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To ensure Muslim Filipinos can avail of accessible, equitable, and speedy justice, the Senate approved a measure on third and final reading, creating additional Shari’a Judicial Districts, stations for the district courts, and circuit courts across the country. With 20 affirmative votes, zero negative vote, and zero abstention, Senate Bill No. 2594, sponsored by Justice […]
The House of Representatives under Speaker Martin Romualdez approved on third and final reading the bill giving Muslim-Filipinos better digital access to Shari’a courts, which amended several provisions of the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos Act of 2009 (Republic Act 9997). House Bill (HB) 9045 or An Act Providing Muslim Filipinos better access to Shari’a courts received an overwhelming 251 […]
The House Committee on Muslim Affairs chaired by Lanao del Norte Representative Mohamad Khalid Dimaporo approved the amended version of HB 5045 which would amend Republic Act 9997, or the “National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) Act of 2009” to provide Muslim Filipinos outside of Mindanao better access to Shari’a courts. Dimaporo, author of the […]