Angel of Death, LUIS, Armand and Angel: Judge Florentino Floro, Prophet and Visionary

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Philippine Mystic Dwarfs LUIS, Armand and Angel Meet Healing and Psychic Judge Florentino Floro

World-Famous Mystic Judge Florentino Floro meets Philippines Dwarves LUIS, Armand and Angel: Angel of Death Judge Florentino Floro is a Filipino Martyr, National Hero and the Planet's only living canonized Patron Saint of Psychotic Justices, Judges and Crab Mentality Pinoys - The Greatest Story of Friendship Ever Told

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24/7-endless dancing, giggling, rejoicing, jumping of Judge Floro-LUIS, Armand & Angel when loved ones of his enemies, Biblically cursed corrupt Philippine lawyers, journalists, Justices, Judges and government officers, suffer dire illnesses, massive strokes, spinal-other nerve disorders, car-fire-motorcycle accidents, including slow & painful-horrible deaths-suicides

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FOREWORD

Justice William W. Bedsworth, California Court of Appeal, shows off some "roughage" from his salad."

“My hat's off to former-Judge Florentino Floro and his ... uh ... staff.”

Associate Justice, California Fourth District Court of Appeals

William W. Bedsworth, Associate Justice4 was born in Long Beach, California on November 21, 1947, and grew up in Gardena. For the first time in his life and career, he created a law blog, and this is because, he found the case of Judge Floro, GREATEST, as far as the American Constitution and Judicial Department are concerned. HIS Blog is reproduced herein as FOREWORD of the 3 dwarfs' and mystic Judge’s 2009 second Book, thusly:

Judge Floro is faster than the greatest thoroughbred due to the VIOLET lights of LUIS which repeatedly strike at the main vessels of all his enemies

“Judges and Dwarfs Don't Mix -

"The prospect of judges being removed because of their personal belief systems is anathema to all of us.”

“Judges are, by and large, not the flamingos of the justice swamp. Present company excluded, we tend to be temperate, conservative and ... well, judicious. I've been watching this system for 35 years. Every quarter the Judicial Conduct Reporter lands on my desk and I put aside whatever I'm working on to read it. Talk about psychotherapy. Usually the Judicial Conduct Reporters have a theme.

Usually it's sexual harassment. Sexual harassment seems to be the judicial equivalent of the common cold. But there are other themes: bullying people, inappropriate gifts, ill-advised charitable activities.

Courts of Appeal, 4th District, Division Three The Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three, is located at 601 W. Santa Ana Blvd. in Santa Ana and may be reached by airplane, train, bus or car.

One of my favorites was "Judicial Road Rage." This was a collection of guys who didn't just yell at another motorist or flip them off, but had them arrested. These people actually sent their bailiffs out, or called the sheriff, and had motorists whose driving offended them tossed into the hoosegow. Not just one guy who did that, several of them! A gaggle!

3 dwarves of Judge Floro eternally guard his enemies, detractors and persecutors, awaiting the latters' painful deaths.

At the risk of sounding provincial, most of these do not involve California judges. Whether it reflects strong moral fiber or mere lack of imagination, our judges don't seem as prone to things like making decisions by flipping a coin (summer 2003) or falsely claiming to have won the Medal of Honor (summer 1995). Nor do we talk to imaginary mystic dwarfs. Yep. That's what it says: imaginary mystic dwarfs.

Until today, I would not have considered my lack of involvement with imaginary mystic dwarfs a great achievement. Until today, I would not have understood it as a compliment if someone said, "I've got some issues with Bedsworth; about the best thing I can say about him is he doesn't talk to imaginary mystic dwarfs." But today I found out the mystic dwarf thing is grounds for removal of a judge in the Philippines.

The California Court of Appeals Justice, writer, humorist, sports lover and NHL goal judge, who may just be the funniest jurist in the land, stops by LawCrossing this week to collect his Law Star.

