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ACCOMPLISHMENT REPORTOF THE PUBTIC ATTORNEY'S OFFICE

FOR TI{E YEAR 2015

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€. Clients Assisted and Cases Handled. Total No. of Clients Assisted. Total No. of C-ases Handled. Average No. of Clients Assisted by Each Lawyer. Average No. of Cases Handled by Each Lawyer

PI Set 1:

. Number of cases undermanagement.

791,405

72.88%(238,3W1326,988)

100%(592,A7U592,072)

99.85"/"

(417,7'.121418,340)

7,747,735

848,516

5 087

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84&516

73.19*N,

(w9,2661422,574)

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(755,327t755,327)

99.88%(437,9621439,50t I

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€. Maior Final Output Free Legal Services to Indigent Clients andOther Qualified Persons

Percentage of cases withfavorable judgment.

Percentage of requests for legalassistance/ representation acted

upon within three (3) workingdays from the date of request.

Percentage of hearings forwhich no postponement issought by the PAO legalrepresentative.

PI Set 2:

. Number of clients served(Non-]udicial).

PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

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o Number of legal

ad visories/counsel I ingprovided.

1,857,812 1,979,637

. Percentage of clients who rated | 99.97Y" | 99.98"/,

the legal services of PAO as | (428,9081429,A36) (576,7651516,894)

satisfactory or better.

o Percentage of requests forassistance that are acted upon | 1m% 100%

within two (2) hours. | (1,523,608/1,523,608) | (1,527,80511,527,805)

I Total No. of Winning Appealed Criminal Cases(Far Court of ,4ppeals and Suyetu Court only)

. Acquittals from Reclusion Temporal

. Acquittals from Reclusion Perpetua

€. Total No. of Winning AppealedCivil and Special Cases(For Court of t@als and Supreme Court only)

€. Acquittals and Other Favorable Dispooitions(RTC A MCTC METC)

Accused Benefited from:A. AcguittalB. Dismissal with PreiudiceC. Granted Motion to QuashD. Granted f)emurrer to EvidenceE. Provisional DismissalF. Conviction to Lesser OffunseG. Granted ProbationH. WonL Granted Lesser AwardL Disrnissal based on Compromise AgreementK. Criminal Cases for Preliminary lnvestigation:

K.1. Case filed in court (Complainant)IC2. Dismissed (Respondent)

L. Pre.trial Releases and Other FavorableDispositions:L.1. Released on Bail (Non-bailable offense)L.2. Released on Recognizance

215

120

95

584

158,348

'i.,3,221

39,A12

925

3,141

36,539

39,021

4,3993,818

1,013

3,226

6,572

5,024

504

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L.3. Diversion ProceedingsAnterventionL.4. Suspended Sentence

L.5. Maximum Imposable Penalty Served

Special Legal Serrrices(Pursuant to Sec. 1&A of R.A. 94ffi and MOAs)

I Rendition of Quasi-|udicial ServicesMediation and ConciliationInvestigation (R.A . 87 45 or Anti-Torture l,aw)

* Outreach Activities1. Inquest Investigation & Custodial Interrogation

r Total No. of Clients Assisted2. Barangay l-egal Outreach Activities

. Total No. of Beneficiaries

€' Nationwide Monthly lail visitation of District offices

No. of DetaineesAnmates who were:A. Interviewed and AssistedB. Provided t"egal Representation in CourtC. Acquitted:

C.1. After trialC.2. On appeal

D. Released on:D. 1 .PardonlExeutive ClemencyfrobationD.2. Motion to DismisslUlotion to QuashD.3. Inquest Assistance/Represen tationD.4. BaiURecognizanceD.5. After serving the possible maximum prison termD.5. Released on other grounds (i.e. Motion for judicialdetermination of probable cause, and others)

+ PAo-Central Office Legal & Medical |ailDecongestion Program. Total No. of Pmgram Beneficiaries. No. of Beneficiaries of Legal Assistance. No. of Beneficiaries of Medical Assistanceo No. of Beneficiaries of Dental Assistance. No. of Beneficiaries of Optical Assistance. Total No. of Inmates Released

