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JOINT COUNTER-AFFIDAVIT
2. Rufina Caliwan known as “Pining” and Purita Limpio are lying under
oath because (1) despite the loud noise coming from the house of Pining, I
never went out from our house on September 4, 2014 and that (2) on the same
night, it was Pining who defamed, slandered, and threatened me as heard and
witnessed by our neighbors;
3. Rufina Caliwan alias Pining is known for her notoriety in our place;
for several instances we have seen her going home with different men, and
there was one instance when she was scandalized by the wife of one of her
men when the wife caught her husband leaving the house of Pining at around
6:00 o’clock in the morning, we are aware of this as we were outside our house
during the incident happened and I (Mario) was the one who pacified the wife
to refrain from making further scandal on the neighborhood. Pining used to
bring friends and drink outside her house whether or not there is a special
occasion and late at night when they get drunk they make a lot of noise and
sometimes her friends would run and shout on the street, waking up the whole
neighborhood;
12. Despite her attacks, I (Ofelia) saw Rhodora laying on the floor in
fetal position, protecting herself from the blows of Pining until Pining was
pulled away by the Barangay Officials;
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13. Thereafter, I (Ofelia) brought Rhodora Pasilona to Corazon Locsin
Montelibano Memorial Hospital to seek medical attendance for the injuries
she sustained;
14. Attached are the affidavits of our witnesses to expose the lies of
Rufina Caliwan and Purita Limpio;
NAME NAME
Affiant Affiant
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
CITY OF ILOILO )S.S.
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COUNTER AFFIDAVIT
2. That Rufina Caliwan alias “Pining” and Purita Limpio are blatantly
lying under oath because (1) I and Mrs. Ofelia Ocampo never went out of the
house on the evening of September 4, 2014, that (2) on the said night, it was
Pining who uttered slanderous and threatening threats as witnessed and heard
by her guests and our neighbors, and that (3) it was in fact Pining who defamed
and assaulted me as witnessed by the barangay officials of Barangay
Malinong Village;
3. That I am working asa house helper of the spouses Mario and Ofelia
Ocampo for almost 5 years;
2. Rufina Caliwan is known for her ungainly reputation and for several
time, I have seen her going home with different men and I even witnessed an
incident early in the morning where she was confronted by a woman claiming
to be the wife of the man that was with her;
4. That on the same day, despite the noise and disturbance caused by
the loud noise, I noticed that Ma’am Ofelia Ocampo remained silent;
5. That at around 10:30 o’clock in the evening of the same day, I was
already in my room when I heard someone is shouting outside, I suddenly
went out of my room to peep on the window, I saw Rufina and 3 other people
standing outside her house, facing towards the direction of our house, while
she was uttering slanderous and threatening words in Tagalog Dialect which
runs like these, “HOY BUMABA KAYONG LAHAT DYAN. ANONG
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GUSTO NIYO, BARILAN O BUGBUGAN? TAMA ANG SABI NI
DAHLIA MGA INGGETERA KAYO. MGA PANGIT KAYO. MGA
PUTANG INA NIYO. MASAMA ANG MGA UGALI NIYO. BUKAS
PAGLABAS NIYO PAGPAPATAYIN KO KAYO”, which when translated
into English it runs like these, “Hey, all of you get down from there. What do
you want, shooting or mangling? What Dahlia said is true that all of you are
envious. You are all ugly. You sons of bitches. You are all ill-mannered.
Tomorrow, when you go out, I will kill you” referring to all of us inside the
house, these slanderous and threatening words were uttered by Rufina in the
middle of the night and in the presence of her guest,and heard and witnessed
by the neighborhood;
6. That after shouting foul words and throwing threats, Pining went
inside her house with her friends and Ma’am Ofelia called the Barangay to
report the incident;
8. While we were inside the barangay hall, Pining was very aggressive
and loud and from time to time she was forcefully pounding the table as
witnessed by the barangay officials;
9. At around 12:00 o’clock noon of the same day, after the proceeding
in the barangay and while I and Ma’am Ofelia were about to go home, Rufina
Caliwan rushed towards me and punched my jaw on the left side, I felt dizzy
and fell to the groundwherein she kept on throwing blows at me while uttering
defamatory the words in Tagalog dialect which are, “tarantada, putangina mo.
Hayop kang bat aka!” which means, “Idiot, son of a bitch. You kid, you’re an
animal!” referring to me, the incident and these defamatory words were
uttered by Pining and heard and witnessed by the Barangay Officials who
were present during the entire incident;
11. Because of the acts of Pining, I have felt humiliated and sustained
injuries my face and my elbow;
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NAME
Affiant
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
CITY OF ILOILO )S.S.
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AFFIDAVIT
4.After her occupancy of the house, I noticed that Rufina Caliwan has
had many visitors and guests with her.In the evening, she seldom went home
without bringing friends and they would usually stay up late at night in her
front yard and drink alcoholic liquors;
8. On the evening of that day at around 8:00 o’clock, there was still loud
music and noise from Rufina’s house, I was already disturbed for I was
already tired and sleepy, however, I forced myself to bed;
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9. At about 10:30 of the same evening, I was again awakened by the
noise coming outside,I turned on the lights and I peeped to the window, this
time, I saw Rufina and her friends standing outside her house, apparently
drunk again, facing the house of Mr. and Mrs. Ocampo, in the middle of her
words, I heard Rufina uttering, “Putanginaniyo…Pagpapatayinko kayo…”,
which when translated would me, “Sons of a bitch, I will kill you”, looking
towards the house of the Ocampos;
10. After her fiasco, Rufina and her friends went inside her house, Mr.
and Mrs. Ocampo did not come out of the house, nor was there any response
from them.
NAME
Affiant
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