Lawyers told to promptly report death threats to PNP

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 03:56:02 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Oscar Albayalde on Tuesday urged lawyers who have received death threats to promptly report the matter to the police to prevent a repeat of the recent murder of lawyers in Negros Oriental and Bukidnon.

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Top 4 new lawyers from University of San Carlos to get lifetime scholarship grants

Credit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Sat, 04 May 2019 06:41:53 +0000

Top 4 new lawyers from University of San Carlos to get lifetime scholarship grants

CEBU CITY — A “Gift of Education” awaits the four new lawyers from the University of San Carlos here who broke into the Top 10 in the 2018 Bar Examinations.

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Hilbay dares new lawyers to defend, protect Constitution

Credit to Author: dmorcoso| Date: Fri, 03 May 2019 06:10:19 +0000

LUCENA CITY — Opposition senatorial candidate and former bar topnotcher Pilo Hilbay hailed the latest batch of lawyers in the country but dared them to become serious defenders and protectors of the constitution. “Congratulations to all who passed the bar. I hope you take your oath seriously to defend and protect the constitution,” Hilbay said […]

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Lawyers voice support for colleagues: ‘Attack on any of us is an attack on all of us’

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 09:31:52 +0000

Lawyers from different parts of the world have expressed support for their colleagues in the Philippines amid the heightened attacks against the profession in the country.

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NUJP: ‘Oust Duterte plot’ opens more attack against media, lawyers

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 08:51:57 +0000

The NUJP expressed fears that the release of the ‘Oust Duterte plot’ matrix would lead to more attacks against the media and human rights lawyers.

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Unique killings, same language, lawyers say of drug war reports

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2019 21:40:24 +0000

The police reports on the killings of suspects in President Duterte’s brutal war on drugs “leave much to be desired,”

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