Rizal 4th District Rep. Fidel Nograles has been selected for the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) Impact Awards Initiative by the United States State Department. βIt is an honor to be selected for the IVLP Impact Awards Initiative and to be able to push a project for an advocacy that is close to my heart,β […]
Tag: paralegals
LAKBAY HUSTISYA TO TRAIN BJMP PARALEGALS
Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles announced that a legal aid group he is heading had inked an agreement with the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) to conduct a national training program for its paralegal personnel to aid efforts to decongest the country’s overcrowded prisons, which now have a congestion rate of almost […]
The Senate has begun deliberations into a proposed measure that expands the use of a fund meant to help overseas Filipinos facing legal distress in their places of work abroad. Senator Joel Villanueva sponsored Senate Bill No. 1233, which seeks to expand the use of the Legal Assistance Fund (LAF) that the government taps to […]
It’s time to professionalize paralegal work to ensure quality legal services by setting standards for those who enter this line of work. This is according to Rizal 2nd district Rep. Fidel Nograles, who has filed House Bill 5886, a comprehensive measure to define the roles of paralegal workers and guarantee them career and professional development […]