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Republiko ng PilipinosKogoworon ng Kolorungon
Tonggopon ng MonononggolPomboyon
(PUBLIC ATTORNEY'S OFFICE)DOJ Agencies Building, NIA Rd. cor EastAve 1'104Diliman, Quezon City
Telephone Nos 929-90-'101929-9436; FAX Nos 927-68-10/ 926-28-78
ACCOMPTISHMENT REPORT
OF THE PUBTIC ATTORNEY'S OFFICEFOR THE YEAR 2018
PREFATO RY STATEMENT
Socrosonct in the Constitution is the occess to justice by the
underprivileged. Such ideolism ripened into reolity upon the
creotion of the Public Attorney's Office (PAO). With the strong
leodership ond effective monogement of its officiols, the PAO
progressed into the country's primory ond prominent low office
which provides free legol ossistonce ond other services to
pouper litigonts ond other quolified clients.
The PAO is delighted to present this Accomplishment
Report which documents its ochievements ond strotegies in
ottoining its objectives of o swift ond foir odministrotion of justice;
qnd occessible, efficient, ond effective delivery of legol services
to its clients for the Yeor 20,l8.
Very recently, the PAO, through the strong omnipresence
of its Chief Public Attorney ond the solid colloborotion of its
employees, wos issued o Quolity Monogement System (OMS)
(lSO 9001:2015) Certificotion by TUV Nord Philippines, lnc., on
occredited ISO-certificotion body. The soid Certificotion covers
oll the fronline ond support processes of the PAO Centrol Office
os well os the regionol offices of Regions lv-A (CALABARZON)
ond Cordillero Autonomous Region (CAR), ond the District
Offices of Posig City ond Conner, Apoyoo. Ultimotely, the PAO
intends to hove oll its regionol offices ond district offices ISO-
certified. This endeovor is in line with the priorities of the
Administrotion of President Rodrigo Roo Duterte for o
IPAO ACCOMPLISHME NT REPORT FOR THE \DAR 2018 Page 1 of38
heightened tronsporency, strong public occounlobility; ondmore inclusive ond people-centered public service through omore efficient, slreomlined, ond quolity government process.
Notobly, in criminol coses, the number of ocquitlols(twenty-six thousond nine hundred thirty-two 126,932)) ondfovoroble resolutions (two hundred ninety-four thousond ondfive hundred lwenty-four 1294,5241 obtoined by the PAO
notionwide. ore significont ond remorkoble occomplishments ofthis Office. This proves thot the oct of lhe Congress in 2008 for thestrengthening of the PAO, through Republic Act (R.A.) No.9406,
hod come inlo reolity.
True to its mondole ond resolute to put public inlerest
obove self, the PAO, through its Chief Public Attorney ond itsForensic Teom, heoded by Alty. Erwin P. Erfe, M.D., who, in spite
of being lhe torget of persistent vilificolions ond even debosingpersonol oltocks, brovely ond sleodfostly stond up to fight for
the couse of the viclims of the mossive inoculotion of the foulty
Dengvoxio voccine. As of December 2018, the PAO Forensic
Teom wos oble lo exomine the codovers of one hundred six
(106) Dengvoxio recipienls ond conlinues lo receive requesls for
forensic exominotion from lhe fomilies of the voccine recipients.
Of the one hundred six (106) outopsied victims who monifesled
the fotol risks previously identified by the Sonofi Posteur. the
monufocturer of Dengvoxio, seventeen (17) civil coses for
domoges hove been instituted before the Quezon City Regionol
Triol Courts (RTC) while thirty (30) criminol comploints for reckless
imprudence resulting in multiple homicides ond violotions of the
Anti-Torlure Acl ond Consumer Act hove been filed of the
Deportment of Juslice ogoinsl lhe speorheoders, proponenls,
monufoclurer, ond distributor of the Dengvoxio voccine.
Moreover, six (6) coses of Obstruction of Juslice were filed
ogoinst the Deportment of Heollh (DOH) Secretory, Dr. Froncisco
T. Duque lll. The PAO will be undeterred by the boseless ond
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Off the comero ond oul of the public eye, the Chief PubticAtlorney ond PAO Senior Officiols continue to fulfillthe mondoleof the Office. They ore being obly ossisted by more thon fhree(3) thovsond men ond women who ore lhe unseen heroes of thePAO. They ore lhe Public Attorneys ond support personnel
stotioned of the centrol office ond vorious regionol ond districtoffices notionwide whose dedicotion, professionolism,
resourcefulness ond lenocity yielded significont ond voluobleresults in the odministrotion of justice in the counlry os shown bylhe stolisiicol doto below.
ln 2017 olone, the PAO ossisled o totol of eleven million six
hundred sixteen thousond nine hundred sixteen ,11,616,916)
clients or thirty-one percent (3.l%), higher os compored with lheprevious yeor. For yeor 20'18, the totol number of clients ossisled
by PAO increosed lo lhirteen million three hundred forly-fourthousond ond lhree ( I 3,344,003). higher by fifteen percent ( 1 5%)
os compored with the previous yeor. This only shows the ever-growing need by the indigents ond other quolified persons forPAO's free legol services in the ottoinment of justice.
Among the morginolized clienls of the PAO ore, inter olia,
the PDLs (Persons Deprived of Liberty) who were benefitted byRepub/ic Acf (R.A.) No. 10951 vis-d-vis the Hernan vs.
Sondigonboyon cose (G.R. No. 217874,5 December 2017). As of3'l December 2018 ond in totol, public ottorneysnolionwide olreody ossisled lwo thousond one hundrednineteen (2,119) PDLs in consononce with R.A. No. 10951. The
former pursued the necessory legol remedy/ies for them in
deference lo the Order of the Supreme Court in the
oforementioned cose, ond to continue the PAO's noble work forlhis volued group in its roster of clienis.
PAO ACCOMPLISHMENT REPORT FOR THE YEAR 2018 Pagc 3 of 38 4
molicious criticism ond will unwoveringly continue to help thefomilies of the victims in their pursuit of justice.
Doniel Webster, ctn Americon stotesmon ond prominent
ottorney. soid thot "Jusfice, sil is the greaf inferest of mon oneorth.lf is fhe ligoment which ho/ds civilized beings ond civilizednotions together. Wherever her femple sfonds, ond so /ong os if
is duly honored, there is o foundation for generol security,generol hoppiness, ond the improvement ond progress of ourrace."1 ln its pursuit of the rule of low, truth ond sociol justice,
being the components of the country's sustoinqbledevelopment, the PAO, thus, commits to the Filipino people thotit will remoin true to its mission to provide the indigents ond otherquolified persons free legol ossistonce in consononce with theConstitutionol mqndote thot "free occess fo courfs sho/l not bedenied to ony person by reoso n of poverty."