According to Reuters, "A Philippine judge who claimed he could see into the future and admitted consulting imaginary mystic dwarfs has asked for his job back after being sacked by the country's Supreme Court."

Wow. I'm too old to use the word "awesome," but I just don't know how else to describe that. As judicial flameouts go, that's Krakatoa.

My hat's off to former-Judge Florentino Floro and his ... uh ... staff.

This beats the hell out of anything the Judicial Conduct Reporter's come up with lately. And I just love it. I love it because it appeared when I was right up against my deadline. I love it because it makes me feel superior.

I love it because I've never previously gotten to type the phrase "imaginary mystic dwarfs." And I love it because the guy is APPEALING!

Judge Floro's 3 Duendes

As near as I can determine, he's making this out to be a freedom of religion issue. He says, "They should not have dismissed me for what I believed." Certainly, I can sympathize with that position.

The prospect of judges being removed because of their personal belief systems is anathema to all of us.

But I think once it's established that you, "told investigators that three mystic dwarfs — Armand, Luis and Angel — helped you carry out healing sessions during breaks in chambers," you gotta expect to trudge through a little grief.

Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three, Dwarf Fortress of Justice William W. Bedsworth The $25.6-million courthouse was built to unify two separate court buildings and provide additional court services within its three stories.

I mean, these aren't just your ordinary, garden-variety, run-of-the-mill imaginary mystic dwarfs. These are imaginary mystic healing dwarfs! You gotta expect the local bar to be a little leery when you tell 'em, "Counsel, I regret that I cannot grant your motion. But if you'll just step into chambers, me and Luis and Armand will use our mystic powers to cure that arthritic knee of yours."

You've especially gotta expect it if you're able to see into the future. Reuters doesn't elaborate on just what the judge could see in the future — or whether Armand, Luis and Angel were not only mystic and therapeutic, but precognitive as well — but I'm not sure saying you can see into the future requires much elaboration. Certainly it made Judge Floro's future pretty clear.

The Devil is carefully watching Judge Floro's enemies endlessly hoping that his detractors and persecutors will reunite with the Supreme Court Justices who are now domesticated in Hades

I have no doubt that if I had told ANY of the lawyers who appeared before me, EVER, that me and the mystic healing dwarfs were gonna cure a little deafness and then go out for a run over the lunch hour and that when we returned we'd have the name of next year's Preakness winner, Davies would have docked me some points. Certainly the Philippine Supreme Court thinks it lowers your score. Although they were very diplomatic about it. According to Reuters, "The Supreme Court said it was not within its expertise to conclude that Floro was insane, but agreed with the court clinic's finding that he was psychotic."

LUIS' castle is more majestic and serene than Broadway Tower, Cotswolds, England.

I'm not sure just what distinction they were drawing here. They may have been saying, "We're not psychiatrists, so we can't say he's gone stark, staring loony tunes on us, but we certainly agree with the doctors who said it." Or they may have concluded that, in today's world, one psychosis hardly differentiates you from the rest of society; it takes at least two or three to qualify for a diagnosis of insanity.

Either way, they confiscated his robe and his ruby slippers and fined him $780.10 And, mirabile dictu, Judge Floro is appealing. I don't have a clue who to. Who do you appeal to after the Philippine Supreme Court disrobes you?

Seems to me, you and the dwarfs have pretty much topped out when you lose in your nation's supreme court. I can't really see The Hague taking this one on. But Judge Floro has vowed an appeal, and, since he can see into the future, I have to assume it's gonna come to pass.

