Larry Gadon suspended by SC over viral video containing profanities hurled at Raissa Robles

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The Supreme Court (SC), acting motu proprio or on its own, slaps controversial lawyer Larry Gadon with preventive suspension, orders him to explain why he should not be disbarred over his viral video hurling expletives at journalist Raissa Robles. A show cause order was also issued to explain why he shouldn't be disbarred. Suspension effective until lifted by SC.

Gadon has 10 days to file his comment “in consideration of the numerous prior controversies leading to the disbarment cases filed against him, and the most recent viral video where he displayed the same controversial behavior despite previous warnings.”

Let's now start the year right. Next is the DQ case ng amo niyang kawatan!!! 

Larry Gadon, gusto ko lang sabihin na deserve mo yang pagsuspinde sa iyo ng SC. Para mabawas-bawasan naman ang kayabangan mo at ng mga Marcos Loyalist. 

Ito yata pambawi ng Supreme Court after posting the reduction of Bar Coverage and shortening of 2020/2021 bar exams.

Thank the Padre Faura gods! Praying fervently for disbarment. I can trade that for the cancellation of that notorious candidate's COC. Actually, he should both be disbarred and not allow to run anymore at the Senate!

Dasurv mo yan Larry Gadon. First great news of 2022. Something good happened today. Raissa Robles lang pala ang katapat. Yong pinagsasabi niya kay Noynoy walang epekto, pero ngayon ...

Ano nga ba ang sinabi ni Atty. Larry Gadon laban kay Raissa Robles? Parang hindi tao. Dapat kapag sobrang baba ng moral standards ay dapat alisin sa legal profession kaagad. Parang nakacoccaine. Why allow him to show cause pa? Just disbar him for life, and kung puwede nga lang disbar any individuals related to him. The video is the whole proof what kind of creature Larry Gadon is.

I remember the time when tuwang tuwa ang mga tao sa 'bobo' ni Larry Gadon at yung pagmumura ni PDuts. Please lang sana nasa tamang landas na sila ngayon. Weh, ada pa ba ako?

Grabe ano?! Kung gaano ka-toilet mouth yung mga BBM supporters, ay kuhang-kuha ni Larry Gadon. Shocks mga squammies ang utak.

Kaya pala ang mag kapanalig ay imburnal ang bunganga dahil may modelo pala sa katauhan ni Larry Gadon. Sana naman bilang abogado na higit ang kaalaman, inaasahan ang matalinong pananalita at matinong pag uugali.

Di ba dalawa ang disbarment case laban sa kanya??? Yung pagmumura niya kay Raissa Robles, tapos yung pagsabi nya sa isang radio station na ang ikinamatay ni PNoy is HIV?

Parang ang dami pang ibang issue na dapat iexplain ito tulad ng going around maskless..hndi lang itong latest ...uh..episode niya.

Kung suspension lang, uulit ulitin ni Gadon ang katarantaduhan niya. Dapat yan ay ma-disbar na. Turuan na ng leksyon yan. Putulin ang mga sungay! Powertrip ang loko!

Gadon is the only lawyer na nakikita kong basura kung magbigay ng statement. Nasaan ang pagiging professional? Akala ko ba dapat isinasabuhay ang inaaral, pero bakit parang wala naman kaming nakitang may pinag-aralan siya?

Matuto sana ang mga "professionals" na gumalang sa kapwa tao niya kahit mas mababa ang katayuan nito sa lipunan. Ang dami rin kasing mga nakalimot na sa good manners and right conduct at ang pagiging disente... because of this bastos Duterte administration.

Saang school ba siya graduate at hindi naturuan ng magandang asal? Graduate ho ba siya ng Bongbong High o the fictional Oxford din?

Larry Gadon is one of Marcos Jr’s biggest voices online. So whether or not he wins a Senate seat, Gadon will likely play a big role in a Marcos Jr presidency. Si Gadon ay nag-aral ng abugasya.. tapos yung idol niya hindi man lang nakuhang makatapos ng undergrad courses.. Mas mataas ang pinagaralan ni Gadon pero himod puwet ang timang.

