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The Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG) is a nationwide organization of human rights lawyers in the Philippines. [5][6] It was founded in 1974 by Sen. Jose W. Diokno, [5] Lorenzo Tañada, [7] J.B.L. Reyes, [4] and Joker Arroyo [8] during the martial law era under former President Ferdinand Marcos. [9] It is the first and largest group of human ...
Katrina was a member of the board of Museo Pambata (a museum for children in Manila), and is a faculty member of the Child Protection Unit Network, Inc. (CPU-Net). She is a member of the Research Committee of the Philippine Judicial Academy. Under the auspices of the UNICEF, PLAN International, the British Embassy (Manila) and UNIFEM, she ...
Upon returning to the Philippines in 1987, he embarked on a career as a lawyer and human rights advocate. [14] Diokno is a member and the current chairman of the Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG). [15] [16] In addition to handling landmark cases, he has regularly served as an amicus curiae in the Supreme Court.
Jose W. Diokno. Jose Wright Diokno GCrL (Tagalog: [ˈdʒɔknɔ]; February 26, 1922 – February 27, 1987), also known as "Ka Pepe", was a Filipino nationalist, lawyer, and statesman. [2] Regarded as the "Father of Human Rights," [3] he served as Senator of the Philippines, Secretary of Justice, founding chair of the Commission on Human Rights ...
Martin Romualdez. Ferdinand Martin Gomez Romualdez (Tagalog pronunciation: [ˈgɔmɛs ɾoˈmwɐldɛs], born November 14, 1963) is a Filipino businessman, lawyer and politician serving as the Speaker of the House of Representatives since July 25, 2022. He is also serving as the representative for the 1st district of Leyte since 2019 and ...
Neri Javier Colmenares (Tagalog pronunciation: [haˈvjeɾ kɔlmɛˈnarɛs], born December 4, 1959) is a Filipino legislator, human rights lawyer and activist. He was an associate of the Asian Law Centre at Melbourne Law School when he was completing his Ph.D. in law on "The Writ of Amparo and the International Criminal Court."
Occupation. Politician. Profession. Lawyer. Victor Dayrit Rodriguez[1] (born December 23, 1973) [2] is a Filipino lawyer who served as the Executive Secretary from June to September 2022 in the administration of 17th President Bongbong Marcos, and previously served as Marcos' campaign spokesperson. [3] He was also the executive vice president ...
UST Hospital was audited and it was discovered that there was a failure to disclose more than P700 million pesos income in 2006. Divina was the lawyer for UST Hospital when the Court of Tax Appeals of the Philippines ruled against the Bureau of Internal Revenue (Philippines) on a case involving P171.5 million in income tax and a compromise penalty of P56,000.