And I'm not about to take a chance that I might miss the outcome of this saga. I'm going online as soon as I finish writing this to subscribe to the Philippine Judicial Conduct Quarterly. Then I'm gonna contact the dwarfs and see if they can do anything about my putting.” - Monday, June 12, 2006 at 18:01”

Judge Floro-LUIS' horses in "Enchanted" Kingdom are more beautiful than horses on Bianditz mountain, in Navarre, Spain with the Aiako mountains

Judges and Dwarfs Don't Mix; Comments

Justice Beds received a Bachelor's Degree (cum laude) from Loyola University of Los Angeles in 1968 and his Juris Doctorate from the University of California at Berkeley (Boalt Hall) in 1971. In 1986, he was elected to an open seat on the Orange County Superior Court. He was re-elected in 1992, and in February 1997, he was appointed to the Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division 3 by Governor Pete Wilson. He was elected to that position in 1998 (term expires 2010). In addition to law review articles, he has published a great deal in the lay press, most recently in Sierra and Coast magazines. His award-winning monthly humor column, "A Criminal Waste of Space," is nationally syndicated and self-described as the most aptly named feature of the dozen legal publications in which it appears.

His second book, A Criminal Waste of Time (American Lawyer Media Publications), has just been published, and he is a sought-after public speaker. Justice Bedsworth lives in Laguna Beach with his wife Kelly, 16-year-old daughter Caitlin, and three cats. Justice Bedsworth has been a member of the adjunct faculties of both Western State University College of Law and Chapman University School of Law, as well as the California Judicial College in Berkeley, and the Board of Advisors of Whittier Law School.

They have stolen Judge Floro's gavel, books and everything

He has also served on the Board of Directors of the National Conference of Christians and Jews and Fair Share 502 (a charity whose 10 members have raised almost a million dollars for homeless children since 1993). He was the Hispanic Bar Association's Judge of the Year in 1997. In addition to law review articles, he has published a great deal in the lay press, most recently in Sierra and Coast magazines. His award-winning monthly humor column, "A Criminal Waste of Space," is nationally syndicated and self-described as the most aptly named feature of the dozen legal publications in which it appears. His second book, A Criminal Waste of Time (American Lawyer Media Publications), has just been published, and he is a sought-after public speaker.5

William W. Bedsworth, william.bedsworth@jud.ca.gov
Associate Justice, California Fourth District Court of Appeals

Chief Justice Florentino Floro, Dwarf Supreme Justice LUIS, Associate Justices Armand and Angel are more brilliant than Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States

AUTHOR’S FOREWORD

A.J. + P.M
[Ad Jesum Per Mariam]

LUCES VIDEO

Judge Floro's parents Milagros Geronimo Velasquez and Florentino Carreon Floro, 1952

I first saw the light at 1:00 a.m. of November 5, 1953. [My mother first saw the light on December 5, 1925, and she last saw it on December 5, 1995].

From November 5, 1953 until June 3, 1983, our 3 mystic friends always guided me and my brother Robert, as both of us were gifted and destined to see the lights [of or among 90 Million Filipinos], bestowed by LUIS.

Calvario, Meycauayan, Bulacan, Philippines, Asia, Cemetery: October 30, 2007

The parents of Judge Florentino V. Floro: Florentino Carreon Floro, Sr. and Milagros Geronimo Velasquez

It was on June 2, 1983, that they whispered the sounds to Robert. Having fervently prayed to have a glimpse of these lights, I was especially privileged to have seen them/their lights (for split second, only) on March 1, 1986. Thereafter, I hoped and dreamed to see the lights. It was exactly on March 1, 1996, that I was chosen to have their lights (on my 42nd year, and on the 12th year, from their first whisper to Robert).

The Covenant-Dalliance on March 1, 1996

On June 2, 1983, LUIS, Armand and Angel first appeared to Robert V. Floro (mild retarded due to wrong medicines prescribed by Dra. Arguelles to Milagros Floro during pregnancy, 1965), at the night wake of deceased Florentino Floro, Sr., who peacefully died at the age of 79.

