POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES

COLLEGE OF LAW
OFFICE OF THE LEGAL AID

Barangay 507: Revisited

On September 27, 2015 from 2:00 P.M to 5:00 P.M., the Office of the
Legal Aid (OLA) of the PUP College of Law and Legal Counseling 1 st
Semester Class SY 2015-2016 in coordination with Chairman Alnardo Q.
Rotap of Barangay 507, Sampaloc Manila, conducted a legal aid program.
The said program, which was spearheaded by the students of the Legal
Counseling class of the PUP College of Law,

was supervised and

facilitated by Atty. Maria Cristina Gimenez of the Office of the Legal Aid
and Atty. Eileen Paloma, professor of the Legal Counseling Class SY 20152016 and with the assistance of PUP College of Law Alumni namely Atty.
Carlo Alba, Atty. Arcadio Benitez, Atty. Eric Opriasa, Atty. Evangeline OngGomez, Atty. Mark Julio Abong, Atty. Jaime Amor III, and Atty. Bernardo
Luceres.
DISCUSSION/FORUM
Topic: R.A. No. 9262 Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children
Atty. Maria Cristina Gimenez facilitated the seminar and her discussion
focused on frequently asked questions such as:
1. What is R.A.9262?
2. What is covered by R.A. 9262?
3. What are the acts punishable by R.A. 9262?
4. What is the Battered Women Syndrome?
5. What is a protection order?
6. What is a barangay protection order?
7. What are the roles of the barangay?

After the discussions, an open forum was ensued where questions

from the participants pertaining to the foregoing topic were entertained.
LEGAL COUNSELING

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The second part of the program was allotted for the legal counseling
where each participant was assisted by a student to a designated
volunteer lawyer for a legal consultation. Below is the summary of the
reported cases:
SUMMARY OF CASES: BRGY. 507

NAME

ADDRESS

NATURE

STATUS OF

RECOMMENDATI

OF THE

THE CASE

ON

CASE
1

Evelyn

Child

File

for

an

Salonga

support and

annulment

case

custody

and custody.

Leopoldo

1593

Slight

Client

has

no

Alba

Basilio St.

physical

money

for

the

injuries

required

committed

certificate.

by own son

Advised

against him

proceed to DSWD.

VAWC

File

Mercedes

1242

medical
to

case

for

base

on

Magat Del Antipolo

VAWC

Rosario

economic

St.

Obtain

abuse.
affidavit

from witnesses to
support the case.
4

Imelda Go

1136

San Intestate

Diego

succession

Settle the estate

between

the

heirs.
5

Rachelle

1139

San Land

title

Proceed

to

the

Ann Garcia Diego

registration

Registry of Deeds.

Arturo

1169

Settlement

Advised to file for

Mendoza

Antipolo

of

intestate

St.

estate

parent's

proceedings.

Criselda

Piy Margal Child

The father can file

Manalili

St.

for

custody

visitation

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rights.
8

Enrique

Brgy. 509

Garcia

Subleasing

Pay the rent or if

of property

the

belongings

inside cannot be
recovered, file a
case for replevin.
9

Romarick

1045

Different

Llanes

Quintos

name

as

stated

in

the

File for correction

of entry.

Birth

Certificate
1

Erlin

1146

Canlas

Diego

San Different

File for correction

name

as

stated

in

the

of entry.

Birth

Certificate
1

Cynthia

1106

Salazar

Diego

San Pension and

Notify

GSIS that

settlement

the pensioner has

of estate

already

passed

away.
1

Ruperto

1112

Intal

Quintos

E. Alarm

and

scandal

Seek

the

assistance of the
barangay to arrest
the

erring

neighbor.
1

Luis

1107

Sandoval

Quintos

Wilma

Abonita

EVALUATION

E. Perjury case

Brgy. 507

File for a motion

pending for

for

3 years

resolution.

Accused

early

is

Check the exact

detained for

status of the case.

3 years for

Invoke the right to

rape

speedy trial.

