Did You Know: From Dep’t of Grace and Justice to DOJ

On Sept. 26, 1898, President Emilio Aguinaldo issued a decree reorganizing the Department of Grace and Justice, which was established during the Revolutionary Assembly in 1897. Under the 1973 Constitution, the department became the Ministry of Justice. The 1986 People Power Revolution ushered in the present Department of Justice, whose main office is located on Padre Faura Street in Ermita, Manila.–Marielle Medina, Inquirer Research