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(Eagle News)–The Integrated Bar of the Philippines has urged the Department of Justice to make the basis for and evaluation of prisoners’ good conduct, and the computation of Good Conduct Time Allowances “transparent.” For this, the IBP suggested these be uploaded on the websites of the Department of Justice and of penal institutions. The IBP said informing the “private offended parties” and their families “much earlier” would also be “welcome.” The IBP issued the statement […]
(Eagle News) — Despite their conflicting views over the Chico River Pump irrigation deal, everything is well between Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo and Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio. At least this is according to a picture released by Panelo that showed the two of them beside each other, posing and smiling, at the Integrated Bar of the Philippines National Convention in Iloilo. “We exchanged pleasantries,” Panelo said. According to Panelo, the two were members of […]
(Eagle News)—The Cebu chapter of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines has offered legal assistance in the prosecution of the perpetrators of the slay of a Grade 9 Cebu student. The provincial chapter made the announcement in a statement on Wednesday, March 13. “We as a society must at all times be vigilant against all dangers to our children,” IBP Cebu said, as it called the slay of Christine Silawan a “pure act of evil.” […]
(Eagle News) — A group of lawyers in Cebu condemned the killing of a former prosecutor on Thursday, Jan. 19. “Justice cannot be attained by another act of injustice…Killing another person is not the resolution of a problem..Never can it be and never will it be,” Mundlyn Martin, Integrated Bar of the Philippines Cebu chapter president, said in a statement issued after the killing of Mary Ann Castro. Castro was shot dead by a still-unidentified […]
(Eagle News)—–The Integrated Bar of the Philippines has urged the Supreme Court to “take appropriate steps” for an “independent probe” of killings of lawyers since June 30, 2016. The IBP, through its president Abdiel Dan Fajardo, made the call after Ako Bicol partylist Rep. Rodel Batocabe, a lawyer, was shot dead in Albay over the weekend. His bodyguard was also killed. The IBP also urged the Supreme Court to convene a dialogue with its members, […]
(Eagle News) — The Integrated Bar of the Philippines on Thursday, April 26, belied lawyer Larry Gadon’s claims its officials receive allowances from the Supreme Court or from Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. In a statement, the IBP said “…the President, Executive Vice President, the members of the Board of Governors, all Chapter and Regional Officers of IBP…serve without any compensation or honorarium.” As such, the IBP said its pro-Sereno “principled stand” was because it […]
(Eagle News) — Some lawyers’ groups have asked the United Nations Special Rapporteur to “take urgent action” on President Rodrigo Duterte’s pronouncements that they allege “punctuate the long-winded attacks on judicial independence…” “The recent tirades of the President against the Chief Justice do not sound at all foreboding..,” the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, Alternative Law Groups, the leftist National Union of People’s Lawyers, Ateneo Human Rights Center, Free Legal Assistance Group, Manananggol Laban sa […]
(Eagle News) — High-ranking officials of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines on Friday asked the Supreme Court for them to be allowed to intervene to ask for the dismissal of the quo warranto petition filed against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. In seeking for the dismissal of the petition filed by Solicitor General Jose Calida, the IBP argued that it was “fatally flawed because the allegations therein are clear that the (Judicial and Bar […]
(Eagle News) — For the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, the only “constitutionally recognized mode” of removing a Chief Justice is impeachment. In a statement on Friday, the nationwide group of lawyers said “any artifice or device intended to solely target the Chief Justice and short-circuit the process would be repugnant to the Constitution..” “(It) must be slain on sight if our democratic processes are to be observed,” the IBP said. According to the group, […]
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan (Eagle News) – Nagtipon ang mga opisyal ng Integrated Bar of the Philippines mula sa iba’t ibang panig ng bansa sa ginanap na 23rd House of Delegates Convention sa Puerto Princesa City. Nakasentro ang naturang aktibidad sa pagbuo ng mga plano at paraan upang patuloy na mapangalagaan ang West Philippine Sea, kung saan pinanghahawakan ng bansa ang ginawang desisyon ng International tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) na pumapabor […]
Ni Erwin Temperante Eagle News Service Suportado ng Integrated Bar of the Philippines ang pagdeklara ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ng martial law sa Mindanao. Ayon sa inilabas na official statement ng grupo, wala silang nakikitang dahilan upang punahin ang ginawang ito ng pangulo. Ang statement ay pirmado ng pamunuan ng IBP sa pangunguna ni Atty. Rosario Setias Reyes. Ayon sa grupo, maliwanag ang isinasaad sa batas na may kapangyarihan ang Pangulo ng bansa na magdeklara ng martial law lalo […]
SURIGAO DEL NORTE (Eagle News) – Naglabas na ng official statement ang Integrated Bar of the Philippines-Surigao del Norte Chapter pagkatapos nang mga sunod-sunod na pamamaril sa mga abogado na nagresulta ng pagkatakot hindi lang sa kanilang sarili kundi para sa kani-kanilang pamilya. Layunin na ipalabas ang kanilang nararamdaman sa mga naganap na pamamaril sa kanilang samahan kung saan isa sa kanila ay namatay at isa naman ay nasa pagamutan pa. Nagwithdraw din ang kanilang samahan […]