THE OFFICE
Republic Act (R.A.) No. 94A6, entitled "An Act Reorgonizingqnd Strengthening the Public Attorney's Office (PAO)"
estoblished the PAO os on independent ond outonomous Officeottoched to the Deportment of Justice only for the purpose ofpolicy ond progrom coordinotion. The low exponded the
mondote of the PAO to include providing free legol services ondossistonce to indigent clients, other quolified persons, ond in the
exigency of the seryice, when colled upon by propergovernment outhorities, to render such service to other persons,
subject to existing lows, rules ond regulotions, in oll criminol, civil.
lobor, odministrotive ond other quosi-judiciol coses.
The PAO-Centrol Office is locoted of the DOJ Agencies
Building, NIA Rood corner Eost Avenue, Dilimon, Quezon City.
The regionol ond dislrict/sub-district offices, on the other hond,
ore strotegicolly locoted notionwide to effectively respond to
indigent clients from eighty-one (8,|) provinces, one hundred
ond forty-five (l 45) cities, one thousond ond four hundred
t Webster. D. ('1903). Se/ecf Speeches of Doniel Websfer. Retrieved fromhttp://www.gutenberg .org /files / 7 600 I 7 600-h I 7500-h.htm
PAO ACCOMPLISHMENT REPORT FOR THtr YEAR 2018 Page 4 of38
eighly-nine (1,489) municipolilies ond forty-two thousond ondforty-five (42,045) borongoysz, oll of which ore in dire need oflegol ossistonce.
Currently, the PAO hos l7 regionol offices ond 323 district
offices, 5 sub-dishict offices, 2 Regionol Specio! ond AppeoledCoses Units (RSACU), ond 2 sotellite offices. Mosl of these offices
ore situoted ot the Holls of Juslice notionwide olong wilh the
courts ond other offices involved in the odministrotion of justice.
However, some dislricl offices ore housed ol rented office
spoces like the PAO-Monilo Districl Office, etc.
DISTRICT OFFICES, AND THE COURTS
Despite the high turn-over role of Public Altorneys, primorily
due to resignotion to engoge in privole low proctice, lronsfer to
the Notionol Prosecution Service (NAPROSS), to the judiciory, or
to other government ogencies ond government owned ond
controlled corporolions. ond olso due to heovy worklood.
omong others, the PAO hos o tolol2,096 public ottorneys. who
octively hondle criminol ond civil coses before the courts
notionwide.
About 7l of them devote themselves to speciol ond
oppeoled coses filed before the Court of Appeols, the Supreme
Court ond the Office of the President. However, the hondling of
criminol ond civil coses ond represenlolion of clients in courts os
obove-stoted is only o portion of lhe public ottorneys' functions.
They olso oppeor in ond hondle odministrotive ond lobor coses,
the so-colled quosi-judiciol coses, ond such other limited ond
speciol coses ond services os shown hereofter.
zPhitippine Stondord Geogrophic Codes (PSGC/ os of 30 September 2018,
hfips: /lpso.gov.phlclossificolion /psgc/downloods/suMWEBPROV-SEPT21lg-CODED-HUC-FINAL.pdf
,l,PAO ACCOMPLISHMENT REPORT FOR THE YEAR 2018 Page 5 of 38
II. PUBTIC ATTORNEYS, THE REGIONAT AND
REGIONDISTRICT / OTHER
UNITS
NUMBER OF PUBTIC
ATTORNEYS
Centrol Office 114
Notionol Copitol Region r6 332
Cordillero AdministrotiveRegion
22 63
Region I
llocos Reqion22 126
Region ll
Cogoyon Volleyt5 90
Region lll
Centrol Luzon33 r89
Region lV-ACALABARZON
37 231
Region lV-Blvll/i/AROPA
12 ll sotelliteoffice 57
Region VBicol Region
29 I 1 sub-district r0B
Region VlEostern Visoyos
21 r39
Region VllCentrol Visoyos
19 I 1 RSACU 132
Region VlllWestern Visoyos
26 r09
Region lX-AARMM
3 I 2 sub-district 40
Region lX-B
Zomboongo Peninsulo15/l sotelliteoffice BI
Region XNorthern Mindonoo
15 IlRSACU&2sub-district offices
97
Region Xl
Dovoo Region14 63
Region Xll
SOCCSKSARGEN12 7B
Region XlllCARAGA
12 47
TOIAT 323 209 6
Below is o toble indicoting the number of existing offices
ond ossigned lowyers in eoch region os follows:
Toble No. I
The estoblishment of district offices in different regions of
the country complements the ogency's mission to provide
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litigonts free occess to courts ond quosi-judiciol ogencies byrendering legol ossistonce without cost. The PAO envisions the
estoblishment of odequote district offices to enhonce the
occessibility of its services in order thot justice could efficiently bedelivered despite geogrophicol fro gmen to tion.
III. SIGNIFICANT ACC OMPLISHMENTS
I . CTIENTS ASSISTED AND CASES HANDLED
The stotisticol figures below show the totol number ofindigent clients ossisted ond the totol number of coses (judiciol
ond quosi-judiciol) hondled by the PAO ond its proportionote
relotion to the 2,096lowyers for the period covering Jonuory to
December, 20.lB.
Toble No.2
2. ORGANIZATIONAL OUTCOME ANDPERFORMANCE I N DICATORS
ln line with Notionol Budget Circulor No. 569 doted 0B
Februory 2017, with the subjecl "Adoption of Progrom
Expenditure Clossificotion-Bosed Performonce-lnformed
Budgeting (PREXC-PIB) for the Preporotion of the Proposed
Notionol Budget for Fiscol Yeor 2018", the PAO odopted the
following orgonizotionol outcome ond performonce indicotors
with positive results, to wit:
/
Totol No. of Clients Assisted I3,344,003Totol No. of Coses Hondled 97 5,610Averoge No. of Clients Assisted by Eoch Lowyer 6,366Averoge No. of Coses Hondled by Eoch Lowyer 46s
PAO ACCOMPLISHMtrNT RtrPORT FOR THE YtrAR 2018 Page 7 of38
Orgonizotionql Outcome: Accessible etficienl ond effecliveleqql service to indiqenls ond olher quolified persons qssured.
PUBTIC TEGAL ASSISTANCEPROGRAM
FY 20r 8TARGETS
FY 2OI8ACCOMPTISHMENTS
A. Outcome lndicotors:
I . Number of ovoiloblelowyer's time spent foreoch service
2. Percentoge of coses.including the oppeoledcoses, thot werefovorobly disposed
3. Public ottorney to courtrotio
24 hours
7 6.24%(232,600/305,088)
'l:l*
24 hours
81.34%(369 ,455/454,232)
1:2
B. Output lndicotors:
a Percentoge of heoringsfor which nopostponement is soughtby the PAO legolrepresentotive
a Alternotive DisputeResolution (ADR) rote
o Percentoge of requestfor non-judiciolossistonce octed uponwithin two (2) hours
100%(4BB,868/4BB,868)
92.50%(279 ,6041302,27 6)
100%(2,3 48, 48 4 / 2,3 48, 48 4)
100%(696,67 6/696,67 6)
92.s8%(281 ,548/304,1 I3)
100%(3, 424, 508 / 3, 424, 508)
*Assumption: Creotion of odditionol plontillo positions by the DBM.
