Trillanes defends the salesman who got detained after calling Duterte ‘buang’: Hindi libelous ang pagsasabi ng totoo!

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May 15, 2020 11:18 am

Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV condemned the action of the authorities against the salesman who allegedly called President Rodrigo Duterte ‘buang’ or insane.

The salesman identified as Reynaldo C. Orcullo, 41, a resident of Brgy Triangulo, Nasipit town, Agusan del Norte was facing cybercrime charges for his Facebook comment against President Duterte.

According to Trillanes, Orcullo is only trying to exercise his freedom of speech and expression.

The known critic of Duterte also strongly believes that the salesman is telling the truth, so his comments should not be considered as libelous.

“That is clearly illegal and against the constitutional guarantee of freedom of speech and of expression. Besides, telling the truth is never libelous,” Trillanes said who also called President Duterte crazy before.

“I call on the PNP to exercise due restraint and sound judgment in the performance of their duty, especially in these trying times,” he added.

Statement re: arrests of duterte critics in social media: pic.twitter.com/I1YLcuAa6r

— Sonny Trillanes IV (@TrillanesSonny) May 15, 2020

Trillanes even posted a short tweet addressed to the President.

“Buang ka na, palpak ka pa! #BuangSiDuts,” he tweeted.

Buang ka na, palpak ka pa!#BuangSiDuts

— Sonny Trillanes IV (@TrillanesSonny) May 15, 2020

Yesterday, Human Rights Lawyer Chel Diokno also called out the authorities for what they did to Orcullo, saying that law enforcers’ job is to protect the people and not Duterte.

“Pano aarestuhin ng PNP itong salesman na minura ang Pangulo kung Pangulo nga mismo e minura ang senador, Santo Papa, ang Simbahan, at napakarami pang iba? Hindi trabaho ng PNP protektahan ang Pangulo sa opinyon ng taumbayan. Ang trabaho nyo e protektahan ang taumbayan,” Diokno said.

De Lima’s consultant defends his niece who allegedly asks Abu Sayaff to end President Duterte

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May 15, 2020 5:06 am

A consultant for the office of Senator Leila De Lima couldn’t hide his anger towards the members of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and Presidential Security Group (PSG) for hunting down his niece who allegedly asked Muslim extremist group Abu Sayaff to end President Rodrigo Duterte’s life.

In a lengthy Facebook post, Atty. Josef Leroi Garcia narrated how the members of the PSG allegedly trying to trace her niece Carmela Buan Laxina for her post against President Duterte.

Laxina’s Facebook comment was featured by several Facebook pages on social media.

“P*tayin na yan taksil sa Pilipinas. Pls Abu Sayap, pakitulungan po para map*tay na itong buwang na Pres. para maibsan na ang salot sa Pilipinas,” allegedly Laxina said.

According to Atty. Garcia, the PSG, or the NBI have no power over his niece saying that Laxina is already an Australian citizen.

He claimed that the Philippine Embassy in Australia is already attempting to summon Laxina to appear before the Philippine authorities.

“My niece told them to go visit her at her house instead, but in the presence of the federal police of her country,” Garcia said.

“But they are BARKING UP the wrong tree (yes, dear DDS friends, that is how you use the idiom correctly) because my niece is already a foreign national and fully protected by her government. If PSG has any quarrel with my niece, please proceed to the appropriate embassy of her nationality in Manila and see if you can ask them nicely to surrender their citizen to your jurisdiction. Good luck hunting,” he added.

Garcia also warned the followers of President Duterte that the people of Macabebe is still capable of standing up against powerful people Duterte like what they did to former President Emilio Aguinaldo.

In his latest update, Garcia claimed that the NBI asked his niece to apologize, but she refused to do it.

He also stated that the Australian police defended Laxina and asked the NBI agent to stop pressuring the lady.

“Malacañang is creating an international incident on the FB post of an Oz citizen over whom it has no jurisdiction. That is what Malacañang is busy about while the country reels from two months of ECQ without any plan on how to end the pandemic,” he said.

