{"id":115907,"date":"2017-09-04T05:54:03","date_gmt":"2017-09-04T09:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=115907"},"modified":"2017-09-04T05:55:55","modified_gmt":"2017-09-04T09:55:55","slug":"ex-kabankalan-councilor-found-guilty-of-sexual-harassment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/09\/04\/ex-kabankalan-councilor-found-guilty-of-sexual-harassment\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Kabankalan councilor found guilty of sexual harassment"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_109110\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-109110\" style=\"width: 221px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/SAN-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-109110\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/SAN-1.png\" alt=\"The Sandiganbayan said that Echiverri still needed to secure an approval from the Sanggunian for the project despite the ordinance. (PNA photo)\" width=\"221\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/SAN-1.png 221w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/SAN-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-109110\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Villavicencio entered a guilty please before the Sandiganbayan for sexually harassing a technical assistant in August to December 2005 (PNA photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; The Sandiganbayan has found Carlo Villavicencio, former member of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) of Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, guilty of sexually harassing a technical assistant in August to December 2005.<\/p>\n<p>In a decision written by Associate Justices Ma. Theresa Dolores Gomez-Estoesta, Zaldy Trespeses and Bayani Jacinto and promulgated on Aug. 22, Villavicencio was found guilty of violating Section 3 of Republic Act No. 7877, or the \u201cAnti-Sexual Harassment Act of 1995,\u201d and fined PHP10,000.<\/p>\n<p>According to the complaint, Villavicencio took advantage of his official position and demanded to date and have a sexual encounter with his staff member as a condition for her continued employment.<\/p>\n<p>When the sexual advances were declined, Villavicencio refused to renew or favorably endorse the complainant\u2019s appointment at the SP.<\/p>\n<p>During the Aug. 8, 2017 pre-trial in Cebu City, the accused manifested his intention to change his plea from \u201cnot guilty\u201d to \u201cguilty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Villavicencio entered a guilty plea before the Sandiganbayan for sexually harassing a technical assistant in August to December 2005.<\/p>\n<p>With this development, the anti-graft court apprised the accused of the consequences of his intended plea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; The Sandiganbayan has found Carlo Villavicencio, former member of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) of Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":109110,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[22829,1594,22830],"class_list":["post-115907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-carlo-villavicencio","tag-sandiganbayan","tag-sangguniang-panlungsod","mauthors-perfecto-raymundo","mauthors-jr","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}