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An evaluation and assessment was conducted by asking the
participants to fill up the survey forms. Forty-seven (47) survey forms
were accomplished on the basis of the following: (1) Quality of Service; (2)
Timeliness of Service; and (3) Courtesy of Staff.
Also,

the

participants

provided

their

comments/suggestions/recommendations in the blank spaces provided in

the survey form.
The participants used numbers to rate the Legal Aid Program, 5
being the highest and 1 being the lowest. 5 means outstanding; 4 means
very satisfactory; 3 means satisfactory; 2 means fair; and 1 means poor.
The method we used to determine the over-all evaluation was the
Mean Method. The mean is the average of the numbers: a calculated
"central" value of a set of numbers.

The result of the evaluation is as follows:

Rate

Quality of

Timeliness of

Courtesy of

Service

Service

Staf

34

31

31

10

MEAN

4.64

4.53

4.40

VOLUNTEERS/ORGANIZERS
Lawyers:
Atty. Maria Cristina Gimenez, Office of the Legal Aid
Atty. Eileen Paloma, PUP College of Law
Atty. Carlo Edison Alba
Atty. Bernardo Luceres

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Atty. Evangeline Ong-Gomez
Atty. Jaime Amor III
Atty. Arcadio Benitez Jr.

Atty. Eric Opriasa

Atty. Mark Julio Abong
Students:
Legal Counseling Class

1st Semester 2015-2016 who are

divided into four committees:

Correspondence/coordination

committee

they

are

responsible for all the communications and correspondences

necessary for this program. They had an actual and open
communication with the Office of Legal Aid of PUP Law (OLAPUP) and with other committees to facilitate the management
of the project. The said committee also made a follow up to all
correspondence with regard to the projects implementation
with the OLA and to Barangay 507 Officers.
Members: Myleen Bendijo, Tess Abelon, Dhelma A.
Tolentino, Aynell Ann Ferriols, Jake Antrajenda
Program committee The members of this committee
prepared the program for the said activity, as well as the
powerpoint presentation and leaflets needed for the lecture.
They also had coordination with the other committees for
instructions

and

other

matters

necessary

for

the

implementation of the program.

Members: Cheza Marie Moral, Jingo Fernandez, Ofelia
Dumindin, Abigail Tan, Marz Caragos, Mar Galanza.
Documentation committee they are responsible for all
surveys and interviews that may be helpful in the conduct of
the

legal

aid.

During

the

event,

they

facilitated

the

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registration and attendance of the participants,

took

photographs and made sure that evaluation/feedback forms

were filled out by the attendees. They also prepared this
activitys final report and documentation.
Members: Christian Franco, Aia Metrillo, Errol Mangibin,
John Paul Realizan, Patricia Pineda, Michael Yap
Food and logistic committees they secured and prepared
all the materials, equipment and other resources needed in
the project. They were the ones responsible in the financial
management and collections of funds. During the program,
they were in-charge of the food preparation for the whole
team, volunteers and attendees.
Members: Roentgen Rabe, Louiegie Thomas San Juan,
McNoel Cabrera, Hennie Dianne Christine Magalona, Sabrina
Hernandez, Jonjon Belza
Barangay Officials:
Chairman: Alnardo Q. Rotap
Secretary: Charmaine L. Flores
Treasurer: Evelyn L. Villanueva
Barangay Councilors:
Robert A. Lim
Rolando L. Manabat
Jaime N. Salazar
Noel M. Sandico
Renato G. Aliwalas
Ramonito M. Divina
Marco Ronaldo Ganancial

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PHOTOGRAPHS

The Whole Class with Legal Counseling Professor Atty. Paloma

Barangay 507 Sampaloc, Manila Officials with the lawyers

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Chairman Rotap with the lawyers

The Discussion/Forum

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The Counseling

ATTACHMENTS/DOCUMENTS:
Registration Forms
Counseling Sheets
PREPARED BY:
Christian Franco

Errol Mangibin

Patricia Pineda

John Paul Realisan

Aia Metrillo
Michael Yap