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Feb. 1
The Court of Appeals is established in 1936 by Commonwealth Act No. 3

Feb. 2
The Constitution is ratified by the Filipino electorate with an overwhelming “yes” vote in 1987

Feb. 4
President Ferdinand E. Marcos signs PD 1083, otherwise known as the Code of Muslim Personal Laws of the Philippines, in 1977

Feb. 6
The Philippines is ceded by Spain to the United States in 1899 as provided by the Treaty of Paris

Feb. 15
Ferdinand E. Marcos is proclaimed as President of the Philippines by the Batasang Pambansa in 1986

Feb. 22
The People Power Revolution starts at EDSA
in 1986

Feb. 25
President Corazon C. Aquino takes her oath of office before Supreme Court Justice Claudio S. Teehankee in 1986

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Mar. 1-2
Philippine Women Judges’ Association (PWJA)
Convention and Annual Meeting
Manila Hotel, Manila

Mar. 3-4, 9-10, 16-17, 23-24, and 30-31
12th Pre-Judicature Program
Training Room, Centennial Building

Mar. 29-31
12th National Convention and Election of National
Officers of Philippine Association of Court
Employees National Level, Inc. (PACE)
Punta Villa, Iloilo City

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CourtNews February 2007

SC enhances protection of judges, justices

By Jay B. Rempillo

THE SUPREME COURT, through the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA), and the Department of Justice, through the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), signed a memorandum of agreement on judicial security on February 12 at the SC Centennial Building, Faura, Manila.
     The MOA, signed by Court Administrator Christopher O. Lock and NBI Director Nestor M. Mantaring, is aimed at protecting judges and justices from threats to their personal safety arising from their judicial work. The MOA took effect immediately.
     Court Administrator Lock has designated Deputy Court Administrator Reuben P. Dela Cruz, himself a former NBI agent, as liaison officer to the NBI.
     Pursuant to the MOA, the NBI created the Task Force... more

The Supreme Court holds oral arguments in GR No. 174992, Liberal Party v. COMELEC, and GR No. 175546, Atienza, et al. v. COMELEC and Drilon, at the Old Session Hall, Old Supreme Court Building, Taft Avenue, Manila on February 13, 2007. It is the first oral arguments held since the fire that damaged the New Session Hall at the New Supreme Court Building along Padre Faura Street last January 16.

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