Rodel Masigan Batocabe was a Filipino lawyer, politician, and member of the Ako Bicol Political Party.
19 Facts About Rodel Batocabe
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Rodel Batocabe was first elected to House of Representatives of the Philippines in 2010, an office he held until his death and was the first sitting member of the House of Representatives to be killed during the administration of Rodrigo Duterte, but he was the 21st Filipino official to be murdered since Duterte's tenure began in 2016.
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Rodel Masigan Batocabe was born on April 25,1966 in Daraga, Albay.
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Rodel Batocabe was born eldest among three children to parents from a working class background to Justino De Leon Batocabe, a sanitary inspector who worked for the Municipality of Daraga and Natividad Masigan an elementary public school teacher.
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Rodel Batocabe's mother enrolled him at the Legazpi City's prestigious Benedictine School St Agnes Academy just adjacent to their hometown Municipality of Daraga completing elementary and graduating with the award in Best in Social Studies in 1978.
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The next four years saw the transformation of Rodel Batocabe into a student in pursuit of academic excellence as he was an active student leader and a consistent scholar graduating class valedictorian in 1982.
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Rodel Batocabe then received his law degree from the University of the Philippines College of Law in 1991 being awarded the Most Outstanding Law Intern in the same year and passing the bar exam in 1992.
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Rodel Batocabe has a master's degree in public administration from the University of the Philippines Diliman.
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Rodel Batocabe started his legal career as the Associate Partner for the Chavez Laureta and Associates Law Offices.
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Rodel Batocabe became part of the firm had been known for its courageous and zealous advocacy of the causes of its clients.
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Rodel Batocabe was mentored for four years by two outstanding UP alumni, the late former Solicitor General, Atty Francisco "Frank" Chavez and Atty.
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Rodel Batocabe became the firms managing partner and his primary assignment was civic works with secondary on corporate litigations, power generation, telecommunications, environmental law, and corporate special projects.
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Rodel Batocabe spearheaded the relief operations along with his colleagues, even chartered a commercial plane to send relief goods to Legazpi City.
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Rodel Batocabe rejuvenated the role of the private sectors in disaster work that included rescue, retrieval and relief missions.
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Rodel Batocabe started the Tarabangan Tugang and led its first regional relief program outside Albay province when Mt.
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Rodel Batocabe led relief efforts to help Metro Manila cities devastated by Typhoon Ondoy in 2009 bringing with him 30 vehicles of donations and equipment.
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In 2018 Rodel Batocabe announced his candidacy for mayor of Daraga for the May 2019 general elections.
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Rodel Batocabe would have challenged incumbent Carlwyn Baldo, who was seeking re-election.
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On December 22,2018, Rodel Batocabe was attending a gift giving event for senior citizens in Barangay Burgos Daraga.