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Filipino, foreign lawyers stand with NUPL amid gov’t attacks
“Labeling, discrediting, threatening, and attacking lawyers are against the basic principles of lawyering, the State’s duty to protect them and the delivery of justice.” By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Prominent Filipino and foreign lawyers have issued a statement throwing their support to the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) amid what they called…
Filipinos forced back home by pandemic top 254,000 — DFA
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Second Lawyers Group Wants Government to Revoke Dennis Uy-Malampaya Deal
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Basura sa Philippine Collegian
Para sa isang institusyong malala, hindi lang ito simpleng pag-alala kundi pag-aalala. Nababalot na ng kadiliman ang Philippine Collegian ng UP Diliman! Hindi ko na makita ang institusyong kinikilala noon bilang pangunahing tagapagtaguyod ng kalayaan ng pamamahayag sa kampus (campus press freedom). Binura na kasi ng mga kasalukuyang nangangasiwa nito ang mahabang tradisyon ng pag-uungkat,…