This week, law enforcers launched different operations to track down several individuals who allegedly endangering President Duterte’s safety.

A teacher from Zambales was brought to NBI Central Office for allegedly putting a bounty on Duterte’s head.

A salesman in Mindanao was also put under the custody of the authorities after calling President Duterte a crazy man.

Several groups, and also Human Rights Lawyer Chel Diokno criticized the move of the government, saying that they should not protect the President from individuals criticizing him.

Kim Chiu answers her social media critics: “Grabe ka naman po! Preno preno din!”

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May 14, 2020 3:10 pm

Actress Kim Chiu has had enough with her critics on social media and she decided to answer them one by one.

Chiu captured the attention of the internet because of her confusing ‘law of classroom’ remarks and despite apologizing to the netizens because of her statements, some critics still didn’t stop posting messages against her.

Her critics did not spare her Youtube channel; this is when the actress decided not to hold back.

One netizen who commented to Chiu’s work out video said that the actress should start to exercise her brain instead of her body.

“Dapat mo siguro i work out ang utak mo,” Youtube user Floral Artist told Chiu.

The actress couldn’t understand why the said netizen criticized her.

“Grabe naman ate! Inaano po kita para mag mura ka ng ganyan???!!! Grabe ka naman po! SInaktan bak kita?!!!! Para magsalita ka ng ganyan! Grabe ka naman!!! Preno preno din!” Chiu told Floral Artist.

Some even asked her to stop speaking in English.

Another netizen even wished for Kim Chiu and other ABS-CBN artists to get infected by COVID-19.

“Inaano ka ba namin???? Bakit sagad yung galit mo?!! May nagawa ba kami sayo?…” she asked her critic.

Here are the other replies of Kim Chiu to her critics:

Fans of Kim Chiu defended the actress from her critics, asking them to move-on.

They urged the netizens to be positive and help each other amid the COVID-19 crisis instead of focusing on criticizing Chiu and other artists of ABS-CBN.

“Ano bang napapala niyo sa kakabash niyo kay Kim? Dahil lang ba sa “Classroom Thing”? Ang babaw naman yata. Besides nag explain na siya tungkol dun hindi pa ba sapat yun? Dapat sa panahon ngayon nagtutulungan at nagkakaisa tayo hindi nananakit ng damdamin ng tao,” one fan of Kim Chiu said.

Chiu is one of the most vocal supporters of ABS-CBN franchise renewal and even tried to explain the case of her home network by comparing it to a ‘classroom.’

However, her explanation didn’t impress the netizen and started to convert her statement as a new meme.

Chel Diokno slams authorities for hunting down Duterte’s critics: “Hindi trabaho ng PNP protektahan ang Pangulo sa opinyon ng taumbayan”

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May 14, 2020 9:56 am

Human Rights lawyer Chel Diokno criticized the Philippine National Police (PNP) for detaining a salesman who called President Rodrigo Duterte ‘buang’ or crazy on social media.

In a series of tweets, Diokno said that PNP should not focus on hunting down the critics of Duterte because it’s not their job to protect the President from the opinion of the public.

Diokno pointed out that even Duterte cursed the pope, public officials, and other people.

“Pano aarestuhin ng PNP itong salesman na minura ang Pangulo kung Pangulo nga mismo e minura ang senador, Santo Papa, ang Simbahan, at napakarami pang iba? Hindi trabaho ng PNP protektahan ang Pangulo sa opinyon ng taumbayan. Ang trabaho nyo e protektahan ang taumbayan,” Diokno said.

Pano aarestuhin ng PNP itong salesman na minura ang Pangulo kung Pangulo nga mismo e minura ang senador, Santo Papa, ang Simbahan, at napakarami pang iba? Hindi trabaho ng PNP protektahan ang Pangulo sa opinyon ng taumbayan. Ang trabaho nyo e protektahan ang taumbayan.

— Chel Diokno (@ChelDiokno) May 14, 2020

According to them, the authorities don’t have the right to put individuals under their custody because of posting libelous statements against the President.

