Quimonda: The Interim Cebu's Palace of Justice
“Where is your Mom?” the help asked the child who was playing nearby. “She’s camping at the tent” the child innocently replied. In the eyes of the child, her mother is playing at the tent. In the eyes of her mother, she is doing her job as a member of the legal profession by representing her client. In the eyes of the clients, the tent would witness their journey towards the attainment of justice. In the eyes of the judge, the tent becomes the temporary palace of justice. When we ask: “Why should we settle for tents since we have a concrete building?” “Why should we settle for the copy when we have an original?” We are brought to recount that fateful date last year when the Visayan Islands were shaken by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake. This toppled down some of our churches, schools, houses, and courthouses. Unfortunately, significant structures which should have been sturdy enough did not emerge to be unscathed: some are now inexistent and some are relentlessly tried to be repaired b