04/02/2020 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly [5] Under Section 1, Rule 129 of the Rules of Court. "Judicial Notice,when mandatory. -A court shall take judicial notice,without introduction of evidence, of the existence and territorial extent of states, their political history, forms of government and symbols of nationality, the law of nations, the admiralty and maritime courts of the world and their seals, the political constitution and history of the Philippines,the official acts of thelegislative,executiveand judicial departments of the Philippines, the laws of nature, the measure of time, and the geographical divisions." [6] Supra note 4. [7] "MOA-AD will not be signed by gov't regardless of what SC decides on the issue - PGMA". From "The Official Website of the Government of the Philippines" (http://www.gov.ph/news/?i=22392), dated 3 October 2008. [8] G.R. No. 159085, 159103, and 159196, 3 February 2004, 421 SCRA 656. [9] Id. at 665. [10] W.M. Reisman, M. Arsanjani, S. Wiessner & G. Westerman, International Law in Contemporary Perspective (2004 ed.), at 1280. [11] V. Reyes, "MILF: Pact a donedeal after initialing," Malaya (6 August 2008) at http://www.malaya.com.ph/aug06/news3.htm (last visited, 11 October 2008). [12] "Govt: Initials do not make draft MOA on ancestral domain a done deal ".GMANews.Tv, at http://www.gmanews.tv/story/111830/Govt-Initials-do-notmake-draft-MOA-on-ancestral-domain-a-done-deal (last visited, 11 October 2008). [13] B. WESTON, R. FALK, H. CHARLESWORTH & A. STRAUSS, INTERNATIONAL LAW AND WORLD ORDER: A PROBLEM-ORIENTED COURSEBOOK (4th ed), at 144; words in parenthesis supplied. [14] Id., citing EFFECT OF AWARDS MADE BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL, 1956 ICJ 53 (Advisory Opinion). UNITED NATIONS [15] Id. at 151. [16] See Annex "B" to Petition in G.R. No. 183893. [17] See CIVIL CODE, Art. 1318. [18] J. VITUG, III CIVIL LAW: OBLIGATIONS AND CONTRACTS (2003 ed.), at 108- 109. [19]Id. at 109. [20]J. BROWNLIE, PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW (6th ed.), at 582. elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/47263 152/203