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DSWD files child-abuse complaint against Willie Revillame

by Erwin Santiago posted on April 27, 2011  STATS: 44015 Views | 293 Comments

 

"We are filing this case because it is our job. We do this for all cases of child abuse that we come across, and we provide services to everyone who needs our help. There is no political angle here; neither is there any hidden agenda, as some quarters may allege. Our main concern is to promote the welfare of the child and his family, and others who are or may be placed in a similar situation," says DSWD Secretary Dinky Soliman about the child-abuse complaint her department filed against TV host Willie Revillame (in photo).

Photo By: Noel Orsal

May panibagong child-abuse complaint na namang isinampa laban sa TV host na si Willie Revillame.

Matatandaang noong April 25 ay nagsampa ng reklamong child abuse ang ilang rights advocates—kabilang na ang opisyales ng End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes (ECPAT)—laban kay Willie sa Quezon City Fiscal's Office.

Kasama rin bilang respondents dito ang chairman ng TV5 na si Manny V. Pangilinan at iba pang opisyales ng TV5. (CLICK HERE to read related story.)

Ang naghain naman ng bagong reklamo kay Willie ay ang Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), sa pamamagitan ni Secretary Dinky Soliman.

Co-complainants sa reklamong ito ang activist priest na si Father Robert Reyes, ang End Child Abuse Community Facebook administrators na sina Froilan Grate at Frances Irene Bretaña, at ang "blogger mom" na si Noemi Lardizabal-Dado.

Isinumite nila ang kanilang joint affidavit-complaint sa Quezon City Prosecutor's Office kaninang umaga, April 27.

Sa pagkakataong ito, tanging si Willie ang respondent sa kaso.

Ang reklamong child abuse—o paglabag sa Republic Act No. 7610 (Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act)—ay nag-ugat sa March 12 episode ng Willing Willie kung saan nagsayaw ang isang anim na taong gulang na batang lalaki ng parang ginagawa ng macho dancers. (CLICK HERE to read related story.)

Si Willie ang host ng variety-game show na ito na napapanood sa TV5.

Nakasaad sa complaint-affidavit ang sumusunod:

"We were able to individually view the segment from the internet, after it was uploaded on the YouTube website.

"As concerned citizens, we denounce the exploitation and irresponsible treatment of the six year-old Jan-Jan on the show Willing Willie.

"Revillame's actions and utterances constituted psychological abuse, cruelty, and emotional maltreatment of the child, as it debased, degraded and demeaned Jan-Jan's intrinsic worth and dignity as a human being."

SEC. DINKY SOLIMAN'S STATEMENT. Kaugnay pa rin ng child-abuse complaint na ito laban kay Willie, isang statement naman ang inilabas ni DSWD Secretary Dinky Soliman sa kanyang Facebook account.

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  • 213  neophyte

    04/28/2011 | 02:38 PM
    Parent's consent doesn't justify the act? They are the legal guardians lol. Who else knows the kid better-the parents. Who looks after the kid-the parents. Cant strip parents right lol. These complain looks FLAWED based on a FLAWED evidence lol.
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  • 212  bluegreen504

    04/28/2011 | 02:38 PM
    DSWD is just riding of the notoriety of WR. If there was child abuse, the first thing they should do is to immediately remove the child from the custody of his parents...like in the US and other countries. They should also include the child's parents in the case. That is if they are really serious about looking after the welfare of the child and are not just being media wh-res.
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  • 211  neophyte

    04/28/2011 | 02:28 PM
    209 one thing in common with a..-willie fans-hypocrite, inggit, sore loser, etc
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  • 210  toinkyme

    04/28/2011 | 02:28 PM
    parents consent doesn't justify the act. whoever is behind-kung meron man or wala - this whole lawsuit, well, they have all they need to send him to jail. most likely lahat ng kinita ni willi sinayang niya coz of his kabastusan kc sa tingin ko kulang pa when all penalties and lawyers fees are paid.
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  • 209  toinkyme

    04/28/2011 | 02:19 PM
    one thing in common sa mga fans ni willie - low IQ
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  • 208  neophyte