384

280

339

31,262

457,738

30

lX),433

753,1m

zil,298zffi,814

&2881,439

3,714

6,V83,799

12,461

1,074

7,395

Visitation and

,:0,272

1,080

2,222388

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(from various jails in Metro Manila and nearbyprovinces visited by the PAGCentral Office andfollowed up by the field offices)

€. Legal/Inquest Pmceedings Assistance

On their scheduled duties, the public attorneys and staff of thePAGCentral Office have alternately been providing legal and inquestproceedings assistance even during night time, weekends and holidayssince October 2m9. For this purpose, the PAO hotline, 929-9436 (local

1,06 or 1a7 during office lwurs anil local 1.59 aft* office lwurs) is open to thepublic 2417.

ln september 2010, the coverage of this prograrn was expanded toserve the people covered by the regional and district offices of the PAO,nationwide. Since then, the said offices have been rendering legalassistance (e.9. legal advice, attending to the l*gul needs of suspects inthe police stations within the territorial jurisdiction of the concernedPAO regional/dishict offices) up to L0:N P.M. everyday (includingweekends and holidays). Further, the assigned PAO inquest publicattorneys and staff therein remain on call, even beyond LO:aO p.M., toattend to inquest calls in police stations nationwide.

. Clients Served

.,!. Training Sessions and Seminars Attended. Training Participants Iawyers

Support P*sonnel

€. Case Load

Out of 208,554 terrrinated criminal cases, there wereabout 75.89o/o favorable dispositions obtained by the publicfrom representing indigent clients.

. Total No. of Criminal C-ases Handled

. Total No. of Cases Terminated

. Terminated Cases Favorable to Clients

. Total Percentage of Winning CriminalCases

33,014

zffi2,607

475

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Out of 29,716 terminated civil cases, there were 21,9ffi or about73.650/o favorable dispositions obtained by the Public Attomeys fromrepresenting ind igent clients.

. Total No. of Civil C-ases Handled

. Total No. of Cases Terminated

. Terminated Cases Favorable to Clientso Total Percentage of Winning Civil Cases

Out of 50,457 tenninated labor cases,

82.3T/o favorable disposifions obtained byrepresenting indigent cl ients.

48,551

29,716

21,,886

73.650/o

there were 41,*l or aboutthe Rrblic Attorneys from

o Total No. of l^abor C-ases Handled. Total No. of Cases Terminated. Terminated Cases Favorable to Clientso Total Percentage of Winning L^abor C-ases

Out of 7,147 temrin:rM administrative cases propef,4,ffi7 or about 55.5Eo/o favorable dispositions obtained byAttorneys from representing indigent clients.

. Total No. of Administrative C-ases Proper Handled

. Total No. of C-ases Terminatedr Terminated Cases Favorable to Clients. Total Percentage of Winning Administrative Cases

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Total No, of Cases Involving Women Victims ofViolation of R.A. 9262Total No. of C-ases TerminatedTerminated C-ases Favorable to Women ClientVictims of Violation of F..A.9262Total Percentage of Winning Cases in Favor ofWomen

With respect to cases involving violation of Republic Act 9262

(Anti-Violence Against Women and their Childrcn Act), out of 45,887

terrrinated cases, there were 24,706 or about 53.E4% favorabledispositions obtained by the Public Attorneys from representing

women clients.

83,205

fl,45741,561

82.37/o

there werethe Public

17,874

7,747

4,687

65.58o/"

75,6U

45,887

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On the other hand, with respect to cases involving Children inConflict with the Law pursuant to R.A. 9Y4, out of 19,359 temrinatedcases, there were 13,909 or about 71.E5% favorable dispositionsobtained by the Public Attomeys from representing CICLs.

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Total No. of Cases Involving Children inConflict with the Law (CICL)Total No. of Cases TerminatedTerminated Cases Favorable to CICLTotal Percentage of Winning Cases in Favor ofC]CL

Total No. of Clients Assisted by thePAGNational Labor Relations Commission(NLRC) SuFStation located in Banawe,

Quezon City

Total No. of Research Work and IcgalOpinions for Queries from the Publicthat were Directly Addressed or otherwisereferred to the PAO

* Chair* Table

* Laptop

35,927

19,359

13,909

77.85o/o

14,3M

3,429

197 units

71 units

2 units

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* Library Sen'ices

o No. of tcg"l Books and Reference

Materials Distributed to Regional andDistrict Offices

o Lex Lihris Subscription for the CentralOffice to Facilitate Research Work

{. PAO Equipment

For the period covering january to December 2015, the

following office equipment were procured for distribution tovarious PAO regional and district offices as well as the CentralOffice, to wit:

