Trixie Cruz-Angeles
Rose Beatrix Cruz-Angeles[1] is a Filipino lawyer and vlogger who is the Secretary-designate of the Presidential Communications Operations Office.
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.[2]
Career
Government
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.[3]
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 once Marcos assume the presidency.[3]
Legal career
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.[4] Menorca on his part was allegedly detained by his church at the height of a leadership controversy in 2015.[5]
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
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 of DWIZ.[3]
She was a publisher for the website Politiko and a columnist at Philippine Daily Inquirer.[2]
She was also a lecturer at the Ateneo de Manila University and the Institute for Cultural and Arts Management[2]
References
- ^ a b c Torres-Tupas, Tetch (9 August 2016). "Ex-Magdalo counsel, another lawyer slapped with 3-year suspension". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ^ a b c Parrocha, Azer (25 May 2022). "Lawyer, vlogger Trixie Cruz-Angeles named Marcos' press secretary". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ^ a b c Patag, Kristine Joy (25 May 2022). "Lawyer, vlogger Trixie Cruz-Angeles appointed as Palace press secretary". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ^ "Lawyer defends Faeldon, other Magdalo men's decision to stay on trial". GMA News. 11 June 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ^ Alcober, Neil (21 March 2016). "Ex-INC minister still a no-show in hearing". The Manila Times. Retrieved 19 June 2022.