PUBLIC Attorney's Office (PAO) Chief Persida Rueda-Acosta on Tuesday challenged the 359 new members of the agency to give their best on a 24/7 basis in serving indigent clients and to never 'shortchange' them.

'You have desired to be part of PAO, and you are not here to stay in office and work just eight hours a day. Being a PAO worker, being a public attorney, we are committed to work here beyond that time; it must be 24/7,' Rueda-Acosta said after officiating the mass oath-taking ceremony held at the Bayview Hotel in Manila.