STATE-OF-THE-ART JUDICIAL COMPLEX TO RISE IN BULACAN

THE Supreme Court (SC) on Saturday announced that a state-of-the-art judicial complex will soon rise in Bulacan,

According to SC, it has received 25 hectares of land from the Department of Transportation (DOTr) in Bambang, Bulacan that will serve as the new site of the judicial complex.

Justice Jose Midas Marquez said the Bulacan property is bigger that an area in Taguig City, where the SC initially planned to build the complex.

Marquez said the state-of-the-art judicial complex will house the SC, Court of Appeals, Sandiganbayan and Court of Tax Appeals.

The SC is hoping to start the construction by 2025.

The property is part of the concession agreement between the government through the DOTr and San Miguel Aerocity, Inc. (SMAI), where the latter will donate 100 hectares to the government to comprise the Government Center Land Area in Bulacan.

The High Court entered into a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the DOTR and SMAI on September 19.

Under the MOA, the DOTr shall transfer the property allocated to the Supreme Court.