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FACES OF THE NEWS: Aug. 18, 2019

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Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 21:45:20 +0000

FACES OF THE NEWS: Aug. 18, 2019

Persida Rueda-Acosta   It seems anti-Dengvaxia crusader and Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) chief Persida Rueda-Acosta is facing a mutiny. In an anonymous manifesto, several ranking lawyers from the PAO’s central office exposed Acosta’s alleged entrenched and systemic corruption. The lawyers, who said they had knowledge of the goings on in Acosta’s office, said she had […]

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Transgender complains to QC Pride Council about mall ordeal

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Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 21:50:25 +0000

Transgender complains to QC Pride Council about mall ordeal

Gretchen Diez has lost count of the times she had been kicked out of female restrooms because of her sexual orientation. But her latest experience at a shopping mall on Tuesday prompted the transgender woman to stand her ground and decide that “this has to stop. This has to be documented.” Diez lodged a complaint […]

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Gretchen Diez files complaint vs QC mall for violating gender-fair ordinance

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Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 11:20:36 +0000

Gretchen Diez files complaint vs QC mall for violating gender-fair ordinance

MANILA, Philippines – Transgender woman Gretchen Diez filed on Friday a complaint against Araneta Center Group of Companies after she was taken under police custody for trying to enter a female toilet in a mall in Quezon City. The complaint was filed before the Quezon City Legal Office. On Tuesday, Diez documented the alleged harassment […]

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Roman asks Duterte to certify SOGIE equality bill as urgent

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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 02:28:37 +0000

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MANILA, Philippines — Bataan 1st District Rep. Geraldine Roman, the first elected transgender woman in Congress, on Friday asked President Rodrigo Duterte to certify as urgent the sexual orientation and gender identity and expression (SOGIE) equality bill. “Mahal na Pangulo sana po bigyan nyo rin ng pansin ang pangangailangan ng isang sektor ng lipunan na […]

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QC mayor to meet Pride Council after arrest of transgender inside mall

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Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 07:46:12 +0000

QC mayor to meet Pride Council after arrest of transgender inside mall

MANILA, Philippines — Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte said Thursday she will meet with the QC Pride Council (QCPC) on Friday following an incident where a a transgender woman was arrested inside a mall for entering a comfort room for women. Belmonte explained that the meeting would revolve around the implementation of the city’s Gender […]

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CHR will probe ‘discrimination’ vs trans woman in mall

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Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 15:42:09 +0000

CHR to Gov't: Protect public's rights rather than curtail them

MANILA, Philippines – The arrest and supposed discrimination of a transwoman in a mall in Cubao, Quezon City will be investigated by teams from the Commission on Human Rights (CHR), its spokesperson, Jacqueline de Guia, said in a statement issued on Wednesday. According De Guia, the case involving Gretchen Custodio Diez, who was apprehended as […]

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QC mall workers not oriented on Gender Fair Ordinance – Hontiveros

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Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 13:40:45 +0000

QC mall workers not oriented on Gender Fair Ordinance – Hontiveros

MANILA, Philippines — The management of a Quezon City mall, where a transgender woman was arrested after being barred from using a ladies’ room, probably has not oriented its employees about the city’s anti-discrimination ordinance. Sen. Risa Hontiveros said this as she was being interpellated by Sen. Aquilino Pimentel III after delivering her privilege speech […]

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