Electromagnetic Spectrum

Mystic Violet Lights

Angels

The Original handwriting account by Judge Floro of the First Friday, March 1, 1996 appearance and eternal covenant of LUIS, Armand and Angel

Without any illness, Florentino Floro, Sr. died just of cardiac arrest. LUIS promised every Christmas (since 1984) that Judge Floro would, as Robert did or does, also see the lights, would view these 3 angels, would be able to see their castles, would whisper upon him, and would make him world-famous or immortal in world history by means of these lights.

Dwarf cats urge readers to slowly read this Book to gain dwarf wisdom

From March 1, 1996 until this date, I had seen their lights during more than 720 midnights. I saw these glimmering, flashing colorless, colorful, and mysterious lights. About the last quarter of 1998, I saw a vision: I was about to lay my hands upon another… On several occasions … and at 12 noon of September 3, 1998, Dr. George So, psychiatrist, assistant of Dr. Pacita Salceda-Ramos, of Makati Medical Center, saw the phenomenal changing of the red colors of my right hand.

Ontslag voor rechter die dwergen om raad vroeg

On April 2, 1999, Good Friday, at 9:07 p.m., Las Vegas Restaurant, Banaue, Poblacion, Ifugao, my right hand became extremely hot, as I wrote the 29-pages memorandum – “Luces Video”. On April 30, 1999 [RTC, Br. 73, Malabon, my Chambers], I first laid my hands upon another…

In this first phase of the exercise of the gift of changing the form and substance of a human body by release of light (definition of Healing), my right hand emitted the extreme heat that penetrated a person's body parts which were disintegrating (malfunction, on our terms). I did use this privilege until May 18, 1999, when my right hand stopped releasing heat.

Superman Judge Floro imprecates by Biblical curse all his enemies, detractors and persecutors

On first Thursday, June 3, 1999, at exactly 6:05 – 6:07 a.m., in mystic trance-ecstasy, I spoke the 2 essential words (for more than 5 times) – AMEN … JESUS …; simultaneously, I saw the vision of the oil being poured to … I received the gift of spiritual healing.

On First Friday, June 4, 1999, or on the 16th year from June 4, 1983, when they whispered the words, I offered the oil, laid my hands with the coconut oil per the 2 words, upon another, at Bustos Dam, Angat, Bulacan, at 8:00 pm. This second phase of the privilege started with a sole message of "Genuine Reconciliation."

3 Floro Duendes

It was on June 2, 1983, at the wake of my father, Florentino, Sr. that LUIS, Armand and Angel first appeared to my brother Robert V. Floro at the back of our house at Calvario, Meycauayan, Bulacan, Philippines. I brought Robert to our Psychology Department Chair, Ateneo De Manila, Fr. Jaime Bulatao, S.J. about November, 1984, to have been tested on his dwarf claims. Fr. Bulatao tested him and they traveled to the castle of LUIS.

After Deleuze, Judge Floro's enemies are now in dire pain, and LUIS jumps with joy!

The Jesuit priest informed me that “subjectively-objectively” it is true (but he was not able to see LUIS and Armand, while Robert was able to see Father’s dwarf he named “dwendeling”). From 1984 until 1999, I have had great FAITH in these Philippine creatures, as I offered them food and drinks, daily or Fridays to remember them.

It was on First Friday, March 1, 1996, midnight, that LUIS and Armand first appeared to me in VISION: they told me their names and promised me lifetime DALLIANCE, covenant, protection and friendship. More important is the covenant’s prophecy by LUIS – that I and these 3 mystic dwarves would be known worldwide.

The Floro Gavel: 'Mystic dwarves' judge loses job

On April 7, 2006, the birthday of Angel (their sister, whom I just saw on August, 2009), I and these 3 angels of the Lord caught unprecedented global sympathy, compassion and attention: from obscurity, we became world-famous and IMMORTAL in the indelible memory of world history.

Since June 3, 1983, when LUIS and Armand appeared to my brother Robert, and since LUIS promised that he would appear to me (1984 Christmas promise), it was only on January 8, 2008 (or 24 years thereafter) that LUIS fulfilled his covenant: he appeared to me in IMAX yellow light virtual reality fashion. It was for real.

