By LITO RULONA Correspondent REGIONAL Judge Marites Rana-Bernales posted a photo on her Facebook wall, showing her on cold concrete while reading one of the many documents piled up on plastic chairs and on the floor. Part of her post reads: “How many judges in the country don’t have a table and a chair? Literally?” Bernales is just one of the many who lost their offices as a result of the Hall of Justice fire that crippled courts, prosecution and other offices under the justice department nearly a year ago. Almost a year after the fire, judges, prosecutors, court and Department of Justice (DOJ) employees, litigants and lawyers have remained as “squatters” at city hall. City prosecutor Fidel Macauyag said all of them were waiting for word from the Supreme Court (SC) and the DOJ, and have long been looking forward to moving out to a better and work-friendly place that could house their offices. “Immediately after the fire, we requested that government expedite the construction of the new Hall of Justice. The requests are already with them, and we no longer have a say,” Macauyag said. He said prosecutors have also asked the DOJ to provide them office spaces in a building that could be leased out to the government. “Sa gobyerno man gud kay kutihon nila tanan, og dili sila mosugot nga duna pa kita’y i-renovate. So mao kadto ang nakalangan,” Macauyag said. He said poor working conditions have slowed down court and prosecution work for nearly a year already.