Outgoing Vice President Leni Robredo is finalizing details of her Angat Buhay non-government organization (NGO), which might possibly include her widely successful free telemedicine initiative, the Bayanihan E-Konsulta, once her term ends on June 30, her spokesman said.
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Outgoing Vice President Leni Robredo reminded the public on Thursday, June 2, that her Angat Buhay non-government organization (NGO) has not asked for donations or solicited financial help.
Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP photo) Robredo said her team is still in the process of finalizing the NG
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Prominent lawyers belie Duterte’s VP immunity claim, assail ‘self-serving interests’
MANILA Prominent Filipino lawyers debunked President Rodrigo Duterte’s claim during his party assembly on July 17 that his possible vice presidential bid for the 2022 elections will give him immunity against suit.
“The people should not allow a person to become our vice-president, not to serve the country, but for self-serving personal interest,” former Bayan Muna lawmaker and human rights lawyer Neri Colmenares said.
Colmenares and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate described his plans to run for the vice presidency and escape accountability as “legally insane” and “shameless.”
Legal experts ask Supreme Court to act on killings of 54 lawyers under Duterte s watch
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 22) More than 70 lawyers ran to the Supreme Court on Tuesday to demand immediate action to stop violence against law practitioners, with 54 killed in the past four years.
Law school deans, former lawmakers, and ex-government officials trooped to the high court with a letter addressed to Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta to seek his help in prodding the Executive branch to solve these murders and protect other practitioners from harm. There have been at least 54 lawyers and judges who have become victims of extrajudicial killings and violent crimes since 2016 and we fear that the state of impunity in the country today will further fuel the spate of killings, not just against members of the legal profession but also ordinary people, the two-page letter read. We ask the government to act and put a stop to this continuing