THIS BOOK is written for the sole purpose of sharing to the world, their mission of exorcising the corrupt Philippine judiciary, to fight evil and promote spiritual repentance through the highest violet and white LIGHTS of LUIS, the King of kings of elementals worldwide.

Sacked 'psychic' judge wants job back: Judge Fired For Consulting Mystic Dwarves

This book is likewise published for believers and infidels alike, who for REASONS, would utterly have an insight into the spiritual world of the 3 mystic dwarves vis-à-vis the broken world of materialism and the true-to-life world of HYPOCRISY, ANGER, HATRED and VENGEANCE in our own Philippine Judicial Department. Because of these 3 angels of God, the landmark Justice Minita Viray Chico-Nazario Decision became the "object of world ridicule" by the democratic and civilized world – which compassionately defined the essence of "kindness" that I never found in my own country.

THE AUTHOR.

January 1, 2010, First Friday,
123 Dahlia, Alido, Bulihan, Malolos City, 3000 Bulacan, Phlippines, Asia.
Email: judgefloro@yahoo.com

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Judge Florentino V. Floro Jr., graduated High School (3rd Honors) from St. Vincent’s Seminary, at Karuhatan, Valenzuela, Bulacan in 1970. (He finished Grade VI with 6th honors at St. Mary’s Academy, Poblacion, Mecauayan, Bulacan, in 1965). He obtained his A. B. Pre-Divinity at the Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola House of Studies, Quezon City, Philippines, on October, 1974. He obtained MBA units at the Ateneo Graduate School of Business, Padre Faura, Manila, in 1975, and finished Law at the Ateneo Law School, Makati, on June 13, 1982 (FULL SECOND HONORS) with 10 years unbroken record of 91% in Criminal Law Review. In the 1983 Bar Exams (one of the hardest in P.I. history, since only 21.3% passed), he was 12th place with a very high Bar Rating of 87.55% (which rating had been surpassed by about 4 Supreme Court Justices and 2 JBC applicants, out of 1, 500 judges, 70 Justices and 10,000 applicants, a Philippine record, so to speak).

Your Honor, those mystic dwarfs are back again…

In his first attempt to become a Judge, he filed his JBC Application on his birthday, November 5, 1997. Out of more than 80 applicants to the position (Br. 73, Regional Trial Court, Malabon-Navotas, Metro Manila, National Capital Judicial Region), he was duly nominated (upon his APPEAL) by the Judicial & Bar Council and was appointed by President Joseph Estrada on his birthday, November 4/5, 1998, at the age of 45, as youngest RTC, NCJR Judge.

He took his oath on Friday the 13th, November, 1998 and fully assumed judicial powers on January 12, 1999. He idolized President Ferdinand E. Marcos (whom he considered as the greatest Filipino & the most brilliant mind the Asian Race ever produced). He also predicted that he would be a Healer and aimed to be a Jockey. He predicted on December 9, 1998 and January 25, 1999 his suspension.

More specifically, it was on July 18, 1999 that he saw the vision of Plaridel and 73 which foretold his suspension at exactly 4:50 p.m., July 20, 1999, and he left RTC, Br. 73, Malabon at 5:20 p.m.

One afternoon of the third week of June, 2000, he predicted before a JBC member and spontaneously told Atty. Teresita Cruz-Sison, at the JBC corridors: “xxx You will be re-appointed on July 5!!! xxx”. She was reappointed and served the unprecedented third term as regular JBC member, the "Kingmaker". She is the mastermind of Judge Floro’s 68.9 months longest suspension in history and separation from service.

Mystic Dwarfs: A Dwarven Elemental Mage

On July 18, 2000 at 8:00 a.m. & 8:00 p.m. he experienced the special trance which predicted the Catmon, Malabon Halls of Justice mystic fire which destroyed practically all the Court Offices except his court sala, at exactly 5:20 a.m. of July 23, 2000, or exactly 36 hours after his 1 year (anniversary) preventive suspension.

