IBP Iloilo Statement on the Maguindanao Carnage

National Union of Journalists of the Phil (NUJP) Prayer Rally

To all:

We are urging all our members to support NUJP-Iloilo on their invitation to condemn the election related violence that happemed in Mindanao. The text of the invitation states:

"The National Union of Journalists of the Phil (NUJP) - Iloilo invites all journalists and fellow Ilonggos to a nationwide indignation and prayer rally to condemn the Maguindanao massacre and to honor the victims, on Wednesday, Nov. 25 at the grounds of the Jaro Cathedral. Pls bring candles and pls pass."

The prayer rally will be at 4 PM.

I am asking for your active involvement in asking for the immediate and decisive government action on this. Two of our women colleagues were brutally killed in the incident. Unless government is prodded to act immediately on this, we may see more and more people, friends, and colleagues perish in the 2010 elections.

MARVEN B. DAQUILANEA
Partner
Law Offices of Defensor Teodosio Daquilanea Ventilacion Averia & Associates
Javelosa Compound, Locsin-Arguelles Streets, Jaro
Iloilo City, Philippines 5000

Family Day

IBP will have a family day on Nov. 14 1-5 PM at Metropolis Clubhouse. Sportsfest and larong pinoy until awarding of intercolor tournament, dinner, dancing, and sing-a-long.

Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Program

October 22-23, 2008. Topics listed below. Click on photo for larger view.

Open Letter

We are sending the attached statement to the family of President Cory Aquino. Mayor Jerry Trenas will handcarry our message at 2:00 PM. Click on image for a bigger view.

Farewell Cory

IBP Iloilo Chapter requests all its members to join the nation in honoring and remembering President Corazon C. Aquino. On Wednesday President Aquino will be buried and we ask that on Wednesday, August 5, all IBP Iloilo lawyers wear a yellow attire or a black attire with yellow ribbons or armbands to convey our sympathies to the Aquino family and to pay tribute to a good lady and a most loved and respected President of the Philippines.

IBP Iloilo will be distributing yellow ribbons and armbands at the hall of justice tomorrow for the use of our lawyers and the general public. Please join us in this remembrance of Tita Cory...

Lawyers: Enforce environmental laws or else…

By Francis Allan L. Angelo

Atty. Marven Daquilanea (2nd from right), IBP-Iloilo president, shakes the hand of Cenro officer Noel Hechanova after handing the demand letter addressed to Mayor Jerry Treñas. Joining them are Attys. Antonio Oposa (3rd from right), Hector Teodosio (4th from left) and other IBP officers. (FAA)

THE Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP)-Iloilo Chapter will badger local government units to enforce dormant environmental laws, particularly solid waste management.

Atty. Marven Daquilanea, IBP-Iloilo president, yesterday gave a demand letter to the Iloilo City government through Community Environment and Natural Resources officer Noel Hechanova.
The letter asked Mayor Jerry Treñas provide within 24 hours a list of city barangays that failed to implement Republic Act 9003 (Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000).

Environmental lawyer Antonio Oposa said the demand letter is one of the legal instruments they will use to force LGUs to enforce environmental laws.

“Nothing personal. The things we are doing now could have been done decades ago. We need a legal revolution to save the environment. The Philippines is most vulnerable to climate change and rising sea level,” Oposa said.

Oposa said they will also file collective petitions, environmental audits, notice to sue and administrative actions against local officials who fail to implement environmental laws.

Henchanova said they are disappointed with the implementation of RA 9003 because some barangay officials are apprehensive to enforce even just the anti-littering ordinance.

“These are realities that we have to face in our work. Barangay officials fear to cross their relatives who violate the law,” Hechanova said.