    04/28/2011 | 02:12 PM
    DSWD banking on a HEARSAY EVIDENCE LOL. Child Abuse is no doubt a very serious case, especially where minors are concern, hope DSWD can differentiate a real one.
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  • 207  neophyte

    04/28/2011 | 01:59 PM
    DSWD style of handling child abuse case - FILE A COMPLAIN FIRST, INVESTIGATE LATER.
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  • 206  neophyte

    04/28/2011 | 01:54 PM
    The thing about this DSWD complain is, SEEMS LIKE THEY KNOW JANJAN BETTER than JANJAN PARENTS! The parents who had brought up this kid, living with him said there was NO CHILD ABUSE. The child was crying bec. of the giant Balingit someting. What is the basis of the complain...HEARSAY? The so called public outcry? It this how they get to the bottom of a child abuse case?
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  • 205  paComment

    04/28/2011 | 01:32 PM
    FOCUS ON THE TOPIC... NOT ON WILLIE, NOT ON NETWORK WAR. The bottomline here is, me CHILD VIOLATION/ABUSE nga ba? Appropriate pa ba na ganito ang makikita ngaun sa mga kabataan ngaun? Pleasant at wala nga bang mali panoorin ang mga ganyang eksena sa TV kahit 'JOKE' lang? Papano nga ba dapat tintrato ang mga bata, ke nasa TV man o wala? Ano ang mapapala sa topic na ito? Malaki kasi ang magiging role ng topic na ito kasi it is publicly known. Mas madali na mas marami ang mabigyan ng kaliwanagan at paalala na kelan nga ba pumapasok ang salitang 'CHILD ABUSE'? At kalampag din sa bawat magulang kung gaano kaimportante ang role ng magulang sa buhay ng 1 bata...
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  • 204  paComment

    04/28/2011 | 01:31 PM
    FOCUS ON THE TOPIC... NOT ON WILLIE, NOT ON NETWORK WAR. When you get out of the Philippines, you'll see how Pinoy are fighting because they're too fanatic, network or TV idols whatsoever. Pinakamalala ngaun is being a Network fanatic. I observed when I get back to Pinas lately, some of my neighbors that are KAPUSONG KAPUSO mula talampakan hanggang puso, will say ang ABS lang naman kasi nagpasimuno nian, si Bianca baduy, khit si Tuesday, etc mga nagtweet na laban kay Willie. Pero pag tinanong ano ba ang eksaktong tinweet? Di naman alam. Nanonood ba ng Wiling-Wili? Hindi naman. Napanood ba ung buong video? Hindi rin. While ung mga full-pledge, true blooded KAPAMILYANG-KAPAMILYA, that are normally anti-Willie will say 'Bakit di pa kasi maboykot ng tuluyan yan si Willie?" etc... At kung ano pang katwiran na obviously mas nakikita mong galit lang ke Willie. And iba pa rin ang mga sinasabi ng mga panatikong PRO-WILLIE... Meron pang magba-butt in ng mga topic about sa mga batang lansangan. The
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  • 203  fritzl_que

    04/28/2011 | 01:18 PM
    Ang hirap d2 sa kaso ni OLOPONG, lahat ng mga pagkakamali nya ABS-CBN ang may sala...Sana nman matuto kang aminin ang iyong pagkakamali...At kahit na yong LAWYER nya wala na lang ibang ituro kundi ang ABS...
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  • 202  batasau

    04/28/2011 | 01:09 PM
    mga maka willie wala ba kayong pakiramdam kung sino-sino pa itinuturo nyo kahit pa anong katwiran nyo naabuso talaga ung bata at dapat lang n managot ung idol nyo!
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  • 201  yanzee

    04/28/2011 | 12:46 PM
    eto na naman, abs-cbn na naman daw ang may pakana ng demanda dito. isama mo na abs-cbn din ang nag utos kay jan-jan sumayaw ng macho dancing... nasa talampakan ata utak ni melody2
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  • 200  she_is_the_man

