WHO IS ATTY. VIRGIL LIGUTAN BEFORE THIS WEEK?
Atty. Virgil Ligutan was a pro bono human rights lawyer before being thrust into the national spotlight this week.
He helped free Bambi Beltran: an award-winning artist, writer, and recipient of the 2020 Deutsche Welle (DW) Freedom of Speech award.
She was arrested on April 19, 2020 without a warrant and was detained for 60 hours because her satirical FB post about the COVID-19 situation in Sitio Zapatera had enraged the late Cebu City Mayor Edgar Labella.
Her second arrest came on August 12, 2020, on a cyber-libel case filed by an April Dequito.
The third arrest was on May 26, 2023 when police from the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group Cebu Provincial Field Unit (CIDG-PFU) appeared at Beltran’s doorstep around 4 pm.
Ligutan took on the case and made sure that Bambi would get the best legal aid she could. The case has since been dismissed.
And now, he’s a pro bono private prosecutor for the House of Representatives still fighting for human rights and accountability in the impeachment trial of BP Sara Duterte.
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#VirgilLigutan
POSIBLENG MA-DISBAR
Pinagpapaliwanag ng Korte Suprema sina 4th District Quezon City Rep. Bong Suntay at Atty. Ferdinand Topacio kung bakit hindi sila dapat ma-disbar.
Kaugnay ito ng umano'y paglabag ng dalawa sa Code of Professional Responsibility and Accountability.
Nag-ugat ang usapin sa malaswang pahayag umano ni Suntay laban sa aktres na si Anne Curtis, at sa bastos umanong komento ni Topacio laban kay Gabriela Rep. Sarah Elago.
Binigyan ng Korte Suprema ng 10 araw sina Suntay at Topacio upang magsumite ng kanilang paliwanag.
Nauna nang pinatawan ng disciplinary action ng Kamara si Suntay dahil sa kaniyang binitawang pahayag.
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@ABSCBNNews This should be the mindset sa pagtulong kasi karamihan ng tutulungan mo walang utang ng loob. Masasaktan ka lang kung aasa ka na tutulungan ka din nila pag Ikaw naman nangangailangan. Cold na mga tao ngayon, esp Gen Z & Gen Alpha.
Hindi ninyo matitinag o maddiscredit ang credentials ni NBI Agent Calilung. He is a well experienced investigator
for so many years, and a total of 30 trials he testifies and accredited by the courts and Lawyers. He’s a well
Trained Graduated as digital forensic investigator.
Let's keep reminding everyone.
This is the video of VP Sara Duterte herself making statements widely interpreted as a grave threat involving an alleged assassination plot against Pres Bongbong Marcos, the First Lady, and the former Speaker of the HOR.
Ordinary Filipino: Pwede ba ang photocopy gamitin as evidence in court?
SC: Pwede.
Ordinary Filipino: ok
DDS: Pwede ba ang photocopy gamitin as evidence in court?
SC: Pwede.
DDS: Bobo! Bobo! Bobo! Ang bobo nyong lahat! Nabigyan ng malita ang SC! BOBO!
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Thank you, Mr. Calilung, for standing up for the Filipino people. Your commitment to upholding accountability and the rule of law has not gone unnoticed. Maraming salamat sa paninindigan.
DFA PROBES INCIDENT INVOLVING CASTRO DURING MARCOS’ CANADA VISIT
UPDATE: The Department of Foreign Affairs says it is investigating the incident involving Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro during President Bongbong Marcos' official visit to Vancouver, Canada, last week.
Foreign Affairs Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro has directed the Philippine embassy in Ottawa and the Philippine consulate general in Vancouver to coordinate with Canadian authorities to establish the circumstances surrounding the incident and determine the applicable laws and security protocols for visiting foreign dignitaries. | @TristanNodalo
Ang integrity ay hindi pwedeng biyak-biyakin.
Malinaw ang batas. Ayon sa Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees (RA 6713) na alinsunod sa Konstitusyon:
“Public officials and employees shall at all times be accountable to the people and shall discharge their duties with utmost responsibility, integrity, competence, and loyalty, act with patriotism and justice, lead modest lives, and uphold public interest over personal interest.”
Public office is a public trust. Integrity is a continuing requirement of fitness for office.