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25/03/2021

23/03/2021

JUST IN: The Supreme Court (SC) issues a razor-sharp statement on the killings and threats to lawyers and judges all across the country.

"To threaten our judges and our lawyers is no less than an assault on the Judiciary. To assault the Judiciary is to shake the very bedrock on which the rule of law stands," it said.

The country's highest court further stressed that these attacks "cannot be allowed in a civilized society like ours [and] cannot go undenounced on the Court’s watch."

"Every threat to a lawyer or a judge that prevents them from exercising their functions has very serious repercussions on the ideal that the rule of law must be accessible in an impartial and transparent manner to all parties," the SC added. | Tetch Torres-Tupas, INQUIRER.net

04/03/2021

CRIMINALITY IN THE HIGHEST DEGREE

The Integrated Bar of the Philippines condemns the brazen and bloody assassination attempt on human rights, public interest, and Indigenous Peoples’ lawyer ATTY. ANGELO KARLO GUILLEN in the evening of March 3, 2021 in Iloilo City.

We pray for his safety and well-being as he grapples to survive two stab wounds with 12-inch screw drivers on his head and back by two masked criminals who were picked up with two motorcycles right after the treacherous attack.

ATTY. GUILLEN handles pro bono cases for the poor and the marginalized and is vocal against abuse and oppression. He is a counsel of one of the 37 groups questioning before the Supreme Court the constitutionality of the Anti-Terrorism Act.

The IBP Iloilo Chapter helped secure bail for him when he was arrested for publicly protesting and expressing his views and grievances with others in Iloilo City. He has been red-tagged and threatened many times.

Inflicting violence on those who seek justice is criminality in the highest degree. As IBP stands ready to help and cooperate with Atty. Guillen’s family, investigators, and law enforcers to identify, pursue, arrest, and resolutely prosecute the suspects, we highlight the primary role of government to secure its citizens and its international obligation to ensure that lawyers can do their job without fear, harassment, or retribution.

The fear and terror is real but we enjoin Filipino lawyers to courageously do their sworn duty amidst the continuing pandemic of criminality.

DOMINGO EGON Q. CAYOSA
IBP National President

14/07/2019

"Giklaro ni Philippine Environment and Natural Resources (PENRO) assistant OIC, Atty. Ahmad Clay Escolar, nga sa Pilipinas makabiyahe ang barko ug monitoron kini sa Coast Guard, Marina ug Customs aron dili makagawas sa nasud hangtud nga dili ma­bayran ang kadaot.

Sigun ni Escolar nga posibleng moabot sa 2 ngadto sa 4 ka buwan una mahan-ay ang mga pro­grama alang sa reha­bilitasyon sa Monad Shoal ug anha pa unya makuha sa kagamhanan ang bayad gikan sa kompaniya barko."

MOABOT sa $1.5 mil­yones ang gipangayo nga bayad sa Kapitolyo gikan sa kompaniya sa barkong MV Belle Rose, nga nisa­ngad sa Monad Shoal sa miaging...