Diokno said that only ‘judges’ should decide whether an individual should be detained for libel or not.

Followers of Diokno thanked the lawyer for criticizing the move of the law enforcers, saying that they’re afraid of what’s happening to the critics of the President.

“Sir Diokno, maraming salamat po sa pagtanggol! Bilang isang simpleng mamamayan, hindi ko ho maiwasan na matakot sa ganitong panahon, na kahit sino pwe-pwede nang damputin. Siguro ho ganito narin ang nararamdaman ng karamihan kaya mabuti ho andyan kayo,” @goodguyjosephh said.

Sir Diokno, maraming salamat po sa pagtanggol! Bilang isang simpleng mamamayan, hindi ko ho maiwasan na matakot sa ganitong panahon, na kahit sino pwe-pwede nang damputin. Siguro ho ganito narin ang nararamdaman ng karamihan kaya mabuti ho andyan kayo.

— Joseph (@goodguyjosephh) May 14, 2020

“Matagal na pong hindi kapakanan at seguridad ng taong-bayan ang inaasikaso ng PNP. Marami akong kakilala na ang turo sa mga anak nila ay last resort ang pulis kung kailangan nila ng tulong dahil ang pulis sa Pilipinas hindi mapagkakatiwalaan,” netizen @retromaldita remarked.

Matagal na pong hindi kapakanan at seguridad ng taong-bayan ang inaasikaso ng PNP. Marami akong kakilala na ang turo sa mga anak nila ay last resort ang pulis kung kailangan nila ng tulong dahil ang pulis sa Pilipinas hindi mapagkakatiwalaan.

— Retro Maddona (@retromaldita) May 14, 2020

On Wednesday, salesman Reynaldo Orcullo, 41, a resident of Brgy Triangulo, Nasipit town, Agusan del Norte was caught by the members of the Regional Anti-Cybercrime Unit (RACU) 13.

The salesman allegedly called President Duterte ‘crazy’ and also mentioned Senator Christopher “Bong” Go.

Before Orcullo, several individuals including a teacher from Zambales were also put by the authorities under their custody because of their post against President Duterte.

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque already said that the people caught have the chance to prove that they’re innocent.

“Kung merong prima facie case for any case, kasuhan siya at mabibigyan naman po siya ng pagkakataon na patunayang hindi siya nagkasala sa ating hukuman sa takdang panahon,” Roque said.

Salesman in Mindanao facing cybercrime charges for calling President Duterte ‘buang’

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May 14, 2020 2:22 am

A salesman in Mindanao city is now facing charges because of allegedly posting libelous statements against President Rodrigo Duterte.

The salesman was identified as Reynaldo C. Orcullo, 41, a resident of Brgy Triangulo, Nasipit town, Agusan del Norte.

Orcullo was caught during the joint operation held last Wednesday by the members of Regional Anti-Cybercrime Unit (RACU) 13 and Nasipit Municipal Police Station.

The salesman allegedly cursed and made fun of President Duterte on social media, calling the latter ‘buang’ and other degradative words.

Orcullo is facing charges for violation of Section 4 of RA No. 10175 or the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012.

They also recovered the smartphone used by Orcullo to comment against President Duterte.

PNP Caraga director Brigadier General Joselito T. Esquivel, Jr urged the netizens to be more careful of what they’re posting on social media because freedom of expression also has limits.

“Again I remind our social media users to think thrice before posting on any social media platform. Be responsible netizens. We do enjoy the blessings of democracy but never go beyond what you think is right without minding you violate the provisions of the law,” the Caraga top police official stressed out.

On Monday, a teacher in Zambales was brought to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) central office in Manila after putting a bounty on Duterte’s head.

The next day, a construction worker who boasted to double President Duterte’s bounty was traced by the members of CIDG in Aklan.

A lady from Cebu was also invited to the police station by the authorities for allegedly saying that they’re ready to be poor just to save money for Duterte’s bounty.

