OFFICIAL ACTS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES:

     It is mandatory for the Court to take judicial notice of the official acts of the President of the Philippines, who heads the executive branch of our government. The court shall take judicial notice of the same without introduction of evidence. Since the act of cancellation by President Macapagal-Arroyo of the proposed ZTE-NBN Project during the meeting of October 2, 2007 with the Chinese President in China is considered as an official act of the executive department, the Court must take judicial notice of such official act without need of evidence. In David v. Macapagal-Arroyo, G.R. No. 171396, May 3, 2006, 489 SCRA 160, the Supreme Court took judicial notice of the announcement by the Office of the President banning all rallies and canceling all permits for public assemblies following the issuance of Presidential Proclamation No. 1017 and General Order No. 5.  In Estrada v. Desierto, G.R. No. 146710, March 2, 2001, 353 SCRA 452, the Supreme Court also resorted to judicial notice in resolving the factual ingredient of the petition. (Sulpico vs. NEDA et. al, G.R. No. 178830, July 14, 2008).