Filipino in Court Proceedings
On August 30, 2007, Reyes urged judges, lawyers and court officials to follow the example set by 3 Bulacan court salas (Branches 6, 80 and 81) using Filipino in proceedings (at the program commemorating the 157th birth anniversary of Marcelo H. del Pilar at the Bulacan State University. Reyes noted that the use of Filipino in Del Pilar’s Diariong Tagalog played a major role in enlightening Filipinos about the oppression during the Spanish regime.
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