จ๐ญ๐š๐›๐š๐ญ๐จ - 72nd Founding Anniversary

Please refer to the memos for additional details.

Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo welcomed the delegation from the Justice Reform Initiative (JRI), led by its Chairpe...
07/09/2026

Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo welcomed the delegation from the Justice Reform Initiative (JRI), led by its Chairperson, Atty. Alexander B. Cabrera, during a courtesy call on September 2, 2026, at the (SC) in Ermita, Manila.

Established in 2012, the JRI is a coalition of private-sector and civil-society organizations that advocates reforms in the administration of justice, particularly those that strengthen the rule of law, judicial independence, accountability, efficiency, and access to justice. It also conducts surveys and research on public and business sector perceptions of the justice system.

Chief Justice Gesmundo welcomed the JRIโ€™s continuing partnership with the Judiciary, noting that its advocacy for the rule of law, accountability, and integrity in the justice system aligns with the Courtโ€™s reform efforts. He cited the JRIโ€™s focus on long-standing challengesโ€”including delays in case resolution, limited access to justice, and public concerns about corruption and competence in the courtsโ€”as consistent with the direction the SC has taken under the ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜—๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜‘๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด 2022โ€“2027, particularly its focus on efficiency, innovation, and access to justice.

Also joining the courtesy call were JRI Vice Chairperson Atty. Benedicta Du-Baladad; President Atty. Pedro H. Maniego Jr.; Vice President Maria Mignon W. Ramos; Treasurer Esther P. Magleo; Trustees Atty. Roderico V. Puno, and Julia Abad; and Board Advisers Sherisa Nuesa, Teresita Ang-See, Rex C. Drilon II, and Jerome Pascual.

Read more at: https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/?p=172732

07/09/2026

๐—ก๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐˜‚, ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜†๐—ฎ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜„ ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป โ€˜๐˜†๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ธ๐—ผ. ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ?

Ang ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น ay isang uri ng paninirang-puri na ginagawa sa pamamagitan ng pagsulat, paglalathala, o iba pang mga katulad na paraan.

Pero hindi lahat ng mapanirang pahayag o komento ay maituturing nang ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น o ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ. May mga legal na pamantayan na kailangang mapatunayan para ang ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น ay umusad sa hukuman.

Laging tandan: Ang ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น ay isang kaso para sa mga ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป, at hindi lang dahil ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด ๐™š๐™œ๐™ค ๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป.

Pwede rin basahin sa link na ito ang kaugnay na Desisyon ng Korte Suprema kung paano ginamit ang salitang โ€œLibelโ€:
https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/l/67818

A total of 12,029 candidates completed the first day of the Examinations on September 6, 2026, marking the highest fir...
06/09/2026

A total of 12,029 candidates completed the first day of the Examinations on September 6, 2026, marking the highest first-day turnout to date. This is also the first time that the Bar exams are being conducted under a codified framework pursuant to the 2025 ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜™๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ 138 ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜™๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ต governing the admission to the Bar.

The Chairperson of the 2026 Bar Examinations, (SC) Associate Justice Samuel H. Gaerlan, during a press conference at the St. Benedict Hall of San Beda College Alabang (SBCA) in Muntinlupa City, announced that 14,291 hopefuls had initially applied to take this yearโ€™s qualifying exams for Philippine lawyers. A total of 13,441 were officially admitted to take the Bar exams, marking the highest number of applicants and examinees as compared to the previous years.

Based on the data from the Bar Chairpersonโ€™s Office, of the 12,029 examinees, 6,773 are women, 285 are senior citizens, and 304 are persons with disabilities. A total of 45.9% are first-time takers, 29.5% are previous takers, and 24.6% are refreshers. The youngest examinee is 24 years old, while the oldest is 84.

Held in 15 local testing centers nationwide, the results of the digitalized and regionalized 2026 Bar Examinations are tentatively scheduled for release in early January 2027.

During the traditional Breakfast with the Deans held at the St. Maur Auditorium of SBCA, Justice Gaerlan presented all 20 questions from the morning exam on Political and Public International Law. Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo gave the closing remarks. They were joined by the other Members of the Court, SC officials, and law school deans.

