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Published February 16, 2021, 12:46 AM The Senate approved last Monday Senate Bill 1886, to expand the jurisdiction of first and second-level courts of the land with the goal of addressing delays in the disposition of cases due to overloading in certain courts. SB 1886 is a consolidated measure from SB 1359 filed by Sen. Richard Gordon and SB 1353 filed by Sen. Manuel “Lito” Lapid. The bill seeks to expand the jurisdictions of the nation’s first and second-level courts, amending the Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1980 Senator Gordon, chairman of the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights, said the bill would expand the jurisdictional thresholds of the first-level courts – the Metropolitan Trial Courts, Municipal Trial Courts in Cities, Municipal Trial Courts, and Municipal Circuit Trial Courts. This will help unclog the dockets of the second-level courts the Regional Trial Courts. ....
Press Release SENATE ADOPTS BILL INCREASING JURISDICTIONAL AMOUNTS The Philippine Senate adopted on Monday Senate Bill No. 1886 that targets to help de-clog the dockets and speed up the disposition of cases of the second level courts and first level courts by expanding the jurisdictional threshold. We are in an era where justice has crawled so slowly. The last time we amended the jurisdictional threshold or amounts was in 2004, which meant there are a lot of people who have waited for their cases to be called. If we bring down the load of second level courts and give some to first level courts, the process of law will be faster, Senator Richard J. Gordon, author of SB 1886, said during the period of amendments for the bill. ....
Senate OKs bill extending lifeline energy rate subsidies on second reading enablePagination: false endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 14) The Senate approved on second reading a bill extending the implementation of subsidized power bills for low-income consumers for another 10 years. Senators approved on Monday Senate Bill No. 1877, which aims to extend the implementation of the lifeline rate, the subsidized electricity rate given to marginalized end-users, or those who consume less than 200 kilowatt per hour in a month. This was first extended for 10 years in 2011. Qualified beneficiaries under the bill sponsored by Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian include those under the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program and marginalized end-users certified by their distribution utility based on criteria set by the Energy Regulatory Commission. ....