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Adrian Ayalin

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<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-right:23pt;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MANILA – Twenty-four newly appointed prosecutors took their oaths of office Monday at the Department of Justice. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-right:23pt;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In a statement, the DOJ said the appointment of the new prosecutors will enable the department to achieve a zero-backlog policy and ease the heavy workload of the National Prosecution Service (NPS).</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-right:23pt;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The oath was administered by Undersecretary Fredderick Vida.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-right:23pt;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/04/23/doj-requires-prosecutors-to-take-active-role-in-case-build-up" id="isPasted">DOJ requires prosecutors to take &#x27;active role&#x27; in case build-up</a><br/></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-right:23pt;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“With your appointment, we expect greater achievements born. We hope that you will bear concrete accomplishments in the NPS where you belong,” Remulla said in a statement.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-right:23pt;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The DOJ said the new prosecutors would be assigned in the various prosecution offices all over the country.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-right:23pt;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Six of the 24 prosecutors will be assigned in the Office of the Secretary of Justice Prosecution Service (OSJPS) and the rest will be deployed in the provincial and city prosecution offices in Ilocos Sur, Bulacan, Malolos, Cabanatuan City, among others. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-right:23pt;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“As we embark on this journey, remember that you are never alone, you are part of a family - the Department of Justice whose members are here to support, mentor and guide you,&quot; Assistant Secretary Majken Anika Gran-Ong said in her welcome remarks.</span></div><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/5/7/remulla-tells-prosecutors-go-all-out-vs-mining-firm-tagged-in-fraudulent-trading-1433">Remulla tells prosecutors: Go all out vs mining firm tagged in &#x27;fraudulent&#x27; trading</a><br/><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/06/23/additional-doj-prosecutors-to-address-cybercrimes-remulla">Additional DOJ prosecutors to address cybercrimes: Remulla</a></div><div><br/></div>

<p>Twenty-four newly appointed prosecutors took their oaths of office Monday at the Department of Justice.</p>

Twenty-four newly appointed prosecutors took their oaths of office Monday at the Department of Justice.

Remulla says new gov’t prosecutors to help achieve zero backlog in cases

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Remulla says new gov’t prosecutors to help achieve zero backlog in cases

Adrian Ayalin,

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Published May 28, 2024 11:27 AM PHT

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