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* Desktop

* Central Processing Unit (CPU)

* Uninterruptible Power Supply (UI'S)

" Monitor* Printer

* Air conditioner

* Fax Machine

* Cabinet

" Shelf

* Water Dispenser

* Copier

* Plant box/ I)ivider* Sofa

" Electronic Typewriter

1 unit

2 units

2 units

7 units

22 units

19 units

4 units

19 units

45 units

3 units

1 unit

1 unit

1 unit

1 unit

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The Office of the Chief Public Attomey receioed afld ott$oued57,398 cornttuticatiats from ]anuary to December 2015;

The Office of the Chief Public Attorney served 23,878 clientsduring this period;

The Chief Public Attorney attenibil the follo*ing trofuings and

seninatt and/or served astesowce pers(ms, thereto:

Resource Speoku, Ladlad Caraga Inc.'s l"t LGBT Forum onBasic Human Rights and the Anti-DiscriminationOrdinance, held on December 3, 2015, Balanghai Hotel andRestaurant, Butuan City;Speaku, University of Perpetual Help System SupremeStudent Council Leadership Training Seminar (Theme:

Empowered Perpetualite Leadens: Molding Character forGreatness), held on October 3O 2015 in Pansol, Calamba,Laguna;Resotnce Speaku, The Association of GovernmentAccountants of the Philippines 6GAP) Inc.'s Convention

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Seminar (Theme Bolstering Good Governance ThnrughPublic Expenditurc Management Refonns), held onOctober 22, 2A15 in Puerto Princesa City;Kq*ote Speaku, Mindanao-wide Barangay CivilRegistration System OCRS) Seminar Workshop, October12,2015, Limketkai Mall, C-agayan de Oro City;$peaker, Anti-Bullying Symposium (Theme: Record andReport Winning the War of Higher Education InstitutionsAgainst Bullying), held on October 6, 2015 at thePerforming Arts Theatre of the University of Perpetual Help,Dr. ]ose G. Tamayo Medical University, Sto. Nifro, City ofBifran, [.aguna;Gttcst Speaku, The 2015 Mass Communication Convention(Theme: Mass Media and New Media at the Forefmnt ofASEAN 2015), held on October 3,2015 at the Freedom Hallof the SHL Building, Lyceum of the Philippines-Batangas,Resource Pnson, Forum on "Kotnoy na Bakal: K*logayanng Kerapatang Patta.o sa Pnuhott f,g Batas Militer at sa

Kasolukttyan", held on September 30, 2015 at the NCASAuditorium of the University of the Philippines, L,os Bafros,

taguna;Keyrnote Speakn, Philippine Statistics Authorit5/s 9'h

Convention for Solemnizing Officers, August 25, 2015,

SMX Conveniton Center, SM Mall of Asia, Pasay City;Resource Speakn, Ladlad Caraga's Gender SensitivityTraining Malagos Garden Resort, Calinan, Davao Cit,v,

Arg. 21,2015;Resowce Speoku, Sex and the Academe; A Legal Fomm onSexual Harassment in Education and TrainingEnvironment August 1, 2075, Polytechnic University of the

Philippines, Sta. Mesa, Manila;Krynote Speeku, 5A$ National Induction and TurnoverCeremonies of the Inner Wheel Clubs of the Philippines,

June 27, 20'15, Ballroom of New World Manila Bay Hotel;Resotlr:ce Ptson, I-adlad-Ca raga, Inc.'s The PhilippineWomen Human Rights Defenders Training, May 28,20'|,5,

Panda Suites, Tagbilaran, Bohol;Resource Speakn, International Humanitarian Law andViolence Against Women Seminar, May 19 2015,

Philippine National Police Academy, Camp Gen. MarianoN. Castafreda, Silang, Cavite; and,

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Gttcst of Hmtu and Speaka, 71't Commencement Exercises

of the University of Batangas, April 14, 2A15, University ofBatangas Auditorium, Hilltop Campus, Batangas City.

