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Read more about the article Wanted: Peoples’ lawyers
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

 “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

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Read more about the article Justice remains elusive for slain Italian priest
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

By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA

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Read more about the article Exploring a policy framework for mining
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)

Exploring a policy framework for mining

By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN

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Read more about the article Military threatens Assumption school but parents, guardians unmoved
THE STREAMER. The Fr. Pops tarpaulin still hangs above the fence of Assumption College of Davao. The AFP’s Eastern Mindanao Command has asked the school administration to tear it down otherwise they will campaign against the school. (davaotoday.com photo by Medel V. Hernani)

Military threatens Assumption school but parents, guardians unmoved

By DAVAO TODAY

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Read more about the article The Pros and Cons of impeachment
ALL-OUT SUPPORT. Posters affirming support to Chief Justice Renato Corona are prominent outside the Davao courts in Hall of Justice, Ecoland. RTC-XI Executive Judge Pelagio Paguican said “all judges and court employees are in full support of the Chief Justice.” (davaotoday.com photo by Marilou Aguirre-Tuburan)

The Pros and Cons of impeachment

By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN

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