Friday, May 30, 2008

Libaquin: A Physician Who Shouts?

Mr. Morefe Q. Flores, a teacher of Aklan Inter-faith Academy, Kalibo went to the Kalibo Police Station, Kalibo, Aklan at 2:00 in the afternoon, May 27, 2007.
Flores reported to the police the case of oral defamation and harassment allegedly done on him by Dr. Rey Libaquin, Sr.
According to the police report, “at about 2:20 in the afternoon of May 27, Mr. Morefe Flores y Quinones, 31 years old, single, Red Cross employee, resident of Capitol Subd., Kalibo, Aklan (with) Larry Torres y Matorre, 43 years old, married, Red Cross driver of Old Buswang, Kalibo, Aklan; Mary Joe Bautista – Galeon, 33 years old, married, Red Cross employee, resident of Joyao-Joyao, Numancia, Aklan appeared and requested to put into record that on or about 1:45 in the afternoon of the same date while they were inside their office at Red Cross Kalibo located at F. Quimpo, Poblacion, Kalibo, Aklan when Dr. Rey Libaquin, Sr. went inside their office looking for Mrs. Pelayo and the complainant as he confront(s) the herein complainant, on top of his voice saying threatening, defamatory words and even attempted to boxe(d) the complainant for more or less five (5) times. Even (at) the Barangay Poblacion can hear the voice of Dr. Libaquin.”
In his report to Governor Carlito S. Marquez, Flores reported the incident. Dr. Rey Libaquin, Sr. is a surgeon at the DRSTMH, Kalibo.
According to Flores, when Dr. Libaquin saw him (Flores) in the Red Cross office, he came closer to me and in an unprecedented imprudence hysterically shouted pointing his fingers, “Ano gina text, text mo sa bata ko? Indi ka mag text sa bata ko, ako ang imo i-text kay bayaran ko pila to! Pila to! Gago ka, kaya ko bayaran pati kabuhi mo, linti ka! Di ka mag text sa bata ko, atubangon mo ako, gago ka! Sin-o ka gid?” (What do you text to my child? Do not text to my child, text me for I will pay you. How much is this? How much is this? Stupid you, I can afford to pay you including your life, you are thunder! Do not text my child you are thunder! Who are you?”
This incident was the off shoot of their trip to Camp Capinpin, Tanay, Rizal on May 8–13, 2008. The child of Dr. Libaquin was one of the Red Cross Delegates to Red Cross Youth Camp. Flores lent things to Dr. Libaquin’s child while in Tanay which Flores wished it be returned. /MP

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