This yearโ€™s Bar Exams are being held over three days: September 6, 9, and 13.

The Members of the Court visited various LTCs.

All official announcements regarding the 2026 Bar Examinations are available on the Bar 2026 SC microsite.

Read more at https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/?p=172677.



Day 1 has ended. Read the questions in Political and Public International Law and in Commercial and Taxation Laws on t...
06/09/2026

Day 1 has ended. Read the questions in Political and Public International Law and in Commercial and Taxation Laws on the Supreme Court website.

Political and Public International Law (Morning Exams):https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2026-BAR-Political-and-Public-International-Law-Law.pdf

Commercial and Taxation Laws (Afternoon Exams):https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2026-BAR-Commercial-and-Taxation-Laws.pdf




by the numbers: Out of the 13,441 admitted applicants, 12,029 examinees showed up on the first day of the 2026 Bar Exa...
06/09/2026

by the numbers:

Out of the 13,441 admitted applicants, 12,029 examinees showed up on the first day of the 2026 Bar Examinations held across 15 local testing centers nationwide.

Of the 12,029 examinees, 6,773 are female and 5,256 are male. The youngest Bar examinee is 24 years old, while the oldest is 84 years old. The examinees also include 304 persons with disabilities and 285 senior citizens.




The Chairperson, Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel H. Gaerlan, presents the Political and Public International La...
06/09/2026

The Chairperson, Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel H. Gaerlan, presents the Political and Public International Law examination questions to law school deans during the Breakfast with the Deans held at the St. Maur Auditorium at San Beda College Alabang, this yearโ€™s national headquarters.

Held on the first day of the exams, the event was attended by Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo, who delivered the closing remarks; Senior Associate Justice Marvic M.V.F. Leonen; Associate Justices Alfredo Benjamin S. Caguioa, Amy C. Lazaro-Javier, Henri Jean Paul B. Inting, Rodil V. Zalameda, Ricardo R. Rosario, Jose Midas P. Marquez, Antonio T. Kho Jr., and Raul B. Villanueva; and law school deans from across the country.




Updated as of 11:30 A.M., September 7, 2026Court operations in some areas in the Philippines are suspended on Monday, Se...
06/09/2026

Updated as of 11:30 A.M., September 7, 2026

Court operations in some areas in the Philippines are suspended on Monday, September 7, 2026 (except as otherwise indicated):

Refresh this post for more updates and follow the thread:

Judicial Region (JR) 3
- ๐Ÿ‘๐ซ๐ ๐Œ๐‚๐“๐‚, ๐’๐ญ๐จ. ๐“๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ-๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ง, ๐’๐ญ๐จ. ๐“๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ, ๐๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ - inclement weather

JR 4-A
- ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ž - Founding Anniversary
- ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐’๐ญ๐จ. ๐“๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ, ๐๐š๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฌ - Cityhood Anniversary

JR 5
- ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ƒ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ ๐š - Daraga Town Fiesta
- ๐Œ๐“๐‚, ๐‚๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š, ๐’๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ง, from 12:00 P.M - to 5:00 P.M. - scheduled power interruption
- ๐Œ๐‚๐“๐‚, ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ -๐‰๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ, ๐€๐ฅ๐›๐š๐ฒ - scheduled power interruption

JR 12
- ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž, ๐ˆ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ง ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ - scheduled power interruption

Please refer to the memos for additional details.

Atty. Dean Ace A. Pamaran, a Bar Examiner in Criminal Law during the 2024 Bar Examinations and a law professor, discuss...
06/09/2026

Atty. Dean Ace A. Pamaran, a Bar Examiner in Criminal Law during the 2024 Bar Examinations and a law professor, discusses the significance of making proper allegations in criminal information in ๐„๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ: ๐’๐ฎ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐š ๐‚๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐š๐ฌ๐ž.

๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ธ?

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Examinees arrive early at various local testing centers as they prepare for the first day of the Examinations, which a...
06/09/2026

Examinees arrive early at various local testing centers as they prepare for the first day of the Examinations, which are being held at 15 local testing centers nationwide.




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