{"id":273346,"date":"2020-10-29T02:04:55","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T06:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=273346"},"modified":"2025-01-13T18:15:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T23:15:43","slug":"prrd-allows-conduct-of-probe-into-abusive-ph-diplomat-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/10\/29\/prrd-allows-conduct-of-probe-into-abusive-ph-diplomat-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"PRRD allows conduct of probe into abusive PH diplomat: Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_263618\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-263618\" style=\"width: 1350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/CDO-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-263618\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/CDO-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1350\" height=\"899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/CDO-5.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/CDO-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/CDO-5-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/CDO-5-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-263618\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte talks to the people after holding a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) core members at the Malago Clubhouse in Malaca\u00f1ang on July 30, 2020. ROBINSON NI\u00d1AL JR.\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the conduct of an investigation into allegations that former Philippine Ambassador to Brazil Marichu Mauro physically abused her Filipina household staff, Malaca\u00f1ang said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made this confirmation after Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy prevacid online <a href=\"https:\/\/achievephysiorehab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/prevacid.html\">https:\/\/achievephysiorehab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/prevacid.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> said the agency would need to get approval from the President before it can initiate an investigation against the envoy.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cPinayagan na po ng Presidente ang<\/em>\u00a0Department of Foreign Affairs\u00a0<em>na imbestigahan ang dating<\/em>\u00a0Philippine Ambassador to Brazil\u00a0<em>na si<\/em>\u00a0Marichu Mauro (The President has allowed the Department of Foreign Affairs to investigate former Philippine Ambassador to Brazil Marichu Mauro),\u201d he said in a press briefing from Bohol.<\/p>\n<p>Roque said the President has to give the go-signal to investigate because envoys are presidential appointees.<\/p>\n<p>He said Duterte&#8217;s decision to give immediate approval to conduct an investigation means that he wants justice served to the Filipina household staff.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Yung mabilisan pong pag<\/em>-authorize\u00a0<em>sa<\/em>\u00a0DFA<em>\u00a0na imbestigahan si<\/em>\u00a0Ambassador Mauro\u00a0<em>ay<\/em>\u00a0indicative\u00a0<em>na kinakailangan bigyan ng katarungan yung naging biktima ng karahasan na kasambahay na kababayan natin<\/em>\u00a0(Giving immediate authority to DFA to investigate Ambassador Mauro is indicative that there is a need to give justice to the victim of abuse who is a Filipino helper),&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Christopher \u201cBong\u201d Go, in a statement, also confirmed that Duterte has given his approval to proceed with the probe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe President has always been firm &#8211; the protection and promotion of the rights, welfare, and well-being of Filipinos overseas is a paramount responsibility of our government. Our Ambassadors are duty-bound to carry out this mandate, no questions asked,\u201d Go said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy tamiflu online <a href=\"https:\/\/lcmhs.com\/blank\/july-27-2021\/html\/tamiflu.html\">https:\/\/lcmhs.com\/blank\/july-27-2021\/html\/tamiflu.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>He said the investigation will be carried out, consistent with relevant provisions of the law, particularly the Foreign Service Act of 1991.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Locsin said Mauro has been recalled effective immediately to explain the maltreatment of her service staff.<\/p>\n<p>He said a \u201csevere\u201d response awaits the Philippine envoy over her aide&#8217;s abuse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe [agency\u2019s] response on this matter will be severe to the fullest extent of the law especially when it involves a high-ranking DFA official setting an example to ensure that matters like these will never be tolerated,\u201d Locsin said.<\/p>\n<p>He said the DFA will never tolerate actions done by ranking officials or staff that go against the promotion and protection of the welfare of overseas Filipinos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me reiterate the DFA is giving this matter its utmost attention, true to its core mission of protecting the rights and promoting the welfare of overseas Filipino workers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Brazilian news outlet Globo News earlier released CCTV footage supposedly showing Mauro repeatedly \u201cberating and mistreating\u201d her Filipina household staff.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy rybelsus online <a href=\"https:\/\/achievephysiorehab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/rybelsus.html\">https:\/\/achievephysiorehab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/rybelsus.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the conduct of an investigation into allegations that former Philippine Ambassador to Brazil Marichu &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":263618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-273346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-azer-parrocha","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273346","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\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273346"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":283774,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273346\/revisions\/283774"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}