O CLIENTS ASSISTED AND CASES HANDLED
Undounted by the overwhelming coselood, the publicottorneys obly represented indigent clients who ore occused incourt. The Public Attorneys skillfully focilitoted the releose ondfovoroble disposition of coses of indigent clients, by woy ofocquittols, dismissol of coses, or for Some other reosons, theircoses were fovorobly disposed of, os shown in the groph below.
Toble No.3
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ACQUTTTATS/DTSMISSAT OF CASES/RELEASE FROM
DETENTION/JAITS AND OTHER FAVORABTE DISPOSITIONS
6,1 60
D. 4,697J. 167
L. 373
't3,9r4
3.558
C. Motion to Quosh. f. lcsiar Otlcnscr L Lasscr Awordr l. OsrdlsGd (Respondont)
O. Dlv.nlon ProcccdlnEs
B. Dismis3cd wilh PreJudice
r E. Provlslonolly DismisscdE H. WonI K. fllcd (Compldlnonl)
N. R.cognizonceE Q. Moxlmum lnposoble Penolly
. A. Acquilld5D. Drmurcr lo Ev{dcnca
! G. Probolion 6r6nlcdt J. Compon{s€d Agr6.m.rd* M. Brdl
P. Su3pGndad S€htcnc.
No. I
The groph obove shows the figures of ocquittols, dismissols
ond other fovoroble dispositions in criminol coses for the period
covering Jonuory to December 2A18, totoling 294,524.
o WINNING APPEATED CASES
For criminql coses olone, o totol of 369 coses were
fovorobly disposed of during the period of Jonuqry to December2018 by the PAO-Speciol ond Appeoled Coses Service (SACS)
ond the two Regionol Speciol ond Appeoled Coses Units
(RSAC u) .
The toble below shows the breokdown of figures, to wit:
Acquittols from Reclusion Temporol tl 4
Acquittols from Reclusion Perpetuo 255TOTAL 369
Toble No. 4
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t. 128,?75
N_ 745
61,367
707
73
o.
I
l.
P. 951
Q"I
c. 1,3?7
Aside from criminol coses, the PAO-SACS ond the twoRSACU olso hondled o totol of 1,261 civil ond speciol coses such
os oppeols from the decision of NLRC, SSS ond GSIS. ln those
hondled coses, o totol of 499 fovoroble disposilions were
obtoined by the PAO-SACS from Jonuory to December20lB.
JAIL VISITATION AND DECONGESTIONPROGRAM
This non-judiciol service rendered by the Office for the
inmotes hos been strengthened by the PAO-Centrol Office
Legol, Medicol, Dentol ond Opticol Joil Visitqtion Progrom. The
progrom storted in 2007 qnd is now being continuously
conducted in vorious joils in the Philippines. The tobles below
show the output of the project for the yeor 2018, to wit:
Regulor Monthly Jqil Visitolion of District Otfices Nolionwide:
Toble No. 5
PAO-Cenlrol Otfice Legol & MedicqlJqil Visitqlion & Decongeslion Progrom
o
A totolof3,286
inmoleswere
releqsedfrom
vorious
No. of lnmotes / DelqineesMonthly Jqil Visitqlion
of Districl OtficesNqlionwide
lnlerviewed & Assisled 349 ,9 60
Provided Legol Represenlotion in Court 457,195
Releosed 66,401
VISITED JAIL DATE TIME
NO. OFLAWYERS& STAFF
LEG
NO. OFBENEFICIARIES
FOR LEGALASSISTANCE
(ADVTCE)
NO. OFBEN EFICIARIESFOR MEDICALASSISTANCE
NO. OFBENEFICIARIESFOR DENTALASSISTANCE
NO. OFREADINGGLASSES
DISTRIBUTED
TOTALNO. OF
INMATESRELEASED
I
CompKoringolFemole
Dormiiory
October05,2018
8:00qmto
'l l:30om27 lsT 88 lr5 96 154
2Molove Youth
HomeOctober05.20t8
8:00omto
I l:30om2ND 38 66 0 l8
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?
Correctionollnstitution for
Women -Mondoluyong
October12,2018
8:00omto
I l:30om3l 3RD 125 274 61 r38
4
Metro MoniloDistrict Joil
Moin
DecemberI 9. 2018
8:00omto
I0:00om29 4IH 62 126 5t 107
5Metro MoniloDistrict Joil3
December19,2018
l0:00omto
l2:00nn29 5TH 7 l5 3 26
6Metro MoniloDistrict Joil 4
December19,2018
l:00pmto
5:00pm29 5TH I 46 t5 t5
7
Conectionollnstitution for
Women -Mondoluyong
December20,2018
8:00omto
5:00pm28 71H 102 266 5t 143
8
CompKoringolFemole
Dormitory
December21,2018
8:00omto
5:00pm28 8TH 67 199 142
TOTAL 490 1.108 354 743 3.286
.ioils inMetroMonilo
ondneorby
provinces visiledby thePAO-
CentrolOfficeond
followedup by the
fieldoffices.
Toble No. 5
o rEGAr/TNQUEST PROCEEDINGS ASSISTANCE
On their scheduled duties, the public ottorneys ond stqff ofthe PAO-Centrql Office hove been olternotely providing legol
ond inquest proceedings ossistonce even during night time,
weekends ond holidoys since October 2009. For this purpose,
the PAO hotlines, 929-9436, 426-2801, 426-2450, 426-2987, ond426-2683 (locol 106 or 107 during office hours ond /ocol 159 ofteroffice hours) ore open to the public 2417.
ln September 2010, the coveroge of this progrom wos
exponded to serve the people covered by the regionol ond
district offices of the PAO, notionwide. Since then, the soid
offices hove been rendering /ego/ ossislonce (e.9. legol odvice,ottending to the legol needs of suspects in the police stotions
within the territoriol jurisdiction of the concerned PAO
regionol/district offices) up to 10:00 P.M. everydoy (including
weekends ond holidoys). Further, the ossigned PAO inquest
public ottorneys ond stoff therein remoin on coll, even beyond
PAO ACCOMPLISHMtrNT RtrPORT F'OR THE YEAR 2018 I)age 11 of 38
l0:00 P.M., to ottend to inquest colls in police stotions
notionwide.
A totol of 49,732 clients benefited from lhe services
provided by the PAO consisting of inquest ossistonce, legol
odvice/counselling ond documentotion of the obove dutystotions covering the period Jonuory to December 20.l8.
lv. CASE LOAD, STATISTICAL REPO RT ANDACCOMPTISHMENT
A. RENDITION OF JUDICIAT SERVICES
l. Regulor Services
o) CRIMINAL
REPRESENTATION OF INDIGENTSrN JUD|CTAL CASES (CRIMINAL)
*CASES HANDLED
Groph No.2
For the yeor 2018, the PAO hondled o totol of 735,430
criminol coses. Of this totol, 306,562 coses ore newly received
coses ond 428,868 coses ore corried-over from the previous
yeor.
