Bohol donates lot for new Hall of Justice in Tagbilaran City

TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol — The Bohol provincial government has donated a province-owned lot at the foot of Mt. Banat-i in Tagbilaran City to the Supreme Court of the Philippines for a new Hall of Justice.Gov. Aris Aumentado signed the Deed of Donation on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, formalizing the province’s donation of the property for the planned judicial facility.The Sangguniang Panlalawigan earlier passed Resolution No. 2026-1252, authorizing Aumentado to sign the deed and confirming the province’s previous donation.READ: SC appeals for funding to finally build Manila Hall of JusticeJustice Ma. Theresa Dolores Gomez-Estoesta, court administrator, accepted the donation on behalf of the Supreme Court.The signed document was subsequently presented to Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo and Associate Justice Henri Jean Paul Inting.Witnessing the signing were Provincial Legal Officer Handel Lagunay, Tagbilaran City Mayor Jane Yap, Regional Trial Court Executive Judge Lindecita Arcamo, Rep. Baba Yap, Metropolitan Trial Court Executive Judge Angie Logarta, and City Legal Officer Cathy Blanche Jamila.The document was acknowledged before Deputy Clerk of Court Maria Carina Cunanan of the Supreme Court.The donated property will serve as the site of a planned five-storey Hall of Justice with a roof deck, which will house all eight city-based Regional Trial Courts (RTCs), including the Family Court and its component Office of the Court Social Welfare.The new judicial facility will centralize court operations’ location in Tagbilaran City./coa