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{{Short description|Former press secretary of the Philippines (born 1965)}}
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| birth_name = Rose Beatrix Laviña Cruz<ref name="ex-magdalo">{{cite news |last1=Torres-Tupas |first1=Tetch |title=Ex-Magdalo counsel, another lawyer slapped with 3-year suspension |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/804545/trixie |access-date=19 June 2022 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=9 August 2016 |language=en}}</ref>
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'''Rose Beatrix''' "'''Trixie'''" '''Laviña Cruz-Angeles''' (born March 29, 1965) is a Filipino lawyer and [[vlogger]] who served as [[Press Secretary (Philippines)|Press Secretary]] of the [[Philippines]] from June 30, 2022, until October 4, 2022.<ref name="cnn-1">{{Cite news |title=Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles quits due to health reasons |url=https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2022/10/4/Press-Secretary-Trixie-Cruz-Angeles-resigns-health-reasons.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004082848/https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2022/10/4/Press-Secretary-Trixie-Cruz-Angeles-resigns-health-reasons.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 4, 2022 |date=October 4, 2022 |access-date=October 4, 2022 |website=cnnphilippines.com |publisher=CNN Philippines}}</ref>
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'''Rose Beatrix Cruz-Angeles'''<ref name="ex-magdalo">{{cite news |last1=Torres-Tupas |first1=Tetch |title=Ex-Magdalo counsel, another lawyer slapped with 3-year suspension |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/804545/trixie |access-date=19 June 2022 |work=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=9 August 2016 |language=en}}</ref> is a Filipino lawyer and [[vlogger]] who is the [[Secretary of the Presidential Communications Operations Office|Secretary-designate]] of the [[Presidential Communications Group|Presidential Communications Operations Office]].


==Education==
==Education==
Cruz-Angeles attended the University of the Philippines (UP) where she obtained a law degree in 1997. As of 2022, she is also pursuing an international relations degree at the [[University of Minnesota]] in the United States and a master's degree in archeology in UP.<ref name=pna1>{{cite news |last1=Parrocha |first1=Azer |title=Lawyer, vlogger Trixie Cruz-Angeles named Marcos’ press secretary |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1175195 |access-date=19 June 2022 |agency=Philippine News Agency |date=25 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
Cruz-Angeles attended the [[University of the Philippines]] (UP) where she obtained a law degree in 1997. As of 2022, she is also pursuing an international relations degree at the [[University of Minnesota]] in the United States and a master's degree in archeology in UP.<ref name=pna1>{{cite news |last1=Parrocha |first1=Azer |title=Lawyer, vlogger Trixie Cruz-Angeles named Marcos' press secretary |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1175195 |access-date=19 June 2022 |work=Philippine News Agency |date=25 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
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From July 2017 to 2018, Cruz-Angeles was part of the [[Presidential Communications Group|Presidential Communications Operations Office]] (PCOO) as a social media strategist during the administration of President [[Rodrigo Duterte]].<ref name="philstar-1">{{cite news |last1=Patag |first1=Kristine Joy |title=Lawyer, vlogger Trixie Cruz-Angeles appointed as Palace press secretary |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/05/25/2183596/lawyer-trixie-cruz-angeles-appointed-palace-press-secretary |access-date=19 June 2022 |work=The Philippine Star |date=25 May 2022}}</ref>
From July 2017 to 2018, Cruz-Angeles was part of the [[Presidential Communications Group|Presidential Communications Operations Office]] (PCOO) as a social media strategist during the administration of President [[Rodrigo Duterte]].<ref name="philstar-1">{{cite news |last1=Patag |first1=Kristine Joy |title=Lawyer, vlogger Trixie Cruz-Angeles appointed as Palace press secretary |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/05/25/2183596/lawyer-trixie-cruz-angeles-appointed-palace-press-secretary |access-date=19 June 2022 |work=The Philippine Star |date=25 May 2022}}</ref>