The Presidential Security Group (PSG) also warned the netizens from doing the same thing, not only to Duterte but also to other people.

“Lahat ay maaring managot kung sila ay magbabanta sa kanilang kapwa, paano pa kaya kung yung pinagbabantaan nila ay pangulo ng republika,” PSG commander Colonel Jesus Durante III said.

Students of the man who offers P50-M on Duterte’s head express their support to the teacher: “He is a good man in his own ways”

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May 13, 2020 9:18 am

Students of the man who allegedly offered P50-M pesos in exchange for President Rodrigo Duterte’s head expressed their support to the teacher amid the legal battle he’s facing.

In a Facebook post, Dianne, one of the students of Ronnel Mas, who’s currently under the custody of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) slammed the critics of the teacher saying that the latter is a good man.

“The laughter that we shared, the lessons that he thought us, the smile he drawn on our faces. That’s enough for me to tell y’all that Sir Ronel is a good man in his own ways. Imagine making us happy by just passing at the window and making gestures he usually does. And people may judge him easily because they don’t see him the way I do. Sabi nga nila, “Ang mga aso tahol ng tahol pag di nila kilala yung tao”. And I hate society for that,” Dianne said.

Dianne also posted a photo of Mas, while giving gifts to some children.

On Monday, Mas was caught by the members of NBI for posting a tweet: “I will give 50-M reward kung sino ang makakap*tay kay Duterte #NoToABSCBNShutDown,”

The next day the teacher was presented to the media while being handcuffed.

A former student of Mas also couldn’t hide his anger towards the people who criticized their teacher.

According to him, they should not act like they’re perfect and never committed mistakes like their teacher.

“Daming galit na galit dahil lang sa post ni sir, maka kahol akala mo mga gutom na aso, pero hindi nila alam, may pagkakamali rin sila. Hindi man malaki pero nakakasira rin ng pagkatao. Sana yung ibang nagmamalinis ay ilugar nila. Sir ronnel is a good man that i know. Hindi yung nakilala lang nila sa maiksing sinabi nito ay kabastos-bastos na. Sana iniisip nila muna bago sila magsalita. Yeah, may pinag aralan sila pero kung umakto sila para ALAM NYO NA. Sabi nga nila, ang taong matalino ay nananahimik pero ang taong walang alam, mag iingay yan nang mag iingay kahit mali na ang sinasabi,” the former student of Mas said.

“Sir Ronnel. You are the best teacher. Isa ka sa lahat ng teacher na da best sakin kahit hindi nyo ako naturuan noong grade nine. Pero nakasama kita sa BSP ng dalawang taon,” he added.

Other groups including Alliance of Concerned Teachers also expressed their support to Mas and demanded the government to free the educator and drop the charges against him.

Aside from the teacher, a construction worker from Aklan and a lady from Cebu was also caught by the authorities for posting a bounty on Duterte’s head.

Malacanang said that they’re going to let NBI do their job and would not interfere with the investigation.

Ikatlo ka na! Lady from Cebu who offers 75-M pesos bounty on Duterte’s head put under custody of CIDG

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May 13, 2020 5:29 am

Members of CIDG Central Visayas caught a woman for allegedly offering P75-M bounty on President Rodrigo Duterte’s head.

The suspect was identified as Maria Catherine Bentolan Ceron, 26, a resident of Sitio Tumoy, Barangay Ibabao, Cordova, Cebu.

Joint elements of CIDG Mandaue, CIDG Lapu Lapu, and Regional Intelligence Unit of Region 7 in coordination with Cordova PNP Regional and Anti-Cybercrime Unit Central Luzon conducted an operation against Ceron whom successfully traced around 9:30 AM on Wednesday.

Ceron was brought to the CIDG Mandaue office for proper disposition and documentation in preparation for the filing of the case: inciting to Sedition.

A Facebook page named “Tsismis” shared the alleged post of Ceron using Facebook name Ma Enirethac Norec against President Rodrigo Duterte.