The Chief Public Attomey persotully hmdled ondlor leil thefollowing cases and/or rcndereil Wol ossistence to the followingindividuals, to wit:

Chief Acosta and her legal team rendered legal assistance to minorstudents, Krisel Mallari and Stephanie Kate Lampano.

Krisel and her parents sought the assistance of Chief Acosta on

M"y 5, 2015 and Kate, together with her parents on August 26,

2015.

Chief Acosta and her legal team assisted Krisel in her fight for herright to be issued a certificate of good moral character and tostudy in the university of her owrt choice. They also rendered legal

assistance to Kate, a grade school pupil and victim of verbal abuse

by her teacher. Kate stopped schooling for a while, because of thetrauma she suffered from her teacher.

The continuous assistance given to Krisel since Mry 5,2015, pavedthe way for her enrolment on August 4, 2A15, as a collegeFreshman at the University of Santo Tomas (UST) under itsAccountancy program. She was even a scholar during her firstsemester in the said university on account of her salutatorianaward.

On the other hand, eight-year-old Kate, started studying again onSeptember 74, 2015 as a transferee in another school. This is inconsonance with the decision that was arrived at during theMediation Conference held at the Public Attorney's Office-CentralOffice on August 28, 2015. It was agreed therein that it would be

for the best interest of Kate to transfer her to a new school whichthe Departrnent of Education representative undertook tofacilitate.

b. The Chief Public Attomey and her legal team obtained a favorablejudgement for the cases of the relatiaes of the uictims of the MIVPrincess of the Starc fisritinc tregedy. In a Decision, datedSeptember 1& 2015, the Regional Trial Court-Branch 49, Manilaordered the SLI to pay about two hundred seven million six

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hundred fortvone thousand two hundred fifty-six pesos andthirty-four centavos (Php 2O7,AL256.34) to the heirs of the victimsof the said sea disaster.

The Chief Public Attorney and her legal team started handling thesaid cases in 2008. The Z civil cases which they filed against theSLI on behalf of the victims of the MIV Princess of the Stars

maritime tragedy, had, as stated above, been already decided. Onthe other hand, the 64 civil cases filed against the SLI at RTC-Branch 16, Cebu City are still ongoing trial. The criminal case forReckless Imprudence is also ongoing at RTC-Branch 5, Manila.

c. Some of the fa"mily-membts of the fallan Special Action Force(SA.F) lM in the Mmusapaflo ,ntssecre formally sought the ChiefPublic Attorney's free legal assistance on November I I, 2015. Theoffice of Senator Allan Peter C-ayetano endorsed them as early asApril of the same year, in a letter dated, April 16,2A15.

She directed her legal team to: (1) assist in the preparation ofaffidavits and administration of oaths to those who requested forassistance; and, (2) attend preliminary investigation of thecriminal case filed by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)against the alleged members of the Bangsamora Islamic FreedomFighters (B[FF) and the Moro Islamic uberation Front (MILF),who purportedly participated in the Mamasapano incident. Twosettings of preliminary investigation were conducted; the first onewas on November 26,2015, and the second one, on December 17,2015. The Chief Public Attorney's legal team also assisted the saidfamily members in reviewing their respective affidavits and re-affirming the contents thereof before the prosecutors.

d. In a Resolution, dated November \6,?:07s, the supreme Court EnBanc, stated, among others that "(t)he Counsel of Cudia is herebyORDERED to PROCEED to the office of the clerk of Court tosecure a copy of said ToR xxx". Through the said Resolution, theChief Public Attorney and her legal team were directed to obtainthe ToR or Transcript of Records of Cad"et 7,t Class Atilrh, I"tr p,Cuilie from the PMA. The ToR is one of the academic documentswhich Cudia's counsels have been fighting to get hold of from thePMA, on behalf of their client. cudia has been a client of the pAosince March zA]4.

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The Chief Public Attomey rendered legal assistance to victims of'l"aglogltndm bclo" or allqeil bullet-plaating hciil,ents onvarious dates of November and December 2015. From November4,2015 to December 30, 2015, more than seventy (70) victims of thealleged scam were given free legal assistance by the Chief PublicAttorney, and the public attorneys of the PAGPasay DistrictOffice and PAO-Manila District Office who worked tirelessly withher.