Cruz-Angeles is set to return to the PCOO when she was designated by President-elect [[Bongbong Marcos]] to lead the communications body as its [[Secretary of the Presidential Communications Operations Office|Secretary]] once Marcos assume the presidency.<ref name="philstar-1"/>
Cruz-Angeles is set to return to the PCOO when she was designated by President-elect [[Bongbong Marcos]] to lead the communications body as the [[Press Secretary (Philippines)|Press Secretary]] once Marcos assume the presidency.<ref name="philstar-1"/>


The appointment was despite her being a former critic of the [[Marcos family]], remarking how no member has been made accountable of a crime after the [[People Power Revolution]] of 1986. She has also called for the imprisonment of former [[First Lady of the Philippines|First Lady]] [[Imelda Marcos]] to be jailed in 2013 and justice for the [[Assassination of Benigno Aquino Jr.|assassination of]] [[Benigno Aquino Jr.]] She acknowledged that her stance towards the Marcoses has changed.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Maralit |first1=Kristina |title=Marcoses' critic then, now BBM press chief |url=https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/05/28/news/national/marcoses-critic-then-now-bbm-press-chief/1845306 |access-date=19 June 2022 |work=The Manila Times |date=28 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Madarang |first1=Catalina Ricci |title=Why old tweets of next press secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles are reappearing |url=https://interaksyon.philstar.com/politics-issues/2022/05/26/218166/press-secretary-trixie-cruz-angeles-tweets/ |access-date=19 June 2022 |work=Interaksyon |date=26 May 2022}}</ref>
The appointment was despite her being a former critic of the [[Marcos family]], remarking how no member has been made accountable of a crime after the [[People Power Revolution]] of 1986. She has also called for the imprisonment of former [[First Lady of the Philippines|First Lady]] [[Imelda Marcos]] to be jailed in 2013 and justice for the [[Assassination of Benigno Aquino Jr.|assassination of]] [[Benigno Aquino Jr.]] She acknowledged that her stance towards the Marcoses has changed.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Maralit |first1=Kristina |title=Marcoses' critic then, now BBM press chief |url=https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/05/28/news/national/marcoses-critic-then-now-bbm-press-chief/1845306 |access-date=19 June 2022 |work=The Manila Times |date=28 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Madarang |first1=Catalina Ricci |title=Why old tweets of next press secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles are reappearing |url=https://interaksyon.philstar.com/politics-issues/2022/05/26/218166/press-secretary-trixie-cruz-angeles-tweets/ |access-date=19 June 2022 |work=Interaksyon |date=26 May 2022}}</ref>

Cruz-Angeles had resigned from her post on October 4, 2022, citing health reasons, only having served 96 days as press secretary.<ref name="cnn-1"/><ref name="philstar-2">{{Cite web |last=Gregorio |first=Xave |title=Trixie Cruz-Angeles, Vic Rodriguez out from Malacañang |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/10/04/2212861/trixie-cruz-angeles-vic-rodriguez-out-malacaang |access-date=2022-10-05 |website=Philstar.com}}</ref> She was replaced by Atty. [[Cheloy Garafil]] as the Officer-in-Charge and eventually as full-fledged Chief of the Presidential Communications Office.


===Legal career===
===Legal career===
As a lawyer, Cruz-Angeles had members of the [[Magdalo Group|Magdalo Group]] and former [[Iglesia ni Cristo]] worker [[Lowell Menorca II|Lowell Menorca]] as among her high-profile clients.<ref name="ex-magdalo"/> She defended the Magdalo Group for their involvement a [[Coup d'état|coup d'état]] attempt against the administration of President [[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo]] in the [[Oakwood mutiny]] in 2003.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lawyer defends Faeldon, other Magdalo men's decision to stay on trial |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/100476/lawyer-defends-faeldon-other-magdalo-men-s-decision-to-stay-on-trial/story/ |access-date=19 June 2022 |work=GMA News |date=11 June 2008 |language=en}}</ref> Menorca on his part was allegedly detained by his church at the height of a [[2015 Iglesia ni Cristo leadership controversy|leadership controversy]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Alcober |first1=Neil |title=Ex-INC minister still a no-show in hearing |url=https://www.manilatimes.net/2016/03/21/news/national/ex-inc-minister-still-a-no-show-in-hearing/251932 |access-date=19 June 2022 |work=The Manila Times |date=21 March 2016 |language=en}}</ref>
As a lawyer, Cruz-Angeles had members of the [[Magdalo Group]] and former [[Iglesia ni Cristo]] worker [[Lowell Menorca II|Lowell Menorca]] as among her high-profile clients.<ref name="ex-magdalo"/> She defended the Magdalo Group for their involvement a [[coup d'état]] attempt against the administration of President [[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo]] in the [[Oakwood mutiny]] in 2003.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lawyer defends Faeldon, other Magdalo men's decision to stay on trial |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/100476/lawyer-defends-faeldon-other-magdalo-men-s-decision-to-stay-on-trial/story/ |access-date=19 June 2022 |work=GMA News |date=11 June 2008 |language=en}}</ref> Menorca on his part was allegedly detained by his church at the height of a [[2015 Iglesia ni Cristo leadership controversy|leadership controversy]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Alcober |first1=Neil |title=Ex-INC minister still a no-show in hearing |url=https://www.manilatimes.net/2016/03/21/news/national/ex-inc-minister-still-a-no-show-in-hearing/251932 |access-date=19 June 2022 |work=The Manila Times |date=21 March 2016 |language=en}}</ref>


