Category Archives: Activities

Jul 05 2008
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Salonga Center links with NOCPED, provides HR lectures

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To further its mission of accessible justice and its thrust of community linkage, the Dr. Jovito R. Salonga Center for Law and Development provided a free lecture series last July 2, 2008 at Bacongham Palace, Bacong, Negros Oriental as part of the three-day People’s Organizers training of the Negros Oriental Center for Peoples Empowerment and Development (NOCPED). Atty. Norberto Denura, JSC’s Labor and Agrarian Desk Coordinator and legal counsel for NOCPED, said that the continuing welfare of NOCPED members is one of the primary concerns of JSC. He further added that the lecture series was an enriching experience both for the NOCPED participants and the JSC volunteer lecturers, who are students of the Silliman University College of Law. NOCPED is a group of cooperatives, the members of which are farmer beneficiaries of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). Topics included in the lecture were the Constitutional Rights of a Citizen,…

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Jul 18 2007
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Salonga Center on air

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The Weekly Sillimanian July 18, 2007 The Silliman University Dr. Jovito Salonga Center for Law and Development now has a one-hour live radio program that tackles common legal issues at DYEM 96.7 Energy FM. “Legal Clinic” which was launched last April 16, is broadcasted every Monday from 9 to 10 p.m. “[The show] was produced to fulfill the goal of the Center for public service. I was already thinking of this concept before so when Energy FM proprietor Ely Dejaresco asked if I was interested to venture into this kind of show, I agreed and decided to get my students involved so that it will be a training ground for them,” said Salonga Center Director Mikhail Maxino. “The show follows a forum format where we discuss a particular legal topic and listeners can call or text in their questions. The volunteers, who are freshmen, sophomore, and junior law students, will…

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Jul 10 2007
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Legal Clinic Radio Program Report

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The Salonga Law Center had once again demonstrated its devotion towards public service in a fashion both gainful to the public and to the future advocates of law. The volunteers of the center, who are law students of SU College of Law, had succeeded in “rolling the iceball” for about a month last summer vacation in the notable live radio program of DYEM FM’s “Dumaguete Tonight”, featuring Salonga Law Center’s “Legal Clinic”. It is a one-hour program every Monday tackling common legal issues of Dumaguete and the country. The Salonga volunteers discussed particular issues and accommodated every legal question propounded by listeners via phoneline or textline. The questions were not restricted to the topic and the volunteers addressed any concern as conscientiously as they could. The program had now created a good impression to the public as it has been incessantly patronized by the same. Among the issues already addressed…

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Apr 19 2007
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Workshop on Forms of Government with the SPSHS

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The Dr. Jovito R. Salonga Center for Law and Development conducted a workshop on “The Forms of Government” last April 19 at the Siquijor Provincial Science High School (SPSHS), Caipilan in the Municipality of Siquijor. The activity was organized by the Greater America Siquijorian Association (GASA) together with the SPSHS in its 5th Youth Leadership Seminar last April 16-21 with a mission of developing a pool of responsible citizens and responsive leaders. It was participated by 25 high school students from public and private schools in the Province of Siquijor. According to Mr. Verna Mamicpic-Alih, co-coordinator of the said leadership seminar, “it is important that the participating students be made aware of the various forms of government with the possibility of a charter change and a possible change to parliamentary form of government in our country”. “A comparison of the forms of government would best help these students understand the…

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Apr 16 2007
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Energy FM launches Legal Clinic

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A radio program providing free legal advices entitled “Legal Clinic” was officially launched by DYEM 96.7 Energy FM under its regular program “Dumaguete Tonight” last April 16 in cooperation with the Dr. Jovito R. Salonga Center for Law and Development. Three volunteers of the Salonga Law Center namely Jorge Christian Cabrido, Christy Ann Marie Cong and Ace Victor Risma with the supervision of its Director Atty. Mikhail Lee Maxino together with the DYEM staff headed by its proprietor Mr. Ely Dejaresco participated in the launching of the program as well as in answering the listener’s legal questions and inquiries. According to Dejaresco, the Legal Clinic will cater to the needs of the people particularly those who are marginalized and underprivileged in responding to their legal concerns. However, he stressed that the said program will only provide free legal advices but not to represent the matter in court. Atty. Maxino also…

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