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PUBLIC Attorneys Office (PAO) chief Persida Rueda-Acosta on Thursday said environmental activists Jonila Castro and Jhed Tamano were given proper legal assistance by her office.

THE Public Attorneys Office (PAO) will provide free legal assistance to the nearly 826,000 public school teachers serving as members of the electoral board in the Oct. 30, 2023 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE).

Bureau of Corrections A total of 328 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) was released on Monday, Dec. 19, from prison facilities of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) nationwide. BuCor Officer-In-Charge Gregorio Pio P. Catapang Jr. said the new releases brought to 5,917, the total number of PD

Public Attorney's Office Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) Chief Persida V. Rueda-Acosta on Thursday, Nov. 24, expressed confidence that Police Officer 1 (PO1) Jeffrey S. Perez will also be convicted for the 2017 murder of 19-year- old former University of the Philippines (UP) student Carl Angelo

PAO Chief Persida Rueda Acosta Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) Chief Persida V. Rueda-Acosta on Monday, Oct. 10, expressed hope that more persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) would be released from the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) detention facilities this month compared to last September. “

Correctional Institution for Women Fifty-two persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) were released last September from the Correctional Institution for Women (CIW) in Mandaluyong City, the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said on Friday, Oct. 7. “From September 1 to 30, 2022, the Correctional Instit

PAO Chief Persida Rueda Acosta The sickly and elderly persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) will benefit from the executive clemency that will be granted by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. “Kung matagal na sa kulungan, matanda na, may sakit na at matagal na nakapag-silbi ay dapat po m

NBP Nine more persons deprived of liberty (PDLs), who have served their prison terms, were released from the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City last Thursday, July 21. Last July 5, the NBP freed 99 PDLs who have been granted parole, have expired jail terms or have been acquitted o

Department of Justice Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla said the Department of Justice (DOJ) is doing everything to resolve the 330 percent congestion in the prison facilities of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) nationwide. During the joint press conference of the DOJ and the D

Public Attorney's Office Public Attorney's Office Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) Chief Persida V. Rueda-Acosta on Monday, April 11, refuted the claims of senatorial candidate Raffy Tulfo that PAO’s indigency test is “outdated and obsolete.” Acosta said published reports quoted Tulfo as saying