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Commission on Human Rights (CHR) The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has started its own probe on the violent attack against lawyer Hamilcar P. Bigornia, chapter president of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) in Abra, and his aide last Jan. 29. The IBP had earlier asked the countr

The Integrated Bar of the Philippines is set to convene the 2023 National Convention of Lawyers on February 16 to February 18, 2023 at the SMX Convention

Rowena Guanzon(Screengrab from Comelec Facebook Live) MANILA - A private lawyer asked the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday to cite former elections official Rowena Guazon for indirect contempt over her Twitter posts. Ferdinand Topacio said the tribunal must sanction the outspoken Guanzon, citing her repeated social media postings about a disbarment suit she filed against him. Topacio said Guanzon violated the confidentiality of disbarment proceedings for "her repeated acts of maliciously mentioning the disbarment case on her social media account." "There is no doubt that respondent...

The Supreme Court was asked yesterday to hold former Commission on Elections commissioner Rowena Guanzon for indirect contempt for posting on social media a disbarment case she filed against lawyer Ferdinand Topacio last year.