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EMPHASIS. Laywers Neri Colmenares (right) and Roan Libarios (left) stress the importance of public interest lawyers at these times. Laywers group Union of People’s Lawyers in Mindanao had their 4th assembly in Davao City recently. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

Wanted: Peoples’ lawyers

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Post published:March 7, 2012
Post category:DAVAO CITY Human Rights Politics
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“A lot have become victims of injustice and they have no one to defend them. That’s why public interest lawyering is very much needed and remains relevant” -- Roan Libarios, Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) president

NO GENUINE CHANGE. Davao City lawyer Joel Mahinay says there was no fundamental and genuine change in the country’s system of governance after the Edsa People Power. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

26 years after Edsa People Power, not much has changed

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Post published:March 7, 2012
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“We’ve been lagging behind in democracy. It’s the same system.” – Davao City Vice-mayor Rodrigo Duterte

CANDLES FOR JUSTICE. "Let the candles we light upon Pops' grave be our symbol in pursing justice for his killing," parish priest Pol Paracha says in a candle-lighting activity in Kidapawan City. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

Justice remains elusive for slain Italian priest

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Post published:February 20, 2012
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By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA

BIAS TO SMALL-SCALE MINING. Bayan Muna representative Teddy Casino, in a recent Davao City press briefing, says his authored People's Mining Bill (HB 4315) in Congress is biased to small-scale mining and not to large-scale mining. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)