The Supreme Court (SC) has reminded the country’s lawyers to use dignified, gender-fair, child and culturally-sensitive language in their professional and personal dealings. Otherwise, the SC warned that lawyers who use “abusive, offensive, or improper language – whether spoken or written,...
Vice President Sara Duterte said on Wednesday, June 10, that she has entrusted all preparations for her upcoming Senate impeachment trial to her legal team, stressing that she will follow the advice and strategy crafted by her lawyers. In an interview in General Santos City, Duterte said she has...
Battle lines are slowly but surely being drawn in anticipation of the Senate impeachment trial against Vice President Sara Duterte. On the part of the House of Representatives, Committee on Justice chairperson and prospective lead prosecutor Batangas 2nd district Rep. Gerville "Jinky Bitrics"...
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has ordered the defense team of former president Rodrigo Duterte, the Office of the Prosecutor, and the Office of Public Counsel for Victims (OPCV) to submit public redacted versions of their filings before the international court. In a...
A total of 16 lawyers will defend Vice President Sara Duterte in her impeachment trial, a document shared by the Senate impeachment court showed. A copy of the Appearance – Ad Cautelam, which indicated the formal entry of Duterte’s lawyers, from the Fortun Narvasa & Salazar law firm was shared...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (PPAB) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has reminded the country’s lawyers of their sacred duty as the "guardians of the nation’s moral and legal compass". Romualdez, himself a lawyer, had this to say on Friday, Feb....
President Marcos has urged the country's lawyers to act as "agents of justice" by upholding truth, fairness, and dignity in the face of challenges brought about by technological innovations. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (RTVM screenshot) Marcos said this as he graced the 20th...
The Department of Budget and Management approved the creation of 178 public attorney (PA) positions under the Department of Justice to address the shortage of public attorneys relative to the country’s existing courts. Specifically, 56 PA-II and 122 PA I positions were created in the Public...
DAVAO CITY – Presidential Assistant for Eastern Mindanao Leo Tereso Magno has urged newly minted lawyers to exercise and promote peace and justice. MAGNO (FB) Magno, guest speaker of the thanksgiving and testimonial dinner for the new lawyers of the Rizal Memorial Colleges Inc.-School of...
CEBU CITY – A group of Cebuano lawyers seeks to help educate the youth on financial literacy and offer job opportunities by expanding the real estate business that they established four years ago. In a press briefing on Thursday, June 29, Atty. Nestor Crispin Miguel Lumapas, together with his...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has allowed the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) to open 64 slots for lawyers with basic salary of around P82,000 in a move to attract more people from the legal profession to join the department in settling land dispute-related legal battles in...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) Be good lawyers and serve the poor. This was the simple, yet poignant message that House Speaker Martin Romualdez imparted to the 3,992 passers of the 2022 Bar examinations on Friday, April 14. Romualdez said these new lawyers should handle and...