    04/28/2011 | 12:26 PM
    Masyado nang lumaki ang isyung ito. Sana hindi na lang sumama ang DSWD. Kasi this is happening everywhere, and dahil dito sila nagsimula, akala ng mga fans ni Mr Revillame eh dahil sa kanya kaya lumaki ng ganito ang story na to. Again, the issue is not who was the host or what show it was shown, siguro nga, Willie doesnt know that he is committing child abuse. Kasi I truly believe na hindi ganun ang intention nya, pero again, we should always be aware of what we are doing since we are being shown nation wide. So the first thing that we may need to do is to educate all our tv personalities of the DOs and DONTs on TV. But then again, ignorance of law excuses no one. Malas lang siguro ni Mr Revillame kasi sya ang unang nasampolan. Sana lang hindi ningas kogon at papogi ang ating mga government agencies.
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  • 199  melody2

    04/28/2011 | 12:21 PM
    Ay naku there goes another tactic of ABS-CBN to put W down. What is next kaya. Style B nila.
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  • 198  karlo511

    04/28/2011 | 11:26 AM
    thelastpepbender no.195, At kailan pa naging kasama sa macho dancing ang pag-iyak?Hindi naiyak yong bata dahil sa part yon ng macho dancing, naiyak sya dahil under stress yong bata.At pinanood ko ng buong-buo yong March 12 show na yon ni Willie, ganoon din ang dating,na child abuse talaga yong bata.Mas masahol pa ang dating kapag pinanood mo ng buo yong show.Pagkatapos kasi ng fourth dance noong bata, dapat talaga exit na yong bata.Ang ginawa ni Willie doon sa closing ng segment na yon,pinasayaw pa doon sa top of the round platform yong bata,tinawag yong mga female dancer to get closer to the kid sabay sabi ni Willie ng ng "Beer pa,Beer pa."
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  • 197  karlo511

    04/28/2011 | 11:09 AM
    Kailan pa naging talent ang macho dancing? ang striptease dancing ba talent din yon? Ang pagkakaalam ko ata itong macho dancing at striptease dancing mga adult lang ang nagpi-perform nito para sa mga mature audiences, at ginagawa nila eto exclusively doon sa mga places na mga adult lang ang pwedeng manood katulad ng gay bar at bear house.Ngayon para pasayawin mo ang isang bata ng macho dancing ng paulit-ulit sa isang TV show na pinapanood ng isang buong pamilya kasama na ang mga bata ,masisisi mo ba kung marami ang magkaroon ng negative reaction sa ginawang yon ni Willie.
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  • 196  Tricycleboy

    04/28/2011 | 11:02 AM
    dapat bigyan ng psychological evaluation si willie at you mga followers niya dito,sigurado ko may mga tama sila ...
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  • 195  thelastpepbender

    04/28/2011 | 10:29 AM
    ako HINDI MAKAWILLIE pero kitang kita naman na TALENT PORTION yung show. LAHAT NG BATA NAGPAPAKITA ng TALENTS nila. ANG pinakita ni JANJAN ay PAGSAYAW ng MACHO DANCING NA UMIIYAK. pag pinapaulit yung ibang bata na GAWIN ANG TALENT nila tulad ng PAGKANTA, di naman CHILD ABUSE ang DATING. bakit itong kay JANJAN na pinaulit yung TALENT nya ay isang CHILD ABUSE na??? TALENT PORTION po yan. kasama sa MACHO DANCING ang PAG IYAK. PANOORIN kasi ang BUONG SHOW para alam kung ano nangyayari! nagcocomment lang yung mga BUMABATIKOS kasi di nila alam kung ano talaga ang nangyari!
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  • 194  karlo511

    04/28/2011 | 10:20 AM
    Mabuti na lang hindi si Villar na kandidato ni Willie ang nanalong presidente. Kung nagkataon, ang DSWD under a Villar presidency ay magbubulag-bulagan sa ginawang pag-child abuse kay Janjan na katulad din ng mga panatiko ni Willie na hanggang ngayon ay in denial pa rin sa maling ginawa ni Willie doon sa bata.
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