Are you telling me these are the kinds of people who thrived under Duterte and will continue to thrive? Yan ba gusto natin? Noon pa dapat tinanggalan ng lisensya yang ugok na yan.

It's time for the Highest Court to expunge walking manure lawyers like Larry Gadon from among its ranks in the legal profession! High mindedness, uncouthness, and uncivility have no place in Philippine legal profession! Let's restore the moral gravitas of the legal profession!

Finally a breath of fresh air.. The a-hole should be disbarred for having a rotten mouth and a malfunctioning brain.

Disbar! Walang magandang maidudulot iyang si Gadon sa bayan. Bastos at walang modo. Nakakahiya siya sa taongbayan kasi nga siya ang nagmukhang superspreader ng Omicron Coronavirus. Isa siyang tuta ni Ferdinand Marcos Jr. 

Look who’s laughing now? When are we gonna hear your mental breakdown again? Hahaha! The tea is good when served hot!

On the appeal to suspend use of NLEX Bus Terminal

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The mandatory use of the Integrated Terminal Exchange (ITX), both in the North and South, is mandated under IATF Resolution No. 101.

The same is still existing and in effect. The same is also strongly supported by the MMDA.

While the issue of the bus operators from the North has been raised to the IATF, the latter created a Small Technical Working Group to study the issue. Hence, from December 2-14, 2021, a series of meetings with and through the IATF were held to discuss the mandatory use of ITX Terminals, including NLET.

After much deliberation by the STWG, wherein stakeholders were present as resource persons, the STWG recommended to the IATF to put the matter on status quo until further studies and recommendations may be presented to the body.

The issue here is not only as to traffic but also as to public health. It has been shown during the last christmas season that passengers congregated in their in-city bus terminals which caused congestion. Despite the fact that these operators know that they cannot operate their routes from these in-city terminals, they allowed the passengers inside their terminal, which caused congestion thereby violating public health protocols on social distancing and disinfection, among others, which they thereafter posted in social media themselves.

To address the matter, the LTFRB issued special permits to operators so that they can use these in-city terminals but instead of doing so, these operators refused to run their buses citing several shallow excuses. It was only thru prodding by LTFRB and negative public opinion that they finally operated their routes.

This is contrary to the scenario in the south, where the PITX, for instance, continues to be in operation, and it is proven that minimum health protocols are uniformly observed by stakeholders in the facility.

To be clear, before the pandemic, there were 85 operational terminals (47 were along EDSA) in Metro Manila. Researchers have observed even before the COVID-19 pandemic started that crowded facilities where people of diverse origins and destinations use the same resources are especially prone to spreading viruses. Reopening private terminals along EDSA means authorizing 85 potential sites of viral transmission for the Filipino commuters.

Meanwhile, on the point regarding the limited number of PUBs, please note that to date, there are 2,677 authorized units over 118 routes coming from the north of Metro Manila, however, only 915 have applied for SP/QR Code (34.2%). This means that the issue on supply was not caused by the DOTr or LTFRB not authorizing certain units to ply their routes. It is caused by the non-application of bus operators. This issue may be resolved by urging bus operators to apply for permits for the use of their units this pandemic to serve thousands of commuters going back to Metro Manila coming from the holidays and beyond.

Lastly, please note that the ITX concept has been around the country for almost a decade. This is an established doctrine enshrined in NEDA's National Transport Policy in 2017, which went through consultations with stakeholders and relevant govt agencies. The 2016 NTP further strengthened the enactment of the Executive Order No. 67 s. 2012, which aims for the establishment of at least two integrated transport terminals with locations in the North and South of Metro Manila, to provide effective interconnections between different transport modes and services.

The ITX is a widely accepted worldwide practice to integrate public transport terminals especially in highly urbanized cities for efficient connectivity thereby benefitting commuters. In fact, ITX facilities are already established in highly urbanized cities in the country like those in Cebu, Cagayan de Oro.

From a global perspective, consolidation or lessening the redundancy in the number of terminals is not new. Multiple examples are observed from different parts of the world, and some of the more notable examples from our close Asian neighbors are of Seoul, South Korea and of Surabaya, Indonesia. Moreover, consolidation of terminals or stations during the pandemic were likewise observed. Some examples were in Washington, District of Columbia wherein 20% reduction in the number of stations were observed, while in Valencia, Spain, a 35% reduction.