In 2016, the [[Supreme Court of the Philippines]] imposed a suspension against her for three years for violating the Code of Professional Responsibility. A client sued her for failing to process his [[Annulment (Catholic Church)|annulment]] case despite payment of legal fees. Cruz-Angeles maintained she was not remiss in fulfilling her duties adding that the client failed to provide the address of his estranged wife and present sufficient evidence.<ref name="ex-magdalo"/>
In 2016, the [[Supreme Court of the Philippines]] imposed a suspension against her for three years for violating the Code of Professional Responsibility. A client sued her for failing to process his [[Annulment (Catholic Church)|annulment]] case despite payment of legal fees. Cruz-Angeles maintained she was not remiss in fulfilling her duties adding that the client failed to provide the address of his estranged wife and present sufficient evidence.<ref name="ex-magdalo"/>


===Other===
===Other===
Cruz-Angeles is a [[vlogger]]. She maintains the vlog "Luminous by Trixie Cruz-Angeles & Ahmed Paglinawan” which has 406,000 followers in [[Facebook]] and more than 85,000 subscribers. She is also a host in the radio program ''[[Karambola (radio program)|Karambola]]'' of [[DWIZ]].<ref name="philstar-1"/>
Cruz-Angeles is a [[vlogger]]. She maintains the vlog "Luminous by Trixie Cruz-Angeles & Ahmed Paglinawan” which has 406,000 followers in [[Facebook]] and more than 100,000 subscribers in YouTube. She was also a host in the radio program ''[[Karambola (radio program)|Karambola]]'' on [[DWIZ-AM|DWIZ]] from 2018 to May 2022.<ref name="philstar-1"/>


On February 3, 2024, during her livestream, she confirmed that she was removed from ''Karambola'' without disclosing the reason.
She was a publisher for the website [[Politiko (website)|Politiko]] and a columnist at [[Philippine Daily Inquirer]].<ref name=pna1/>


She was also a lecturer at the Ateneo de Manila University and the Institute for Cultural and Arts Management.<ref name=pna1/>
She was a publisher for the website [[Politiko (website)|Politiko]] and a columnist at the ''[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]]''. She was also a lecturer at the [[Ateneo de Manila University]] and the Institute for Cultural and Arts Management.<ref name=pna1/>


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Latest revision as of 14:32, 17 November 2024

In this Philippine name for married women, the birth middle name or maternal family name is Laviña, the birth surname or paternal family name is Cruz, and the marital name is Angeles.
Atty. Trixie Cruz-Angeles
Cruz Angeles in 2022
Press Secretary
Ad interim
In office
June 30, 2022 – October 4, 2022
PresidentBongbong Marcos
Preceded byMartin Andanar (PCOO Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson)
Succeeded byCheloy Garafil (Officer in Charge)
Personal details
Born
Rose Beatrix Laviña Cruz[1]

(1965-03-29) March 29, 1965 (age 59)
Manila, Philippines
Nationality Philippines
Alma materUniversity of the Philippines Diliman (A.B,LL.B)
ProfessionLawyer
Vlogger