Ceron on her post cursed Duterte a lot and even said that she’s ready to lose all her worldly possession just to gather money for the bounty on the President’s head.

“Kahit maubos ang pera namin, map*tay ka lang namin pisti ka, ngayon kung sino ang makakabasa nito kung sino ang makakap*tay kay Presidente Duterte, bibigyan namin ng pabuya,” she said in Cebuano.

“Magbibigay po ang groupo ng 75 milyon kung sino ang makakagawa nito, pm lang po o kaya punta po kayo sa bahay tumoy Ibabao Cordova Cebu, Hanapin po ninyo ako,” she also said in another post.

The camp of Ceron is not yet releasing their side on the issue.

Ceron is the third individual caught by the law enforcers because of posting bounty against President Duterte.

On Monday, teacher Ronnel Mas was brought to NBI Central Office in Manila for posting a P50-M bounty in exchange for Duterte’s life.

On Tuesday, a construction worker was also put under custody by the cops because of boasting that he would double the bounty offered by Mas.

People who committed inciting to sedition might get detained for a maximum of six years.

Groups already criticized the move of the law enforcers against the people posting a bounty on President Duterte’s head.

Groups express support to the teacher who offers P50-M on Duterte’s head: “Release and drop all charges against teacher Ronnel!”

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May 13, 2020 12:25 am

A progressive group urged the government to free and drop all charges against the teacher who offered a P50-M to anyone who can end President Rodrigo Duterte’s life.

On a statement, Raymond Basilio, the secretary-general of the progressive group Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) denounced the action of law enforcers against Ronnel Mas, the 25-year old educator living in Zambales.

According to Basilio, a teacher like Mas doesn’t have the capacity to provide P50-M so they should just downplay the tweet of the latter.

“Teachers’ dire economic state is no secret to the people, especially to the government. 25-year old Teacher Ronnel obviously does not have 50 million to pay as bounty hence his post clearly does not pose any serious threat to the President. Why then did the NBI spend valuable time and resources to apprehend this teacher?” raised ACT Secretary-General Raymond Basilio.

Basilio pointed out that Mas became one of the ‘outstanding secondary teachers’ in Zambales.

ACT also criticized the government for using the law as a weapon against its critics like Mas.

“We call on fellow defenders of democracy to resist all attempts to trample on our rights and freedoms. Free Teacher Ronnel!” he said.

Bayan Muna Rep. Ferdie Gaite expressed support to Mas, calling the tweet of the teacher as hyperbole that should be disregarded by the authorities.

“What happened to Teacher Ronnel was selective persecution targeting dissenters. NBI knows that his tweet was just hyperbole, and a teacher who lives on a meager salary couldn’t possibly reward anyone 50M. The authoritarian regime just wants to send a chilling warning to critics,” Gaite said.

LGBT Group Bahaghari published a Facebook post to demand the ‘immediate release’ of Mas.

“Teacher Ronnel is another case of selective persecution against persons critical of Duterte’s botched crisis response. It is meant to send a chilling message to government critics and aimed at silencing dissent,” the group statement read.

“We must resist this weaponization of the law against Duterte’s critics. Stand against tyranny! Release Teacher Ronnel!” they added.

A few days ago, Ronnel Mas posted the controversial tweet saying that: “I will give 50-M reward kung sino ang makakap*tay kay Duterte #NoToABSCBNShutDown,”

The tweet of Mas has gone viral on the internet and concerned netizens asked the authorities to investigate the teacher.

On Monday, members of the NBI Pangasinan traced the location of the teacher who at first denied the allegations against him.

Later on, he admitted his mistakes and apologized to President Duterte.

The next day, Mas was brought to NBI Central Office in Manila where he was presented to the media and made another public apology.

However, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said that apologizing was not enough for Mas to be safe from possible charges.

“I understand that this person has been placed in custody by the NBI and may be brought to an inquest. So I’ll leave it to the investigating prosecutor,” Guevarra said.

“However, an apology is not one of the grounds for extinguishing crminal liability. I cannot feloniously injure another and get away with it by merely saying sorry,” he added.

