SC labors on legal aid service creation

By Franco Jose C. Baroña

Dec 04, 2022 12:10 am

ASSOCIATE Justice Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa said the Supreme Court is committed to institutionalizing legal aid service, stressing that it is meant to provide effective legal service to indigent citizens and the marginalized.

'Considering that legal concerns take quite some time to be resolved, legal aid cannot be piecemeal — it must be undertaken constantly and for a prolonged period of time,' Caguioa said on Thursday during the 2022 National Legal Aid Summit in Bacolod City.

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