Saranggani donates bus to SC for its ‘Justice on Wheel’ program

MANILA, Dec 1 (PNA)---The Saranggani provincial government has donated a bus to augment the Supreme Court's (SC) “Justice on Wheels” (JOW) program.

The bus worth around P900,000 was formally turned over to SC Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno and JOW chairperson Associate Justice Consuelo Ynares-Santiago during a simple turn over rites at the Alabel Gymnasium with Saranggani governor Miguel Rene A. Dominquez late this week.

Chief Justice Puno said that the bus is the first mobile court funded by a local government unit (LGU) and will be deployed at Saranggani primarily to assist local courts there in the expeditious resolution of docketed cases, reduce the number jail prisoners and altogether bring the judiciary closer to the people of the province.

Saranggani’s donation effectively increases the “JOW” bus fleet from three to four mobile court platforms.

The Chief Justice visited Saranggani’s capital of Alabel to inaugurate the launching of the SC’s “JOW” project there.

During the launching, Sarranggani barangay officials were briefed about the value of court annexed mediation (CAM) and judicial dispute resolution (JDR) in resolving small claims.

The SC also gave residents and officials an overview of environmental and fisheries laws and indigenous people’s act as well as free legal advise and medical aid.