Until the IATF resolution is rescinded or nullified, the use of the north and south ITX terminals remains valid.

The climate crisis should be on the agenda of candidates in the 2022 elections

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Political candidates in the 2022 national elections must put the climate crisis on their agenda and ensure that the Philippines complies with our international commitments, environmental group WWF-Philippines said.

 

“The climate, nature, and environment should be on the agenda of candidates along with our advocacies on climate justice and equity. There needs to be a lot of thought and attention on how we will implement the proper actions in line with our international commitments,” Atty. Angela Consuelo Ibay, WWF-Philippines’ Head of Climate and Energy, said.

 

“I think now is the time to really ensure that. We need to lobby with the candidates to put the climate on their agenda and to think of it carefully. All of us will be impacted by climate change and are already feeling it,” she said during an online webinar co-organized by the Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology (CREST) and WWF-Philippines titled “Energy Transition to Halt the Climate Crisis.”

 

In the recently concluded UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, the Philippines was a signatory in the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use which commits to halting deforestation and restoring forest land, the COP26 Coal to Clean Power Transition Agreement and the Global Methane Pledge.

 

The Philippines sent a delegation led by Department of Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III to COP26 which ran from October 31 up to November 12. The conference ended one day beyond the schedule due to the negotiations over the text of the Glasgow Climate Pact.

 

As the election season heats up in the Philippines, Ibay called on those officials to ensure that the agreements they signed in the international conference with hundreds of other countries will become institutionalized and continue to be implemented by the next administration.

 

“Beholden dapat yung next administration to keep up with our international commitments and international agreements,” Ibay said. “At the end of the day, babalik rin sa atin yan. We will have to be accountable to those international commitments. So therefore dapat yung mga candidates natin ngayon nasa agenda nila yan.”

 

CREST President Rei Panaligan said that the Philippines is among the most climate-vulnerable countries in the world and is already experiencing the effects of climate change and extreme weather events like strong typhoons, severe drought, heatwaves, El Nino, and La Nina that have become normal annual occurrences.

 

“What we are experiencing now is an increase in temperature of 1.2 degrees compared to the pre-industrial baseline. What will the world look like if the temperature increases to 1.5 degrees, 2 degrees or higher?” Panaligan said.

 

“Our world is in a climate emergency. According to scientists, we need fast and immediate actions to lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and prevent the further worsening of the climate,” he added.

 

Majority of the energy sources the country relies on comes from fossil fuels such as coal which is a major source of GHGs. Panaligan said this is why a transition to renewable energy is urgently needed.

 

“Even though historically the Philippines’ GHG emissions are small compared to developed countries, we should not belittle our contribution to the climate crisis because our emissions are higher compared to 100 other countries and in 2020, we are ranked 7th globally in terms of coal expansion,” Atty. Avril de Torres of the Center for Energy, Ecology and Development (CEED) said.

 

“That’s how many coal power plants are planned to be built. And in fact there should have been more coal plants operating and in the pipeline because back in 2012, the forecasted energy mix of the Department of Energy (DOE) was 70 to 80% from coal,” Torres said.

 

Torres cited the 2020 coal moratorium by the DOE as an important step in the energy transition as this halted 6 gigawatts of coal capacity. However, a CEED study published July 2021 found that proponents of 10 coal projects are still in the process of obtaining permits while 6 proposed projects were allowed to continue.

 

Maris Cardenas, Executive Director of the Center for Empowerment, Innovation and Training on Renewable Energy (CENTRE) emphasized the need to speed up the growth of the renewable energy sector so that it can contribute 35% of the total Philippines energy mix by 2030.

 

“That target should be higher but the 35% target is already low and yet very hard to achieve,” Cardenas said. “That should be a reality. We need to make the 35% target an imperative and not merely an aspirational target.”

 

Climate and renewable energy institutions who also co-organized the event include Laudato Si Philippines, Power 4 People Coalition, and Renewable Energy Transition Institute (Reboot PH).

 

Watch the full webinar here: https://www.facebook.com/WWF.Philippines/videos/4431707490199990