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CEBU CITY, Philippines—Even before a directive could come from the Department of Justice (DOJ), the National Bureau of Investigation in Central Visayas (NBI-7) has already started its own investigation on the death of former Cebu City Prosecutor…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police are calling on the lawyer, who survived an ambush in Getafe town in Bohol province last Monday, January 14, to visit them and give them his testimony on the attack against him.…
A LEGACY OF COMPASSION The mother of one of the six persons who were tagged as communist rebels and arrested by the military in Mabinay town, Negros Oriental last March expressed sorrow over the slay of activist-lawyer…
CEBU CITY–The withdrawal of the Philippines from the International Criminal Court may leave the Philippines vulnerable to human rights abuses and impunity. The warning came from lawyer Gilbert Andres, deputy executive chief of the Center for…
Atty. Delon Urot, the lawyer of Mabolo Barangay Captain Niña Mabatid, expressed that he might withdraw as counsel if the village chief would still not show up in the rescheduled hearing on Monday, July 30. Mabatid was…
2 gunmen shot Solima, wife in the head; IBP condemns ‘brazen’ attack Two men went to his home late Monday afternoon purportedly to hire his legal services. Veteran lawyer Salvador “Buddy” Solima then ushered them to his…
CEBU CITY—A lawyer was shot dead while his wife was in critical condition after two still unidentified gunmen went inside their house in Barangay Guadalupe, Cebu City, on Monday afternoon. Lawyer Salvador Solima succumbed to a gunshot…
It was an overkill. This was how Josephine described the operation that killed SPO1 Adonis Dumpit. Although she has not read the autopsy report of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) yet, Josephine said that she saw…
Liberate the seas The contention of resorts owners that soil erosion in the coastline brought structures closer to the sea in Santa Fe town is unacceptable and non-existent, stressed environmental lawyer Ben Cabrido. Cabrido instead advised resort…
Acting Toledo City Mayor Antonio Yapha Jr. and his appointed legal officer, Lawyer Teresito Largo, are facing 10 administrative complaints before the Office of the Ombudsman. The complaints which were submitted by the Toledo City Council headed…
Provincial Election Supervisor lawyer Lionel Marco Castillano dismissed the possibilities of conducting special elections for Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) regardless if slots will be left vacant. Castillano said that SK Reform Law provides that the local chief…
CEBU CITY—President Duterte cannot just order the arrest of the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) without facing repercussion. A former commissioner of the Presidential Commission on Good Government warned that arresting the ICC prosecutor would…
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