Re-electionist Senator Richard J. Gordon is elated upon learning of the release of Dr. Maria Natividad “Naty” Castro. Castro, according to Gordon, is a brilliant and humane physician, who was detained ‘’illegally and held incommunicado, breaking the safeguards posed by the...
Malacañang on Tuesday, Feb. 22, denied that the arrest of Dr. Natividad "Doc Naty" Castro is a case of red-tagging as the arrest warrant was issued by the local court and "proper procedures" were followed in the case. Dr. Naty Castro (Photo courtesy of UP College of Medicine class 1995) In a...
Vice-presidential aspirant Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan emphasized that doctors in the country should be honored instead of being detained for nonsensical charges. Senator Francis 'Kiko' Pangilinan (Photo courtesy of the KIKO-LENI 2022) Pangilinan made the statement following the arrest of Dr....
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) defended on Monday, Feb. 21, the police officers who served the warrant of arrest issued by the Bayugan City Regional Trial Court (RTC) against Dr. Natividad Castro. DILG Secretary Eduardo M. Año questioned the arguments of PNP’s...
Two health workers' groups and batchmates of Dr. Natividad "Naty" Castro called for her release, flagging concerns on the doctor's whereabouts after her arrest. Dr. Naty Castro (Photo courtesy of UP College of Medicine class 1995) Authorities arrested Castro, 53, on Friday, Feb. 18, in her home in...
Senator Kiko Pangilinan on Saturday, Feb. 19 condemned the arrest of a 53-year-old physician working as a health worker in Mindanao after she was accused of being a member of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA). Dr. Maria Natividad Castro (Photo courtesy of PNP-PIO)...