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Cony Over428,868
58%
NewlyReceived
306,56242%
REPRESENTATION OF INDIGENTS IN
JUDTCTAL CASES (CRlMlNAt)*TERMINATED CASES*
Groph No.3
Out of the 351 ,227 t,erminoted criminol coses from Jonuory
to December 20.l B, 294,524 coses or oboul 83.86% lhereof were
fovorobly disposed by the respective Public Attorneys ossigned
to hondle the some.
b) crvrr
REPRESENTATION OF IN DIGENTSrN JUDTCTAL CASES (ClvlL CASE)
,TCASES HANDLED*
Groph No.4
For the yeor 2018, the PAO hondled o totol of 45,243 civil
coses. Of this totol, 15,974 cqses ore newly received coses ond
29,269 coses ore corried-over from the previous yeor.
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tovoroble2?4,524
84Y"
TOT,EL
too%
Others55,703167"
NewlyRecaived
15,974357"
TOTAL45,269
100yo
Cony Over29,2&?657o
-
REPRESENIATION OF INDIGENTSrN JUDTCTAT CASES (ClVrr CASE)
I.IERMINAIED CASES*
Groph No. 5
Out of the 15,447 terminoted civil coses from Jonuory to
December 2018, ll,3l7 coses or obout 73.26% thereof were
fovorobly disposed by the respective Public Atlorneys ossigned
to hondle the some.
c) ADMINISTRATIVE CASES PROPER
REPRESENTATION OF INDIGENTS INQUASI.JUDICIAT CASES
(ADMtNISTRATTVE CASES PROPER)*CASES HAND[ED'
Groph No. 6
The PAO hondled o totol of 12,043 odministrotive coses (i.e.
lhose which involve the exercise of quosi-judiciol powers ofodminislrotive outhorilies such os coses before the Professionol
Regulotion Commission ond Energy Regulotory Commission)
consisting of 8,380 corry-over coses ond 3,663 newly receivedcoses from Jonuory lo December 20,l8.
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tovorqble11,3177370
Others4,1302770
NewlyReceived
3,66330%
corry Over8,38070%
REPRESENTATION OF INDIGENTS INQUASI.JUDICIAL CASES
(ADMTNTSTRATTVE CASES PROPER)*TERMINATED CASES*
Groph No.7
Out of the 7,656 terminoted odministrotive coses properfrom Jonuory to December 2018,5,534 coses or oboul 72.28%lhereof were fovorobly disposed by the respective Public
Attorneys ossigned to hondle the some.
d) PROSECUTOR'S OFFTCE CASES
REPRESENTATION OF INDIGENTS INQUASI.JUDICIAI. CASES
(PROSECUTOR'S OFFTCE CASES)*CASES HANDLED*
Groph No.8
For the yeor 2A18, the Office hondled o totol of 58,447
coses of the Prosecutor's level, 29,540 of which ore newlyreceived ond 28,907 ore corried over from the previous yeor.
PAO ACCOMPLISHMENT REPORT FOR THE YEAR 2018 Page 15 of38
Fovoroble5,534727o
TC)TALi.656tco%
Olhers2,12228Vo
NewlyReceived
2r,540(1r:
Corry Over28,9074?7"
REPRESENTATION OF INDIGENTS IN
QUASI-JUDICIAT CASES(PROSECUTOR',S OFFICE CASES)
*TERMINATED CASES*
Groph No.9
For the some period, 32,223 coses were terminoted by the
respective Public Attorneys ossigned to hondle the some.
e) LABOR CASES
REPRESENTATION OF INDIGENTS IN
QUASr-JUD|CTAL CASES (LABOR CASE)*CASES HANDLED*
Groph No. l0
ln Lobor coses, the PAO wos oble to hondle o totol of
34,727 comploints from Jonuory to December 2018, while 21,283
of which were olreody disposed of.
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Terminaled32,22355%
Pending26,224457o
TOiALX,447t']o%
NewlyReceived
r8,00252%
]QIALN,727i0096
Corry Over16,7254SY"
b--
REPRESENTATION OF INDIGENTSIN QUASI-JUDICIAL CASES
(LABOR CASE)*TERMINATED CASES
3.1 9015%
Groph No. l1
Out of the 2l ,283 terminoted lobor coses from Jonuory to
December 2018, 18,093 coses or qbout 85.017o lhereof were
fovorobly disposed by the respective Public Attorneys ossigned
to hondle the some.
2. Limited Services
LIMITED SERVICESIotol number of occused ossisfed = 91O,79i
olJudgemenl
33,3464%
Olhers661 .934
73%
Groph No. '12
The PAO hos extended limited services to occused in
criminol coses specificolly on the stoges of orroignment, pre-triol,
PAO ACCOMPLISHMENT REPORT FOR THE YEAR 2018 Page 17 of38
FovorqbleI8,093857o
TCTAL21,283r00%
123,?04't3%
Pre'Trial91,61510%
promulgotion of sentence ond in such other stoges of the cose
where the PAO is sought to engoge. lt ossisted o totol of 910,7?9
occused from Jonuory to December 2018.
3. Speciol legol Services (Pursuontto Sec l4-A of R.A. 9406
ond Memorqndo of Agreement)
From Jonuory to December 2018, the PAO served o totql of
26,210 clients under Speciol Legol Services.
"SEC. l4-A Powers ond Functions. - Ihe PAO sho//
independently dischorge ifs mondote to render, free ofchorge, legol represen totion, ossistonce, ondcounse/ling to indigent persons in criminol, civil, lobor,
odministrotive ond other quosi-judiciol coses. ln the
exigency of the service, the PAO may be colled upon
by proper government oufhorifies to render such
service to other persons, subjecf fo existing lows, rules
ond regulotions."
B. RENDITION OF QUASI.JUDICIAL SERVICES
l. Mediotion ond Conciliolion
RENDITION OFQUASI-JUDICIAI CASES
(MEDTATTON & CONCil.TATTON)*STATUS OF CASES HANDLED*
Groph No. I3
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77o
TOTAL304,1 )3
1CO%
Terminoled281,548
?3%
It is worthy to toke note thot the Office olso renders
mediotion ond conciliotion services os port of its quosi-judiciol
function. For the period covering Jonuory to December 20.l8, it
hondled o totol of 304,113 disputes ond resolved o totol of281,548 thereof.
2. lnvestigotion
For the yeor 2018, the PAO conducted o totol of 32
invesligotions of coses involving torture. The Office is mondqtedto qssist in torture coses through Sec. ll of Republic Act (R.A.)
9745 or the Anti-Torture Act of 2009, viz:
"section I I. Assisfonce in Filing o Comploint. - IheCHR ond the PAO sho// render legol ossistonce in theinvestigotion ond monitoring ond/or filing of thecomploint f or o perso n who suffers torture ond othercruel, inhumon ond degroding treotment orpunishm ent, or f or ony inferesfe d porty thereto."
C. RENDITION OF NON-JUDICIAI SERVICES
l. Inslonl Services
INSTANT SERVICES
Totol number of clienls ossisted =9,?62,248
I
Groph No. l4
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Iegol
OothsAdminislered
3,600,91 93&Y"
CIienlsCounseled4,087,608
417"
Documanlotion2,273,72'l
237o
The PAO hos rendered instont services lo 9,962,248 clientsthot include legol documentotion, counselling ondodministering of ooths for the period covering Jonuory toDecember 2018.
