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ICC probe brings hope to kin of drug war victims

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 16 03:28 PM

The International Criminal Court's (ICC) move to investigate President Rodrigo Duterte and his anti-narcotics campaign brings hope to the kin of victims of alleged extrajudicial killings, lawmakers, lawyers and rights advocates said Thursday. Read more »

Lawyer shot dead in South Cotabato; PNP vows thorough probe

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 16 04:15 PM

A lawyer was shot dead by unidentified men outside his home in South Cotabato on Wednesday afternoon, the victim's group and police said. Read more »

Human rights lawyer patay sa ambush sa Cebu City

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 28 06:35 PM

Patay ang isang human rights lawyer at sugatan ang kaniyang driver matapos silang pagbabarilin sa Cebu City. Read more »

Lawyer gunned down in Cebu; driver injured

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 26 09:15 PM

A lawyer was shot dead by an unidentified gunman in Barangay Guadalupe, Cebu City on Thursday afternoon. Read more »

The impact in PH of ex-Sudan leader's possible handover to ICC

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 16 08:10 PM

Lawyers and families of drug war victims in the Philippines are encouraged by the possible handover to the ICC of the former leader of Sudan. Read more »

Legal assistance for cops, soldiers: Due process or preparing to face the music?

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 27 08:52 PM

Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Ferdinand Gaite said the move may be in anticipation of possible charges to be filed against erring cops and soldiers.   Read more »

Kilos-protesta para sa huling SONA ni Duterte kasado na

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 24 08:06 PM

Mahigpit namang hinikayat ng Philippine National Police na gawing virtual na lang ang protesta dahil sa banta ng Delta COVID-19 variant.    Read more »

ALAMIN: Bagong patakaran ng SC sa body cams, search at arrest warrants

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 12 08:30 PM

Malaking hakbang ito para mapigilan ang mga pang-aabuso, ayon sa National Union of People’s Lawyers. Read more »

Duterte 'probably does not care' about lawyers' virtual protest: spokesman

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Posted at Jun 28 06:28 PM

MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte likely "does not care" about a virtual protest by several lawyers who called last week for a stop to the killings of legal practitioners and judges.  Read more »

Lawyers' group says Duterte arrest threat vs COVID-19 vaccine skeptics is 'baseless'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 22 01:01 PM

An organization of lawyers on Tuesday dismissed as "baseless" President Rodrigo Duterte's threat of arresting those who refuse to get a COVID-19 vaccine.   Read more »

Duterte: Mga may COVID na di nag-iingat makahawa sa iba maaaring kasuhan ng murder

Joyce Balancio, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 08 07:14 PM

Maaari umanong mapanagot sa kasong murder ang mga may COVID-19 na hindi nag-iingat para di makahawa ng iba.  Read more »

Lawyers’ group rues Duterte order to keep files on some drug-war cases off-limits

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 02 09:16 AM

A lawyers' group Wednesday said it was "unfortunate" that police had to keep files on drug-war related cases off-limits after Duterte's order citing confidentiality. Read more »

Charges vs 7 arrested Lumads in Cebu school dismissed for lack of evidence

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 15 02:40 AM

CEBU CITY (2nd UPDATE) — Charges against 7 individuals who were arrested following a raid at the University of San Carlos in Talamban, Cebu in February have been dismissed due to lack of evidence, a rights group said Friday.  Read more »

Utos ni Duterte na aresto, kulong sa face mask 'violators' kinuwestiyon

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Posted at May 06 08:05 PM

Gusto ni Pangulong Duterte na arestuhin at ikulong ang mga hindi nagsusuot o mali ang pagsusuot ng face masks. Read more »

CJ Peralta urged: Revise rules on search warrants; stop killings, red-tagging, abuses

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 23 01:01 AM

On his final week in office, Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta is urged by various lawyers and rights groups to revise the rules on search warrants and leave a legacy of stopping killings, red-tagging and other abuses supposedly committed by state forces. Read more »

Pagsusuot ng body cam di sapat vs 'tanim-armas' modus ng pulisya: grupo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 17 08:21 PM

Ito ay matapos sabihin ng Supreme Court na posible silang maglabas ng patakaran para gawing mandatory ang pagsusuot ng mga pulis ng body cam sa mga operasyon.  Read more »

Lawyers ask SC to require more safeguards in service of warrants

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 17 12:31 PM

A lawyer's group on Wednesday called on the high tribunal to provide additional safeguards in the implementation of warrants aside from requiring law enforcers to wear body cameras. Read more »

SC urged to act on red-baiting of lawyers; judge gets red-tagged

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 17 08:57 PM

 (UPDATE) — More than 150 professors from the UP College of Law and more than 700 lawyers wrote to the Supreme Court Tuesday to express concern over a letter from Calbayog police requesting for a list of lawyers representing “communist terrorist groups” (CTGs). Read more »

PNP applied for 72 search warrants for ‘Bloody Sunday’ - SC official

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 16 08:43 PM

Of the 72 applications, 63 were filed before the regional trial court (RTC) of Manila and the other 9 were filed before the Antipolo regional trial court, according to a Mar. 12, 2021 report by Court Administrator Midas Marquez to Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta. Read more »

UN rapporteur urged to probe attacks on Philippine lawyers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 15 02:04 PM

A lawyers' group in the Philippines on Monday asked a UN special rapporteur to look into the spate of attacks against members of the legal profession in the country. Read more »