Published January 16, 2021, 10:30 AM
One of the petitioners questioning the constitutionality of the Anti-Terrorism Law has expressed dismay over the decision of the Supreme Court (SC) to postpone the oral arguments over the issue that was scheduled next week.
The SC announced on Friday, Jan. 15, that the scheduled Jan. 19 oral arguments is postponed and reset for Feb. 2 after a staff and an Assistant Solicitor General of the Office Solicitor General (OSG) scheduled to participate in the hearing caught the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL) president Edre Olalia admitted that he has mixed reactions over the SC’s decision to cancel the oral arguments.
Published January 2, 2021, 2:16 PM
ILOILO CITY – Several advocacy and church groups have condemned the killing of members of indigenous peoples (IPs) Panay Bukidnon, or Tumandok, in simultaneous police raids conducted in alleged New People’s Army (NPA) hotspots in Iloilo and Capiz last December 30.
Cops in fatigue uniforms during simultaneous raid of alleged hotspots of New People’s Army in Iloilo and Capiz provinces. (Photo courtesy of Panay Today / MANILA BULLETIN))
“Those killed were recognized indigenous community leaders in their respective barangays (villages). They were civilians and not armed combatants,” said Panay Alliance Karapatan in a statement.
Units of the Philippine National Police (PNP), led by the Western Visayas office of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG-6), conducted a simultaneous raids on December 30 to implement 28 search warrants for illegal possession of firearms and explosives in remote villages of Calinog town in Iloi
Published December 29, 2020, 7:52 PM
An organization of lawyers said on Tuesday, Dec. 29, President Duterte shouldn’t be publicly naming persons over allegations of having committed offenses or having links with certain groups.
“It is not prudent, let alone fair, for anybody to publicly and perfunctorily link anyone to an incriminatory list whether it be in the form of a narcolist, red-tagging or about corruption without due process,” said National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL) president Edre Olalia said.
“The damage and danger to one’s reputation, occupation, profession or livelihood, and worse, even one’s life, liberty and security are irreparable and unquantifiable,” he pointed out.
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Kin, colleagues slam move to keep 4 union organizers in jail
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Parang binuhusan ako ng malamig na tubig. (My enthusiasm was immediately put off) If you could just imagine the mental anguish that we feel because all along we thought we will be with him this Christmas.”
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
MANILA – Four union organizers could have spent their Christmas with their families if not for what their lawyers called as “maneuvers” by the police to prevent their supposed release on Dec. 23.
Katherine Panguban of the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) said that a release order was already issued by Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 220 for Dennise Velasco, Mark Ryan Cruz, Romina Astudillo and Jaymie Gregorio, Jr., four of what now is collectively called as HRDay7. While they were processing their release, however, an amend