OUTREACH SERVICES
BorongoyOulreoch
143,745427"
\
Groph No. 15
ln the borongoy outreoch octivilies conducted by the
Office from Jonuory to December 2018, it ossisted o totol of
143,745 clients. Moreover, for lhe some period, the PAO ossisted
o totol of 199,709 clients during inquest investigotions ond
custodiol interrogolions.
WOMEN C['ENTSAND CH'I.DREN
'N CONFI'CIWITHTHE LAW
Under R.A. No. 9262, othewise known os the Anti-Violence
Agoinst Women ond their Children (VAWC) Act ond R.A. No.
9344, otherwise known os the Juvenile Justice ond Welfore
System Acl, os well os lhe subsequent pertinenl issuonces, lhePAO is specificolly mondoled by low to extend legol ossislonce
to women ond lheir children who ore victims of violence ond to
focilitole the releose ond proper disposition of coses involving
Children in Conflict with the Low (CICL), porticulorly those who
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2. Oulreoch Services
&
58fa
Tololu3.454
1Cfr%
Cuslodiollnvesligolion
1?9,709
were fifteen yeors old or below of the time of the ollegedcommission of the crime.
To this mondoted tosk, the PAO continuously gives speciol
ottention to the couse of women ond children, in so for os the
criminol justice system is concerned.
REPRESENTATION OFWOMEN CLIENTS
*CASES HAND[ED*
REPRESENTATION OFWOMEN CLIENTS
*TERMINATED CASES+
Groph No. 1B
REPRESENTATION OF CHITDREN INCONFTICTWITH THE LAW
(clct)*CASES HANDLED*
REPRESENTATION OF CHITDREN IN
CONFTICTWITH THE tAW(clcL)
{.TERMINATED CASES*
Groph No. l9
Groph No. l6 Groph No. l7
The grophs obove show the number of women ond
children ossisted by the PAO for the yeor 2018. From Jonuory to
December 20]8, the Office hqndled o totol of 20,635 ond 23,377
cqses involving women qnd CICL, respectively.
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NewlyReceived
5,O17
2472
20.6J5
Corry Over15.6 t876%\
.IOiAL
2A.*5
Ierminoled13,540667"
Pending7,O?5347o
Corry Over16,t50L9%
NewlyReceived
7,22731%
IOIAI.23.377100!!6
Terminoted10.36244%
IOIAt23.377
i oo"s
Pending13,0r 556%
For lhe some period, 13,540 ond 10,362 coses were
terminoted involving women ond CICL, respectively.
The obove-shown doto is o testoment to the continuous
trusl ond foith of the people in lhe performonce of lhe ogency.
ll is viewed thot when the ogency performs its duties ond
responsibilities with lhe highest stondord of efficiency ond
dedicolion, it gives its humble shore in converting ond
lronsforming public opothy ond choos into lrust ond foith to the
criminoljustice syslem ond ultimotely to the entire odministrotion.
V. COMPARATIVE oF ACTUAT vs TARGET
COIVIPARISON OFACTUAL OUTPUTVERSUS TARGET FOR 2OI8(I! P.R.!l.tn)
rTr.td aAas.l
92.26%
Cnhin.lC...r Clvila.c'!.d.l
Lirl r9P..l.a c.!.t
Groph No. 20
The lorgest difference of the ociuol fovoroble dispositions
of coses versus torgets wos observed for Criminol Coses
gornering o dispority of 8.33%. Followed by Lobor coses (4.46%1,
Administrolive Coses Proper (2.55%1, Speciol Legol Services
(2.18%1, Appeoled Coses (1.10%), Civil Coses (0.58%). The leost
difference wos observed on Prosecutor's Office
exceeding ihe torget by only 0.12%. Overoll, lheCoses
octuol
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72_69y.7a,16*
fovoroble dispositions of coses (81.34%) surpossed the torget set
at 76.24% bv 5.1A%.
As for the Alternqtive Dispute Resolutions, the percentogevolues of the octuol output ond the torget were relotively closewith o morginol difference of 0.08%.
VI. THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF PUBLIC ATTORNEY
The Office of the Chief Public Attorney recerved/onswered64,793 communicotions from Jonuory to December, 20.l8.
The breokdown is os follows:
Communicotions lo / from CPA Ruedo-AcoslqTotolNo. of
Communicolions64,793
A. Communicotions from the Executive Support Stoff 14,109
l. Appointments 1,466
2. Memorondum 509
3. Memorondum Order 521
3. Memorondum C[rculor 2
5. Cffice Order 178
6. Reossignment Order 5l7. Trovel Order 35
B. Speciol Order 28
9. Detoil Order 0
10. Trovel Authority 59
I l. Other Communicotions1 1.1. Signed by CPA 117
1 1.2. Signed by Executive Lowyers 11,143
B. Communicotions from ESS lowyers ond stoff 26
C. Communicotions from Other Services 4,933
I . Administrotive Service 2,298
2. Legol Reseorch Service.l,430
3. Field Operotions ond Stotistics Service 484
4. Finonciol Plonning ond Monogement Service 124
5. Speciol ond Appeoled Coses Service
D. Communicotions from Regionol Offices 8,132
1. Region I 266
2. Region ll,IBB
3. Region lll 761
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597
4. Region lV l,3l l
5. Region V 494
6. Region Vl 721
7. Region Vll 56',I
B. Region Vlll 3s6
9. Region lX / ARI\4Iv1 339
10. Region X 464
1 1. Region Xl 273
12. Region Xll 272
13. Region Xlll/CARAGA 261
I4. CAR 3r6] 5. NCR 1,549
E. Communicotions from OP, OVP, Senote &HOR 1,804
F. Communicotions from Other Offices 31,423
1. Deportment of Justice 276
2. Supreme Court 5,429
3. Court of Appeols 24,045
4. Other Offices 5,294
5. Appliconts 379
G. Publicotions 789
1 . Deor PAO (Monilo Times) 362
2. Mogtonong Koy Attorney (Bulgor) 352
3. Soy Mo Attorney? (People's Tonight) 39
4. Doing Mulo so Hukoy... Husfisyol (Bulgoil 36
H. ENAAILS 3,495
1. Legol Assistonce 2,912
2 liconts 12
3. Other emoils 384
4. Emoils from PAO-District Offices 187
I. CONAMUNICATIONS ON SPECIAL CASES 82Toble No. 7
ll. The Office of the Chief Public Attorney octuolly served
32,427 clients during this Period.
lll. The Chief Public Attorney served os the Keynote
Speoker during the I't Nofionol Congress of the Citizen
Nofionol Guqrd on July 14, 2018, of the Amoronto
Multipurpose Holl, Gote 4, Scout Chuotoco, Quezon
City.