Youngest Filipino Achievers

Judge Floro was named "Youngest Filipino Achiever" by WikiPilipinas (the Hip 'n Free Philippine Encyclopedia (Redirected from Youngest Filipinos in their Field): * Florentino Floro - youngest RTC NCJR Judge of the Philippines at the age of 45.

A final word. One need not agree that the Angel of Death and the 3 world-famous unseen little friends/elementals do exist and of course, that his claim as the No. 1 Psychic has basis. Nevertheless, this book or memorandum is written for believers and infidels alike who, for varying reasons, perhaps, may wish to gain some understanding of his healing message: “that there is a God who watches us from a distance; xxx genuine reconciliation/repentance; xxx to heal the wounds [of corruption] in the judiciary; xxx to heal the sick”.

Supreme Court Judge Fired, Giving Him and His 3 Dwarves Immortality

A. M. + D. G. [Ad Majoram Dei Gloriam]

This Book is affectionately dedicated to LUIS, Armand & Angel, to my brothers Robert & Benjamin V. Floro, and to all those who, for one reason or another, had been victims of Filipino Injustice because of hatred, anger, vengeance, bitterness and immense corruption in the Philippine Judiciary.

Judge Florentino V. Floro, Jr. –
Will always remember the
KINDNESS
Of the poorest of the poor,
The oppressed, and
All those who are in PAIN, because of SIN.

“It is the prerogative of Spirit
To know the future.” - Charles Fillmore6

INTRODUCTION

In the Philippines, Ex-Judge Consults Three Wee Friends
Mr. Floro Loses His Job But Becomes a Celebrity; Using a Little Elfin Magic

As a trial-court judge, Florentino V. Floro Jr. acknowledged that he regularly sought the counsel of three elves only he could see. The Supreme Court deemed him unfit to serve and fired him last year.

Case closed? Not in the Philippines, where vampires are said to prey on unwary travelers and wealthy politicians consult fortune tellers and card readers. Mr. Floro, 54 years old, has become a media celebrity. He is now wielding his new clout to campaign for the return of his job -- and exact vengeance on the Supreme Court. Helping him, he says, are his three invisible companions. "Angel" is the neutral force, he says. "Armand" is a benign influence. "Luis," whom Mr. Floro describes as the "king of kings," is an avenger.

Mr. Floro has become a regular on Philippine television. Often he is asked to make predictions with the help of his invisible friends. "They say your show will be taken off the air if you don't feature me more often," was Mr. Floro's reply to one interviewer. The day after Mr. Floro's first appearance on television last year, hundreds of people turned up at his house in a dusty Manila suburb hoping he could use his supernatural powers to heal their illnesses. Now Mr. Floro, who travels by bus, is regularly recognized on the street. The Supreme Court says its medical clinic determined that Mr. Floro was suffering from psychosis.

In the Philippines, Ex-Judge Consults Three Wee Friends; Mr. Floro Loses His Job But Becomes a Celebrity; Using a Little Elfin Magic

Even so, a series of disturbing incidents appear to have the nation's top jurists rattled. According to local newspaper reports, a mysterious fire in January destroyed the Supreme Court's crest in its session hall, and a number of members of the court and their close family members have developed serious illnesses or have fallen victim to car accidents.

Enough bizarre things have happened that in July, the Supreme Court issued an en banc resolution asking Mr. Floro to desist in his threats of "ungodly reprisal." The Supreme Court's spokesman declined to elaborate. Mr. Floro says he is not suffering from psychosis, and that he's not to blame for the incidents.

