TACLOBAN CITY – A lawyer was shot dead in Villaba, Leyte on Tuesday afternoon, August 22. MAPE Police identified the victim as Elmer Mape, 52, a resident of Barangay Poblacion Del Norte, Villaba. Initial investigation disclosed that the victim went to his farm in Sitio Patag,...
CEBU CITY – A 75-year-old lawyer and his 49-year-old live-in partner were shot and wounded inside their house in Compostela town, northern Cebu on Monday morning, August 7. Police identified the victims as Emmanuel Pacquiao and Warlita Kintanar, 49. The couple’s 49-year-old househelp, Jenalyn...
Fresh from his official appointment as the presidential adviser for poverty alleviation, lawyer Lorenzo “Larry” Gadon is rolling up his sleeves and getting to work with his first agenda—Batang Busog, Malusog Movement (BBM Movement). Newly-appointed Presidential Adviser for Poverty Alleviation...
After her son’s life-threatening Covid experience last January 2022, Atty. Lia Badillo-Crisostomo’s perspective in life shifted altogether. She’s committed to making a difference in the world—albeit in her own little ways—and to enjoy every moment of it. Atty. Lia Badilla-Crisostomo at...
BAGUIO CITY – "I wish to become a human rights lawyer to serve people especially persons with disabilities." ANTHONY Mark Emocling (left), the first visually impaired law graduate to pass the Bar exam, poses with his mentor, former University of Baguio law school dean and Narvacan, Ilocos Sur...
While she rejected the notion that she is the favorite child of former president Rodrigo Duterte, Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte admitted that her father may have a certain “bias” for her because she is a lawyer. File photo of former president Rodrigo Duterte and his...
Listen to people with "sensible legal advice". SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta (left) and Senator Risa Hontiveros (Facebook) This was SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta's advice to Senator Risa Hontiveros following their tit-for-tat during the Nov. 23 Commission on Appointments (CA)...
ILOILO CITY – Filipino lawyer Angelo Karlo Guillen has been awarded the 2022 Roger N. Baldwin Medal of Liberty by Human Rights First, an international non-profit organization based in the United States. The award is in honor of the principal founder of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)....
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Authorities are determining if the human rights lawyer in Maguindanao was the intended target when his parked car was shot twice by still unidentified attackers over the weekend. Police Col. Querubin Manalang, city police director, identified Monday, August 8, the owner of...
The camp of former vice president Leni Robredo clarified on Wednesday, July 20, that the Commission on Audit (COA) has already lifted the Notice of Disallowance on its hiring of a private lawyer a day before she stepped down from office. Former vice president Leni Robredo (OVP photo) “We would...
The Commission on Audit (COA) flagged the Office of the Vice President (OVP) after the latter engaged the services of a private lawyer. Seals of COA, OVP In an audit report released on Friday, July 15, the COA said that the OVP hired a private lawyer without the “written conformity and...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is calling on Filipinos to pray for a Filipino lawyer who is in a critical condition after being shot in a random shooting incident in Philadelphia recently. DFA (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin identified the shooting...