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lV. The Chief Public Altorney, logether with PAO Speciol Ponel
of Lowyers, personolly hondled ondlor led the following
coses, ondlor rendered legol ossislonce lo the followingindividuols, inler olia,lo wit:
o. Criminol ond civil coses filed for Dengvaxio reloledcoses
ln connection with Deporlment Order No. 792, s. 2017
directing the PAO "lo exlend free legol ossislonce in civil,
criminol ond odministrotive coses to oll possible victims ofDengvoxio relqled injuries, illnesses ond deolhs," ond os oresponse to the request of the fomilies of ihe soid viclims, the
Chief Public Attorney ond her legolleom were oble to file thirty
(30) criminolcoses of the Deportment of Justice, ond seventeen
(I7) civil coses in vorious bronches of Regionol Triol Courl inQuezon City, os of December 31, 20'18.
b. Poli,ceme n involved in Kion Delos Sonlos's cose chorged
wilh Murder
The policemen who were indicted in the cose of Kion Loyd
Delos Sontos (Kion) were found guilty of Murder by RTC Judge
Rodolfo P. Azuceno, Jr. on November29,2018.
Kion wos the 17-yeor-old minor who died on August 16,2017
while cerloin members of ihe Coloocon Police were conducting
on onli-illegol drug operotion in Coloocon City. The police
conlended thot o shoot-out led to Kion's deoth. However, this wos
controry to lhe CCTV footoge which showed thol Kion wqs
drogged by the police to lhe ploce where he wos killed. The
evidence on the videotope bolstered ihe verociiy of the findings
of the forensic exominolion conducled by the PAO Forensic
Loborotory led by its Director, Alty. Erwin P. Erfe, M.D. The soid
forensic exominotion showed lhot Kion sustoined three (3)
gunshot wounds - two (2) in the heod which moy hove been
inflicted while he wos on the ground on o prone position ond one
(l) in the bock - controry to lhe Philippine Notionol Police (PNP)
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reporl lhot Kion only susloined two (2) gunshot wounds in theheod.
On August 25, 2017, wilh the ossistonce of the Chief Public
Attorney ond her legolteom, Kion's porents lodged o comploinlfor Murder ogoinst members of the Coloocon Police involved inthe soid onti-illegol drug operotion before the NotionolProsecution Service of the Deportmenl of Justice. Preliminory
investigotion wos conducted. Then, the DOJ Slole Prosecutors,
heoded by Stote Prosecutor Tofel Austrio filed the coses ol the
Regionol Triol Courl of Coloocon. The DOJ Stote Prosecutors
oclively presented their evidence ond witnesses, while the ChiefPublic Attorney ond her legolteom ossisled Kion's porents. Judge
Azuceno, Jr. promulgoted the guilly verdict in the Murder cose
on November29,2018.
o. Cerlifrcole of Appreciafion conferred by the Legol Aid
Foundolion of Toiwon, conveying its grotitude for Dr. Acosto's
"steodfost support ot the 2005, 2009, 2014, ond 2018
lnternotionol Forum on Legol Aid" of the soid inlernotionol
orgonizotion, since her "porticipotion ond contributions hove
been involuoble lo the success of lhe evenls," given on
November 3, 2018, Toiwon;
b. 2018 Lifetime Achievemenl Aword conferred by the
Gowod Ameriko Foundoiion on August I B, 2018 ot The Center,
Burbonk Blvd., North Holywood, Colifornio, USA;
c. Mosf OulstandingFilipino Palriol Aword conferred by the
Citizen Notionol Guord during ils 'l't Notionol Congress on July 14,
2018 ot the Amoronto Multipurpose Holl, Gote 4, Scout
Chuotoco, Quezon City; ond,
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V. The Chief Public Atlorney received the following prestigious
owords. omong others, to wit:
d. Certificote of Appreciofion (ln recognition of her
involuoble ossistonce ond unliring support to the Austrolion
Embossy in the Philippines), given by lhe soid embossy on Moy
10. 2018 ot lhe Public Attorney's Office-Centrol Office, Dilimon,
Quezon City.
o. Public Altorneys ossisled 2,119 Persons Deprived of Liberty
(PDL) in consononce with Republic ActNo. I0951
As of 3l December 2018 ond in totol, public otlorneys
notionwide olreody ossisted 2,119 PDLs by pursuing the
necessory legol remedy/ies, 189 of which hove been releosed,
196 hove benefited through reduclion of their sentences, 528
petitions were olreody filed, ond 1,206 molions/ other remedies
were filed/ underloken.
ln consononce with Republic Act No. 9745 (AntlTorture Act
ot 2009), in her leller to the Chief Public Attorney, doted
December 14, 2018, Ms. Jeonette Sontillon (Jeonette)
requested for lhe re-outopsy of the lifeless body of her husbond,
Richord "Red" Sontillon (Richord). Her husbond wos killed on
December lO, 2018 during on olleged operotion of the TDPO
HPG PHPT, Rizol.
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VII. OTHERSIGN!FICANTACCOMPTISHMENTS
b. PAO Forensic feorn's re-outopsy on lhe rernoins of on aide
of o former congressrnon, Richord Sonlillon
ln connection with the soid requesl, the PAO-Forensic
Teom proceeded to the Cosmopoliton Funerol Homes in Posig
City, where the re-outopsy wos conducted. lt wos unveiled on
re-outopsy thot more ihon sixty (60) wounds were sustoined by
Richord, which indicoted wounds resulting to torture such os:
puncture wounds in the obdomen ond bock portion of his
body; contusion. blunt troumo to the heod; incised ond
loceroted wounds of the bock of the victim; gunshol wounds
sustoined while he wos slill olive ond those which were inflictedwhen he wos olreody deod os there wos no tissue reoction seen
on his body.
c. Specrol Public Allorneys lo PNP: Releose impofionldocurnenfs, Aulopsy Reporf, Sonfillon's personol
belongings, ond let NBI conducl forensic exominotion ond
crime scene reconslruclion
On December 18, 2018, the Specio/ Public Aftorneys who
were ossigned to Richord "Red" Sontillon's (Richord)cose sent
o letter to PNP Director Generol Oscor Dovid Alboyolde,
requesling for lhe releose of pertinenl documents, which
include the outopsy report, regording lhe cloimed legitimote
operolion which ollegedly occurred ol Block '17, Rood 34
Plonlers. Westbonk Floodwoy, Borongoy Son Andres. Cointo,
Rizolby the TDPO HPG PHPT, Rizol, despite repeoted demonds
of Richord's employer, former Congressmon Glenn Chong ond
the return of Richord's personol belongings. such os cellphone,
clothing (t-shirt ond ponis) ond the other poir of his slipper. Iodote, the PAO hos yet to receive o reply from the Office of Dir.
Gen. Alboyolde.
d. PAO, on tSO Certffied Office
ln November 2018, the PAO become on ISO Certified
Office. lt wos issued o Quofi? Monogemenl Sysfem (AM9 0SO
9001:2010 Certificotion by TUV Nord Philippines, lnc., on
occredited certificotion bodY.
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The subject vehicle where Richord wos riding of the time of
the olleged police operoiion wos riddled with muliiple bullels is
still in the possession of lhe police operotives who conducted
the olleged operolion. The PAO recommended for lhe
Nolionol Bureou of lnvestigotion (NBl) lo conduci o forensic
exominotion on the soid vehicle ond olso o crime scene
reconslruction.
e. Former "kosembohoy" Ur/os acquilted from o counler-charge of her employer for violotion of Republrc Acf No.
