Municipal Trial Court in Cities Branch 2, Santiago City

With Supreme Court Associate Justice Ramon Paul L. Hernando. ⚖️🇵🇭

WORK SUSPENSION: Work in all first and second level courts and offices in Luzon (Judicial Regions I, II, III, IV-A, IV-B, and V, and the National Capital Judicial Region) is suspended on October 23, 2024 due to inclement weather.

Courts and offices in Luzon should be accessible to lawyers, court users, and litigants through their respective hotline numbers and official email addresses.

All concerned judges and clerks of courts should observe the protocols on disaster reportorial and response mechanisms under Office of the Court Administrator Circular No. 262A-2022 if warranted.

Judges should also monitor the condition of their court premises to determine or conduct any required clean-up operation or repair/rehabilitation work.

READ the Memorandum issued by the Office of the Court Administrator on Work Suspension for 23 October 2024 at https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/oca-memorandum-work-suspension-for-23-october-2024/


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Starting September 1, 2024, trial courts shall only act upon pleadings and other court submissions in civil cases if the filing is accompanied by an electronic transmittal of the same document in portable document format (PDF) through email.

Electronic submissions must be completed within 24 hours from the primary manner of service, which includes personal filing, registered mail, or accredited courier.

A court may waive the electronic transmittal requirement if the annexes, exhibits, and other accompanying documents cannot readily be converted to PDF or if these consist of sealed and confidential documents.

Read more at: https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/supreme-court-approves-efiling-guidelines-for-civil-cases-in-trial-courts/

ANNOUNCEMENT:

ALL SCHEDULED HEARING TODAY, AUGUST 23, 2022 CAN NOT PROCEED DUE TO TYPHOON FLORITA. LITIGANTS WILL BE ADVISE OF THE RESETTING WHEN WORK RESUMES.

RE: RISING CASES OF COVID 19 INFECTION/PHYSICAL CLOSURE OF COURTS IN SELECT AREAS

ADMINISTRATIVE CIRCULAR NO. 33-2021

TO: ALL JUSTICES, JUDGES, COURT PERSONNEL OF THE FIRST AND SECOND LEVEL COURTS, AND APPELLATE COLLEGIATE COURTS, AND COURT USERS

RE: COURT OPERATIONS STARTING 17 MAY 2021

READ: Administrative Circular No. 29-2021
To: All Justices, Judges, Court Personnel of the First and Second Level Courts, and Appellate Collegiate Courts, and Court Users
Re: Work Arrangements in Courts on 3-14 May 2021

READ: OCA Circular No. 47-2021
RE: Extending the Coverage of Administrative Circular No. 21-2021 to Courts in Areas Under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine