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As the House of Representatives’ Justice Committee convened to deliberate on proposed measures on Tuesday, a Harvard-trained lawyer and neophyte lawmaker stressed the need to quickly act on two bills that “would ensure that marginalized sectors have access to justice in the country.” Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles is pushing for the immediate passage […]
Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles has filed a measure seeking to strengthen the Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) by mandating the PAO to extend legal assistance to the Armed Forces of the Philippines and government officials and employees who are the subject of legal cases in the conduct of their duties, as well as advocacy […]
The Public Attorney’s Office is chronically undermanned, overworked, and underpaid––and they need all the help they can get. One possible solution, said Rizal Second District Rep. Fidel Nograles, is to mandate the creation of free legal aid programs in law schools around the country “to provide underprivileged Filipinos with legal services they need, but cannot […]
Senator Loren Legarda welcomed the Quezon City Court’s ruling ordering the release of the retirement benefits of lawyers from the Public Attorneys Office (PAO) worth P178 million, saying that public attorneys deserve adequate retirement benefits after long years of hard work and dedication to public interest practice. “The court’s decision recognizes the rights of […]