Due to the said incidents troubling OFWs, travellers, and eventhose who were only sending off or fetching people fromPhilippine airports, hearings in both Houses of Congress wereheld. In connection thereto, the Chief Public Attorney was invitedas one of the resource persons during the hearing on November12, 2015, that was conducted iointly by the Senate Blue RibbonCommittee and the Committee on Public Services, in connectionwith the alleged scam.

The Chief Public Attomey received the following prestigiousawards, to wit:

Alice Hmrandez Rqes Achiwement Atoard from the AliwAwards Foundation, Inc., given during the 28m Annual Alirn,Awards on December 10, 2015 at the Star Theater, Star CityComplex, Roxas Blvd., Manila;2015 Most outsteniling Filiyino in Pgf,lic srvice Atoardfrom the Gawad Amerika Foundation, given during the l5thGawad Amerika Awards Night on November Z, ZO1S at theCelebritv Center, Hollywood, Califomia, USA;Mast outstending hblic srustt of the Yecr Atocril fromthe Lyceum of the Philippines University-Batangas,conferred on october 3, 2015 at the Freeclom Hall of the sI{LBuilding Lyceum of the Philippines-Batangas;2075 Pomana ng Kapayn?oa.tt Notiotal Awail for hfulicsmtice (National Peace Atoard for hblic s*vice) conferredby the Asian Congress for Media and Communication, onoctober z, 2015 at the Mini-Auditorium of the Far EasternUniversity, 9e Floor, Technology Buildinp Nicanor Reyes,Sr. Street, Manila;ofisteniling Alwnna Atoord from the university of the EastAssociation of America, Hawaii Chapter (UEAAHC),2015;

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Cmgrottbtory Cutificete from the 28s legislature of theState of Hawaii for the UEAAHC'S commendation of her"commitment to the communities of Hawaii and thePhilippines as a leading role model..:',2015;PinaksPASADang Lingkod Bry*n (Moy Mataas m papuri)Azuard given by the Pampelikulang Samahan ng mgaDalubguro (PASADO), during the 1zh pasado Gawad siningsine on April 11, z01s at san sebastian Co[ege - Recoleto,Manila; and,Ginintaang sulo ng Bayan Azuord given by the GoldenTorch creative consultants Association, Inc. on February 2g,2015 at the university of the philippines, Diliman, euezonCitv.

OTHER SIGMFI C,tAIT AC C O MPU: SHMENT S

€' office of the chief Public Attorney, instrumental in obtaining justicefor the late Congressm;rn Luis Chito Bersamin

The PAo, through the office of the Chief Itubric Attorney, hasbeen instrumental in giving free legal representation to two (2) statewitnesses-accused Freddie Drpo and sonny Taculao, who turned as kevstate witnesses and whose testimonies became the basis for theconviction of former Abra Governor Vicente Isidro Valera, the allegedmastermind in the assassination of the late Congressman Luis ChitoBersamin.

In a Decision, dated september 30, 207s, issued by the RegionarTrial Court-Branch 94, euezon Gty, accused varera *u, forrrd guirtybeyond reasonable doubt of the crime of Frustrated Murder in CriminalCase No- Q-09-1ss036. He was, Iikewisg found guirty beyondreasonable doubt of two (2) counts of Murder in Criminal case No. e_09-158034 and Criminal Case No. e{}1Sg03S.

The PAo's olC-Deputy Chief pubric Attorney Howard B. Arezaand Attorney Demiteer U- Huerta, Public Attorney III acted as counselsfor Dupo and Taculao.

.!. The PAO Forensic Team, under the Office of the Chief publicAttorney, rendered free retrieval operations relative to the victims ofTyphoon Yolanda who perished at the Kankabato Bay, Tacroban city

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In connection with the request of the Tacloban Fisherfolks UrbanAssociation for the PAO to conduct retrieval operations relative to thevictims of Typhoon Yolanda who perished at the Kankabato Bay inTacloban City, the PAO Forensic Team was able to retrieve four (4) setsof skeletal remains from the Kankabato Bay, Barangay g3, San Jose,Tacloban City, last November 26,20'lS.

The PAO Forensic Team conducted the said initial retrievaloperations in cooperation with the local government of Tacloban City,the Philippine National police, Rotary CIub, and other groups/officesthat are concerned with ecological rehabilitation of the Kankabato Bay.

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