SUBIC BAY FREEPORT — Recognizing the need for legal assistance for persons deprived of liberty (PDLs), the Department of Justice's Parole and Probation Administration (DoJ-PPA) and the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) Zambales-Olongapo Chapter have forged an agreement to meet this objective.
PPA Administrator Bienvenido Benitez Jr. and IBP Zambales-Olongapo Chapter President Dahlia Salamat led the signing of a memorandum of agreement held at the Segara Suites inside this freeport on Tuesday, as they sought to expand 'the access of PDLs to legal assistance that may be afforded to them.'
FREE LEGAL AID FOR PDLS The Department of Justice's Parole and Probation Administration (PPA) and the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) Zambales-Olongapo Chapter have inked an agreement to extend free legal assistance to persons deprived of liberty in Zambales and Olongapo. In photo are (from left) Marissa D.C. Aquetra, PPA regional director; lawyer Bienvenido Benitez Jr., PPA administrator; lawyer Dahlia Salamat, IBP Zambales president; and IBP Zambales Legal Aid Director Jaklyn Hanna Pineda-Devilla after signing a memorandum of agreement. PHOTO BY MAHATMA RANDY V DATU
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