PROBATE PROCEEDINGS: THE SUPREME COURT TOOK JUDICIAL NOTICE OF THE PROBATE PROCEEDINGS REGARDING THE WILL OF FERDINAND E. MARCOS:

     The Supreme Court upheld the grant by the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of letters testamentary in solidum to Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. and Imelda Romualdez-Marcos as executors of the last will and testament of the late Ferdinand E. Marcos (Republic of the Philippines v. Marcos II,( G.R. Nos. 130371 &130855, 4 August 2009, 595 SCRA 43 cited in Republic of the Philippines vs. Ma. Imelda “Imee” R. Marcos-Manotocg. G.R. No. 171701, February 8, 2012, Sereno, J.).