Taguig court stops Makati’s denial of Taguig’s use of Embo facilities
The Taguig City Regional Trial Court issued a 72-hour temporary restraining order (TRO) for the City Government of Makati to stop blocking Taguig’s access to and possession of government-owned facilities in the EMBO barangays. INQUIRER FILES
MANILA, Philippines–The Taguig City Regional Trial Court issued a 72-hour temporary restraining order (TRO) for the City Government of Makati to stop blocking Taguig’s access to and possession of government-owned facilities in the Embo barangays.
In an order dated May 5, 2025, issued by Executive Judge Loralie Cruz Datahan, the court required Taguig to post a P20 million bond in favor of the City of Makati.
After posting a bond, the 72-hour temporary restraining order shall be issued “prohibiting the defendant, its officials, personnel, agents, and any person acting on its behalf, authority or instruction from denying access to and use of the following subject properties, and from interfering, preventing, or otherwise blocking plaintiff (Taguig) and its representatives from entering and taking full and exclusive possession thereof and subsequently.”
On Sept. 28, 2022, the Supreme Court denied with finality Makati City’s Omnibus Motion seeking reconsideration of its December 2021 ruling declaring that Parcels 3 and 4, Psu 2031, comprising Fort Bonifacio, including the so-called Inner Fort comprising Barangays Pembo, Comembo, Cembo, South Cembo, West Rembo, East Rembo, and Pitogo is “confirmed to be part of the territory of the City of Taguig.”
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The TRO prohibits Makati and its agents from denying Taguig entry to and use of properties and facilities located in the EMBO barangays, and from interfering with Taguig’s full and exclusive possession and operation of said public properties.
The covered facilities include health centers, covered courts, multi-purpose buildings, day care centers, parks, and other government properties reserved for public use under Proclamation Nos. 518 and 1916.
The court found that Taguig “ has sufficiently established extreme urgency for the present application, and that it stands to suffer grave injustice and irreparable injury without the injunctive relief prayed for.”/ COA
