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Small Claims Court Enhances Public Participation in the Justice System

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Small Claims Court Enhances Public Participation in the Justice System

Gloria Magpali is a mother of three and a devoted public school teacher of 23 years in a suburb north of Manila. She struggles to support the growing needs of her family, including her father...
Election technology Conference and Vendor Exhibition

From November 17-19, 2008, the International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES), with funding support from USAID, held an Election Technology Conference and Vendor Exhibition in Manila....
First Rural Bank Small Claims Court Case Successfully Settled

The first small claims case hearing was successfully conducted in twenty minutes and the case decided on in one-and-a-half hours in a Small Claims Court (SCC) in Davao. The case involved a...
Dialogue with Media: Deepening their Understanding of National Budget Issues

Fourteen select journalists participated in a follow-on dialogue with the Philippine National Budget Monitoring Project on March 24, 2009 to discuss lump sum appropriations in the FY 2009...
Reaping the Results of Improvements to the Business Climate in Mindanao

After 20 months of implementation since October 2007, the Transparent and Accountable Project: Phase 3 (TAG3) is reaping the results of its technical assistance to conflict-afflicted...
Mitigating Conflict in Mindanao between Muslim Internally Displaced Persons and a Christian Host Community

More than 200 people from Muslim and Christian communities recently gathered in Barangay Bulucaon, Pigcawayan Municipality, Cotabato Province to celebrate a newly-restored peace between their...
USAID Supports Program to Enhance the Capabilities of Human Rights Investigators

USAID supported the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) of the Philippines to build the capacity of its 133 investigators, medical doctors, and lawyers to produce accurate investigation reports...

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