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June 09, 2021
THE House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a bill that seeks to provide armed protection to trial judges, amid escalating threats to their personal safety.
House Bill 9086 seeks to establish the Judiciary Marshals Service, which shall operate “as an independent, professional, and organized security force under the direct control and supervision of the Supreme Court.”
“The service may have up to 2,800 marshals, assuming at least one is detailed to every trial judge and every justice,” said Surigao del Sur Rep. Johnny Pimentel, the bill’s principal author, in a press release sent to SunStar Cebu.