The teacher is currently facing inciting to sedition charges and violations of code of conduct and ethical standard for public officials.

On the same day, a construction worker and habal-habal driver was caught by the members of CIDG in Aklan for imitating what Mas did on social media, boasting that he would double the bounty on Duterte’s head.

Construction worker who offers to double Duterte’s bounty to 100-M caught by CIDG

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May 12, 2020 8:45 pm

After a teacher was put behind bars for allegedly offering a P50-M in exchange for President Rodrigo Duterte’s life, a construction worker is now facing the same legal trouble because of a Facebook post.

On Tuesday, members of the CIDG Aklan traced the location of Ronald Quiboyen, 40, a construction worker, habal-habal driver and a resident of Sitio Hagdan, Brgy. Yapak, Malay Aklan.

Quiboyen’s Facebook post has gone viral on social media after he boasted that he would double the bounty offered by teacher Ronnel Mas from P50-M to P100-M and even told his location to everyone.

“Yong 50 milyon nyo, doblihin ko gawin kung 100milyon kung sino makap*tay kay Duterte, andito ako ngayon sa Boracay…” Quiboyen said.

A day after his post circulated on social media, CIDG successfully traced Quiboyen and brought to Malay Police Station.

The camp of Quiboyen is not yet releasing a statement if he’s really the one who posted it and not a fake profile.

Some local media in Aklan said that the construction worker might face Inciting to Sedition and Anti-Cybercrime charges.

People who committed inciting to sedition might face detention for six years.

The teacher who started the ‘Duterte bounty’ trend, Mas is also currently facing multiple charges despite his pleas to the President to forgive him.

His career is also in danger as he’s also facing charges for violating the code of conduct and ethical standard of public officials.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) already said that ‘apologizing’ is not enough for anyone to escape liability.

DOJ on the apology of the teacher who offers P50-M in exchange of Duterte’s life: ‘Sorry’ is not enough to escape liability

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May 12, 2020 8:50 am

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday said that the teacher who offered P50-M pesos bounty in exchange for President Rodrigo Duterte’s life cannot get away with liability despite his public apology.

In a statement, DOJ Secretary Menardo Guevarra said that they’re going to leave the case of Ronnel Mas, 25, a teacher from Zambales to the members of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI).

“I understand that this person has been placed in custody by the NBI and may be brought to an inquest. So I’ll leave it to the investigating prosecutor,” Guevarra said.

“However, an apology is not one of the grounds for extinguishing crminal liability. I cannot feloniously injure another and get away with it by merely saying sorry,” he added.

A few days ago, Mas captured the attention of the netizens on Twitter after he tweeted: “I will give ₱50 Million reward kung sino makakap*tay kay Duterte #NoToABSCBNShutDown,”

After his tweet has gone viral, members of NBI Pangasinan launched an operation to track Mas who was found in Zambales.

According to Mas parents, the suspect already expected that he’s being traced by the authorities as he tried to destroy his cellphone.

However, destroying his phone was not enough to hide his location from the authorities who found him on Monday.

At first, Mas denied that he’s the one who posted the said tweet, but later on, he admitted it and apologized to President Duterte.

“Opo nagso-sorry po ako kay President Rodrigo Duterte dahil nagawa ko ang tweet na ‘yon… hindi ko po intensyon ‘yon,” he said.

The next day, he was brought to NBI Central Office where he was presented to the media handcuffed.

“Ang dami ng problema ng bansa, dumagdag pa ako, ito po ay aking pinagsisisihan ng buong puso,” he said.

Meanwhile, Malacanang said that they’re letting NBI do their job in investigating Mas.

“Well, iyan po ay nasa kamay na ng ating law enforcement agencies. Hayaan po natin na gawin nila ang trabaho nila,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a televised press briefing.

“Kung merong prima facie case for any case, kasuhan siya at mabibigyan naman po siya ng pagkakataon na patunayang hindi siya nagkasala sa ating hukuman sa takdang panahon,” he added.