Rose Beatrix "Trixie" Laviña Cruz-Angeles (born March 29, 1965) is a Filipino lawyer and vlogger who served as Press Secretary of the Philippines from June 30, 2022, until October 4, 2022.[2]

Education

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Cruz-Angeles attended the University of the Philippines (UP) where she obtained a law degree in 1997. As of 2022, she is also pursuing an international relations degree at the University of Minnesota in the United States and a master's degree in archeology in UP.[3]

Career

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Government

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From July 2017 to 2018, Cruz-Angeles was part of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) as a social media strategist during the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte.[4]

Cruz-Angeles is set to return to the PCOO when she was designated by President-elect Bongbong Marcos to lead the communications body as the Press Secretary once Marcos assume the presidency.[4]

The appointment was despite her being a former critic of the Marcos family, remarking how no member has been made accountable of a crime after the People Power Revolution of 1986. She has also called for the imprisonment of former First Lady Imelda Marcos to be jailed in 2013 and justice for the assassination of Benigno Aquino Jr. She acknowledged that her stance towards the Marcoses has changed.[5][6]

Cruz-Angeles had resigned from her post on October 4, 2022, citing health reasons, only having served 96 days as press secretary.[2][7] She was replaced by Atty. Cheloy Garafil as the Officer-in-Charge and eventually as full-fledged Chief of the Presidential Communications Office.

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As a lawyer, Cruz-Angeles had members of the Magdalo Group and former Iglesia ni Cristo worker Lowell Menorca as among her high-profile clients.[1] She defended the Magdalo Group for their involvement a coup d'état attempt against the administration of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in the Oakwood mutiny in 2003.[8] Menorca on his part was allegedly detained by his church at the height of a leadership controversy in 2015.[9]

In 2016, the Supreme Court of the Philippines imposed a suspension against her for three years for violating the Code of Professional Responsibility. A client sued her for failing to process his annulment case despite payment of legal fees. Cruz-Angeles maintained she was not remiss in fulfilling her duties adding that the client failed to provide the address of his estranged wife and present sufficient evidence.[1]

Other

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Cruz-Angeles is a vlogger. She maintains the vlog "Luminous by Trixie Cruz-Angeles & Ahmed Paglinawan” which has 406,000 followers in Facebook and more than 100,000 subscribers in YouTube. She was also a host in the radio program Karambola on DWIZ from 2018 to May 2022.[4]

On February 3, 2024, during her livestream, she confirmed that she was removed from Karambola without disclosing the reason.

She was a publisher for the website Politiko and a columnist at the Philippine Daily Inquirer. She was also a lecturer at the Ateneo de Manila University and the Institute for Cultural and Arts Management.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Torres-Tupas, Tetch (August 9, 2016). "Ex-Magdalo counsel, another lawyer slapped with 3-year suspension". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles quits due to health reasons". cnnphilippines.com. CNN Philippines. October 4, 2022. Archived from the original on October 4, 2022. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
  3. ^ a b Parrocha, Azer (May 25, 2022). "Lawyer, vlogger Trixie Cruz-Angeles named Marcos' press secretary". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  4. ^ a b c Patag, Kristine Joy (May 25, 2022). "Lawyer, vlogger Trixie Cruz-Angeles appointed as Palace press secretary". The Philippine Star. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  5. ^ Maralit, Kristina (May 28, 2022). "Marcoses' critic then, now BBM press chief". The Manila Times. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  6. ^ Madarang, Catalina Ricci (May 26, 2022). "Why old tweets of next press secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles are reappearing". Interaksyon. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  7. ^ Gregorio, Xave. "Trixie Cruz-Angeles, Vic Rodriguez out from Malacañang". Philstar.com. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
  8. ^ "Lawyer defends Faeldon, other Magdalo men's decision to stay on trial". GMA News. June 11, 2008. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  9. ^ Alcober, Neil (March 21, 2016). "Ex-INC minister still a no-show in hearing". The Manila Times. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
Political offices
Preceded by Press Secretary
2022 		Succeeded byas Secretary of the Presidential Communications Office
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