76t0
Lirio Jestre wos ocquitted on Nov. 23,2018 from the chorgesof Physicol lnjuries in relotion to Republic Act No. 7610 by theRegionol Triol Court of Mondoluyong, Bronch 214, presided byJudge lmeldo Portes-Soulog.
The cose stemmed from o counter-chorge filed by Jestre's
employer-occused, Shielo Gomez, who wos chorged of oseporote murder cqse of victim, Rochelle Lopez, whom she
comploined of moltreotment with the City Prosecuto/s Office ofMondqluyong.
Jestre, o former kosombohoy who wos ollegedlymoltreoted by her employer hos been o client of the PAO since
2013.
f. Forensic exominalion ond legol ossisfonce rendered ta theporents/relofives of the deod 106 Dengvoxio victims
The fomilies of one hundred six (,l06) persons (os of
December 31, 2018) who hove oll been inoculoted with
Dengvoxio voccine qnd hove died ofter moss indiscriminote
inoculotion without screening ond blood test, sought the
ossistonce of the Public Attorney's Office for forensic
exominotions ond legol ossistonce. Their requests were octedoccordingly by the Public Attorney's Office ond the Public
Attorney's Office Forensic Teom, pursuont to DOJ Order, doted
Decemb er 12,2017 , issued by then Secretory of Justice Vitoliono
N. Aguirre Il.
g. Legal ossisfonce rendered to 2,108 suliving Dengvoxio
voccrnees
The fomilies of two thousond one hundred eight
(2,,l08)surviving Dengvoxio voccinees (os of December 3,l,
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20lB) hove olso sought the PAO's legol ossistonce, ond wereprovided with the some.
VIll. Administrotive Concerns
The PAO, in the delivery of its mondoted mission, is
complemented by severol odministrotive units thot render
support to its technicol operotions. Altogether, they monoged tocorry out its operotions with utmost efficiency ond dedicotionthroughout the yeor.
o PERSONNET COMPTEMENT
The toble below shows the number of outhorized, filled, ond
unfilled positions in the PAO for the yeor 2018, to wit:
Toble No. B
o PERSONNET MOVEMENT
From Jonuory to December 2018, the movement of
personnel in the PAO is shown here below:
Toble No.9
PERSONNET ENHANCEMENTo
The PAO hos conducted o series of seminors to enhonce
the copobility, knowledge, ond professionol skills of porticiponts
in order to mold them into efficient ond truly competitive legol
counsels.
/
Aulhorized Filled Unfilled
Lowyers 2,437 2,09 6341
(newly creoted, subjectto funding by the DBM)
SupportPersonnel
I ,035.|,0.l8
17
TOTAL 3,472 3,114 3s8
Lowyer Support Stotf TOTAL
Recruiled 214 64 278Promoted 170 66 236
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ll hos been the PAO's proctice to provide continuous
seminors ond lroining progroms to its personnel, specificolly
lowyers, to keep them obreosl with the recent developments in
low ond jurisprudence. Thus. ensuring the efficiency ond
copobility of the public ottorneys in protecting the rights of the
oppressed, indigents, ond other quolified clients of the Office.
Aside from troining progroms ond seminors conducted by
the Office, lowyers ond support personnel from the PAO hove
likewise oltended other lroinings, seminors, workshops, ond
conferences upon invitolion of olher government ond non-
government orgonizotions.
From Jonuory to December 2018, there were obout 160
seminors ottended by the PAO personnel. A totol of 1,931
lowyers ond 255 support sloff were registered in ottendonce.
a FINANCIAT RESOURCES
The opproved oppropriotion for FY 2018 (per GAA) is
P2,993,053,000 ond the conesponding Retirement ond Life
lnsuronce Premium (RLIP) of P204,306,000 to cover operotionol
funding requirements of PAO. ln oddilion, the totol omount of
P774,030,705 wos releosed for poyment of the following: o)
Terminol Leove ond Retirement Grotuily Benefils of retired PAO
Lowyers (Relirement ond Pension Differenliol), b) Solory ond
Olher Compensotion of newly hired lowyers ond c)
Performonce-Bosed Bonus. The totol obligolions for FY 2018
omounled to ?3,97 0,851,47 6.
a TIBRARY SERVICES
The PAO, through its librory services. envisions giving betlerond more efficient meons of ossisting its clientele through the use
of modern ond odvonced informotion-ossisted lechnology such
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os the internet, modern fox mochines, ond telephone units for
seomless tronsmission of output.
For the yeor 2018, the librory purchosed o number of legol
books ond bosic reference moteriols, with o totol omount of PhP.l25,030.00
for PAO centrol librory for its lowyers ond stoff use. The
PAO Librory, through its personnel, wos oble to collote o totol of1,785 news releoses from eleven (11) vorious broodsheets ond
tobloids for the yeor 2018, concerning the Office, its coses, ondvorious progroms ond projects.
Through its tri-medio linkoges, the PAO hos continuously
been rendering legol odvice to the generol public through the
newspoper columns Soy Mo Attorney? Published in People's
Tonight; Deor PAO, published in The Monilo limes, ond
Mogtonong Koy Attorney, published in Bulgar. A totol of 39
orlicles for Soy Mo Attorney? ,362 qrticles for Deor PAO, ond 352
orticles for Mogtonong koy Attorney were published ond
clipped into file from Jonuory to December, 20,lB. ln April 2018,
the Chief Public Attorney opened q weekly column in Bu/gor
(Doing mulo so hukoy...Hustisyo!). A totol of 36 qrticles werepublished.
a OFFICE EQUIPMENT
For the period covering Jonuory to December, 2018, the
PAO purchosed ond distributed the following office equipment
ond semi-expendoble properties, to wit:
o Airconditioner 52 unitso Biometric Time Recorder 24 unitso Choirs 243 units. Collopsible Tent I unite Compoct Comcorder I unito Computer Mochine 578 unitso Computer Toble 3l unitso DSLR Comero 2 units. Electric Typewriter I unit. Exhoust Fon I unit
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o Fox Mochine. Filing Cobineto Hondycom. Photocopier Mochine. Printers. Projector. Sconner. Solor Ponel. Tobleo Television Set. Verticql Blinds. Visitor's Choir. Woll Fon. Woter Dispenser
I unit203 units
I unit239 units
24 unitsI unitI unit2 units
I l6 unitsI unit2 units
2l Z unitsI unit3 units
Since the undersigned's ossumption of office, it hos been
her bottle cry to put into oblivion the troditionol impression ofpublic offices littered with office supply ond obsolete ond/orworn out office equipment. With the purchose of the foregoing
office furnishings, such os choirs, filing cobinets, tobles, ond
posture choirs, the PAO personnel were oble to perform their
duties in o more office-friendly environment. Needless to soy, it
somehow contributed to the continuously swelling public trust in
the services of the PAO.
