Statement of CHR Commissioner Monina Arevalo Zenarosa commending the Senate’s “Abogado Para sa Bayan” Bill
Commissioner Monina Arevalo Zenarosa of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) and a retired Justice, commends the Senate’s initiative to propose the “Abogado Para sa Bayan” Bill which seeks to provide scholarships for deserving students who want to pursue legal education. “We hope that through this measure, students will continue to be inspired in pursuing […]
Statement of CHR spokesperson, Atty. Jacqueline Ann de Guia, on the killing of lawyer Juan Macababbad
The Commission on Human Rights, through its Region XII office, is now conducting an independent probe on the brazen killing of lawyer Juan Macababbad. According to initial reports, the lawyer was gunned down outside his house in Surallah, South Cotabato, on 15 September 2021, at around 5:30 PM. Macababbad is known as a people’s lawyer. […]