Published March 4, 2021, 4:38 PM
Several lawyers said the verbal and physical attacks against many of them, particularly those who act as counsels in the petitions against the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), could be abated if the Supreme Court (SC) would stop the enforcement of the law.
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They called on the SC as “the constitutionally-appointed guardian of civil liberties and protector of the legal profession to take immediate measures to stop these attacks.”
“The issuance of a TRO (temporary restraining order) on the enforcement of the ATA pending the final adjudication of the 37 petitions could help address the worsening situation,” they said.
ILOILO CITY, March 2 (PIA) The Philippine Army strongly condemned the killing of a barangay Captain in Tapaz, Capiz which was perpetrated by the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) Terrorist.
Army’s 3rd Infantry (Spearhead) Division commander Major General Eric Vinoya expressed his strong condemnation to the strongest possible terms the cruelty of the CPP-NPA Terrorist against Roosevelt Punong Barangay Julie Catamin who was shot to death in the morning of February 28,2021.
“We are one with the people of Tapaz in condemning the cruelty of the CPP-NPA Terrorist against the active public servant and peace advocate in the town, Vinoya said in a press release from the 3ID’s Public Affairs Office.
Usec. Lorraine Badoy (extreme left) of the Presidential Communications Operations Office personally engages with the Ata-Manobo Tribe on Feb. 19 at the conference room of the Police Regional Office-7. (idc/PIA-7)
CEBU CITY, Feb. 22 (PIA) Education, housing, roads, and a reservoir irrigation project are the main concerns some parents of the Ata-Manobo Tribe aired during a face-to-face meeting with Usec. Lorraine Badoy of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) on Feb. 19 at the conference room of the Police Regional Office-7.
Badoy, chairperson of the Strategic Communication Cluster of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict or NTF-ELCAC, flew to Cebu last Friday afternoon upon instruction of the President to personally check on the condition of both parents and the rescued indigenous people (IP) minors.
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SunStar Journos, groups slam ‘Tokhang’ campaign vs leftists, media
TOKHANG FOR LEFTISTS. A copy of the resolution signed by all members of the Regional Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee in the Cordillera Administrative Region allowing the conduct of “Oplan Tokhang” against “left-leaning personalities” in the government and media, among other entities. (Contributed photo)
+ February 25, 2021 THE Regional Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee in the Cordillera Administrative Region drew flak from human rights advocates and members of the media after passing a resolution allowing the conduct of “Oplan Tokhang” against “left-leaning personalities” in the government and media, among other entities.
In the resolution, Tokhang will be used “to convince left-leaning personalities to return to the folds of the government and dissuade them from further supporting the Marxist-Maoist inspired rebellion and its known fron