Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) Chief Persida Acosta informed candidates for 2023 the Barangay and Saangguniang Kabataan Elections (SBKE) that they cannot use her office to notarize certificates of candidacy.
The Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) has ordered its lawyer to stop assisting detained suspects who want to issue extra-judicial confessions.
Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla has asked the Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) to give more attention to helping defend their clients.
The Philippines, a country of roughly 110 million people, only has one lawyer for every 2,500 Filipinos, or tenfolds less than the recommended proportion of one abogado for every 250 individuals.
Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla welcomed 496 newly hired lawyers of the Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) who took their oaths Monday.
Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) Chief Persida Acosta has lauded the decision of a Caloocan court for the torture of two slain youths in 2017.
Former Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II revealed that he has video from the Public Attorney’s Office that showed former Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) offier-in-charge Rafael Ragos was not forced to testify against former Senator Leila De Lima.
Vice President Sara Duterte on Thursday lauded the Public Attorney’s Office for providing free legal counsel to 9.7 million indigent Filipinos in 2021.
Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) Chief Persida Acosta told broadcaster Raffy Tulfo to advocate for having more abogados in the agency instead of complaining about its lack of personnel.
Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) Chief Persida Acosta warned lending companies against individuals who use her name in loan applications.
