PEÑARRUBIA, Abra – A 31-year-old lawyer drowned in a spring in Sitio Matit, Barangay Patiao, this town, on Saturday, February 24. UNP College of Law-Law Student Government FB Police Capt. June Saliw-an, town chief of police, identified the victim as Princess Caroline Nichole Cancio Ibarra, of...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Police nabbed a man who posed as a lawyer and a Malacanang official and extorted a total of P700,000 from tenants of a commercial complex involved in a legal dispute in Binan City, Laguna on Tuesday, February 6. The suspect was identified as Datu Marcus...
ALABEL, Sarangani – A blind law graduate from this town hurdled this year’s Bar examinations. Martsu Ressan Ladia signed the Roll of Attorneys during the oathtaking ceremony on December 22 conducted by the Supreme Court. LADIA (Photo via Joseph Jubelag) Ladia, who wants to become a trial...
Vice President Sara Duterte, a lawyer herself, congratulated the 2023 Bar passers, urging them to serve their fellow Filipinos and the country with humility and integrity and asking them to remain committed to uphold justice. The Supreme Court on Tuesday, Dec. 5, released the list of successful Bar...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez wants the country’s latest Bar exam passers to bring back "a sense of decency" to the lawyer's profession. Thus, said Romualdez in a message Wednesday, Dec. 6 wherein...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has condemned the killing of lawyer Maria Saniata Liwliwa Gonzales-Alzate who was gunned down by two motorcycle-riding assailants in front of her house in Bangued, Abra last Sept. 14. Alzate was a former president of the Abra chapter of the Integrated Bar of the...
Abra Gov. Dominic B. Valera on Friday, September 15, condemned the murder of Atty. Maria Saniata Liwliwa Gonzales Alzate. “Our deepest and sincerest condolences to the bereaved family of Atty. Maria Saniata Liwliwa Gonzales Alzate,” Valera said in a Facebook post. “We strongly condemn the...
Twenty-six new lawyers who will be handling " vintage " agrarian cases has taken their oath of office. (Photo courtesy of DAR) The lawyers took their oath before Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III. According to Estrella, they will be assigned around the...
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...