IX. TECHNICAL OPERATIONS
1. PAO.NLRC SUB-STATION
By virtue of o lr4emorondum of Agreement (MOA) befween
the Public Attorney's Office (PAO) ond the Notionol Lobor
Relotions Commission (NLRC), the Office mointoins its sub-stotion
of the NLRC, locqted in Bonowe in Quezon City, to serve its
clients.
The sub-stotion focilitotes the rendition of legol ossistonce
to comploining workers before the NLRC ond oims to expedite
the proceedings; hence, it mokes its services more occessible to
comploining workers.
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The efficiency ond effectiveness of lhis office hos beenproven for yeors. For the period covering Jonuory to December2018, o tolol of 22,227 clients were occommodoted ond given
legol ossisionce, under lhis ogreement.
2. RESEARCH AND COMMUNICATION
For ihe yeor20l8, o totol of 4,827 reseorch works were duly
occomplished by the Public Attorney's Office through the Legol
Reseorch Service.
3. ADMTNISTRATIVE COMPLAINTS AGAINSI PAO EMPTOYEES
From Jonuory to December 2018, I54 coses were resolved
ond terminoled oul of 295 active odministrotive comploinfs
received by the PAO - Legol Reseorch Service. As o result of
ihese coses, severol PAO Personnel received odministrotive
sqnctions, ofter due notice ond heoring pursuont to the Revised
Rules on Administrotive Coses for the CivilService.
This further proves the PAO's thrust in fulfilling its mondote
effectively, even to the extenl of disciplining ils own ronks' This
shows thot misconduct or unocceptoble behovior will not be
toleroted, especiolly since the PAO. through the monile of
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For the soid period, the PAO, through the Legol Reseorch
Service ond Execulive Support Stoff, were oble lo onswer o totol
of 789 legol queries ond were published in newspopers of
notionol circulotion. lt includes legol questions from the public
thot were either directly oddressed or referred to the PAO. The
sudden upsurge in the number of reseorch works wos brought
obout by the increosing public trust coupled with consistent tri-
medio linkoges os meons of educotion ond informotion
disseminotion of the PAO. Perhops, lhe occessibilily of the
undersigned Chief Public Altorney, personolly, lo the reoch of
the public hos, for one reoson, mode o greot difference.
fortitude of the undersigned, hos been trying to preserve the
integrity, not only of the entire ogency, but of every lowyer ondpersonneloppointed in the Office.
X. Conlinuinq Plons ond Proqroms
A. Coordinote with the Deportmeni of Public Works ond
Highwoys (DPWH) ond NotionolHousing Authority (NHA) for
ihe construclion of the PAO Centrol Office's own building.
B. Developmenl of on inlernol operoting system lo oddress oll
lnformolion Technology (lT) concerns, for the rendition ofprompt ond more effective legolservices to the indigents;
C. Orgonizotion, esloblishment ond mointenonce of
dotobose, cose monogement, ond monitoring system for
oll coses hondled by the PAO notionwide;
D. Estoblishment ond mointenonce of Closed-Circuit
Television (CCTV) in oll Regionolond Dislrict offices of PAO;
E. Mointoin complionce with ISO 9000 ond the Governmenl
Quolity Monogement Systems Stondords (GOMSS).
pursuont to Administrotive Order No. I 61, doted October 5,
2006:
F. Mointoin ond upgrode the PAO Forensic Loborotory for the
furtheronce of investigotion being conducted relotive lo
coses hondled by this Office, pursuonl to Republic Act No.
9745 (Anti-Torlure Act of 2009), Republic Acl No. 9262 (Antr
Violence Agoinst Women ond their Children Act of 20041,
Republic Act No. 8353 (Anti-Rope Low), ond other existing
lows mondoling the PAO to ossist the victims or occused
on o first comejirst served bosis;
G. Development of tolenls of personnel through troinings ond
support to lhe PAO-Chorole members;
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H. Policy odvococy ond coordinotion for the enhoncementof the PAO Victims' Protection Unit;
Continuously corry oul octivities ond outreoch progroms
for the welfore of prisoners ond inmotes such os the PAO's
Legol ond Medicol Joil Visitotion ond Decongestion
Progrom;
J. Continuous promotion of good governonce.professionolism. ond onli-corruplion meosures;
K. Conlinuous improvemenl of communicolion focilities ond
other office equipment;L. Vigorous efforts lo implement compensotion scheme.
finonciol incentives ond retirement benefits of lhe Public
Attorneys to further molivote them in dischorging lheir
duties ond/or stoy in the service pursuont to R.A. No. 9406
(PAO Low);
M.lncreose the number of lowyers ond supporl stoff ossigned
in eoch of the Regionol ond Dislrict Offices for o more
effective ond efficient delivery of services pursuont toRepublic Act 9405 (PAO Low);
N. Continuous coordinolion wilh the tri-medio for the
odvoncement of the PAO outreoch octivities, moreporliculorly, disseminotion of free legol odvice, counselling,
ond mediolion;
O. Vigorously pursue the rendilion of prompl, effeclive ond
odequote legolservices to the indigent sector;
P. Mointoin progroms ond policies in ochieving virtues of
excellence, integrity, professionolism ond morol volues of
oll Public Attorneys ond stoff;
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Q.Strive to ochieve the ideol situotion of one Public Altorney
being ossigned to one courl for o more effective ondefficient representoiion of clienls;
R. Empowermenl of the PAO's copocity in promoting Genderond Development (GAD) Progrom of the government such
os the creolion of projects ond octivities thot will promote
gender sensitivity;
S. Continuous octive porticipotion of lhe PAO in the on-goingonti-drugs, onti-corruplion, pro-poor ond sociol justice
progroms of the Duterte odministrotion; ond
I. Conlinuous cooperotiondecongestion progrom
Supreme Court.
with the courls in lhe cose
being speorheoded by the
All told, this Accomplishmenl Report contoins on
otlestotion ond offirmolion of oll the hord lobor, dedicotion, ond
commitment of the PAO in its pursuit lo represenl ond empower
lhe morginolized ond overlooked members of society. Though
foced with tight deodlines ond overcrowded lines, the PAO wos
oble to render exemplory service compliont with lhe mondoleof lhe low. All these occomplishmenls ond owords through lheyeor ore incomporoble to the trust reposed by the Filipino
people in PAO.
The close of o productive 2018 proves much onticipotion
for fulure endeovors ond ochievements for 20,l9. As olwoys, the
PAO hos never foiled to improve ond innovote despite its
minimol workforce of lhree thousond one hundred fourteen
(3,114). lt wos oble to serve thirleen million three hundred forty-
four thousond ond three (13,344,003) clients with eighty-threepoint eighty-six perceni (83.86%) fovoroble disposiiions.
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Concluding Slolemenl
Essentiolly, the government merely spent two hundred eighty-
seven pesos ond twenty-eight centovos (Php 287.28) os legol
fees for every client of the PAO, reflecting its efficiency ondprocticol use of toxpoyer's money.
Rest ossured, the PAO will mointoin its commitment to ossist
in the government's objective of pursuing swift ond foir
odministrotion of justice.
28 Jonuary 2019
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