He points the finger squarely at "king of kings" elf Luis, who Mr. Floro says is bent on cleaning up what he says is the Philippines' corrupt legal system. Mr. Floro says he never consulted the invisible elves over judicial decisions and the fact that he puts faith in them should make no difference to his career. "It shouldn't matter what I believe in, whether it's Jesus, Muhammad, or Luis, Armand and Angel," he says in an interview.

TOUS LES DINGUES NE SONT PAS ENFERMES...

The Philippines has a long history of mixing organized religion with a deep belief in the supernatural. During the 1950s and 1960s, when the Southeast Asian nation was already an independent republic, the Central Intelligence Agency stoked fears of vampires and ghouls to help its preferred candidates win elections. The elf, or "duwende," is one of a rich pantheon of supernatural beings that predate the Philippines' colonization by Spanish conquistadors in the 16th century. Many Filipinos make pilgrimages to Mount Banahaw, just south of Manila, which is reputedly the country's capital for elves and other beings.

READ THE CASE
• Read the Philippines Supreme Court decision dismissing Mr. Floro from the service.

"Office of the Court Administrator vs. Judge Florentino Floro"

"Office of the Court Administrator vs. Judge Florentino Floro," A.M. No. RTJ-99-1460, March 31, 2006

Jaime Licauco, who teaches parapsychology at San Beda College in Manila, testified on behalf of Mr. Floro in a 2001 hearing. He argued Mr. Floro is mentally fit and argues the former judge's beliefs aren't so unusual in the Philippine context.

TOUS LES DINGUES NE SONT PAS ENFERMES...

Like many others in the Philippines, Mr. Floro says he himself is a Roman Catholic, and once studied to be a priest. He recalls that he wasn't convinced that serving the church was necessarily the best way to serve other Filipinos. He says he thought he could improve more people's lives if he became a lawyer, and he handily passed the bar exams.

Mr. Floro says he first realized he had the power to perceive Armand, Angel and Luis in 1986. In 1998, he applied to switch from being a lawyer to becoming a judge. He passed a mandatory psychiatric evaluation applied to all prospective judges and was sworn in as a regional trial-court judge in November of that year, handling both civil and criminal cases in Malabon, a district in greater Manila.

In 1999, Mr. Floro invited officials from the Supreme Court's administration unit to inspect his small courtroom. What they found unnerved them, and the Supreme Court convened a hearing to determine whether Mr. Floro should be removed from the bench.

Judge who talks to 'dwarfs' loses appeal to keep his job

According to Supreme Court papers, the court investigators presenting evidence at the hearing said they found Mr. Floro wearing blue robes instead of the normal black. Mr. Floro's own witnesses testified that he wore black on Fridays to "recharge his psychic powers."

The court investigators also reported that Mr. Floro began court proceedings with readings from the Book of Revelation and conducted hands-on psychic healing sessions for members of the public in his chambers during recesses.

The investigators said Mr. Floro would sometimes enter a trance to write his rulings. During the hearing, Mr. Floro revealed his contact with his elves. He also shared with the judges that Luis predicted that then-Philippine President Joseph Estrada would be ousted from office.

Imaginary dwarves cost judge job

Mr. Estrada was forced from power by a popular revolt two years later in 2001 and was sentenced last week to life in prison for corruption. In March 2006, after lengthy delays, the Supreme Court finally dismissed Mr. Floro from the court service, largely because of his belief in the supernatural.

Even though Mr. Floro says the elves played no part in his judicial decisions, the Supreme Court justices said his broad faith in mysticism and supernatural phenomena had affected his work.

"Lest we be misconstrued, we do not denigrate such a belief system," Associate Justice Minita Chico-Nazario wrote in the Supreme Court's verdict.

Judge who talks to 'dwarfs' loses appeal to keep his job

"However, such beliefs, especially since Judge Floro acted on them, are at odds with the critical and impartial thinking required of a judge under our judicial system." Mr. Floro dissents. He has filed three appeals of the Supreme Court's decision since then and is continuing his campaign on local television and on the Internet. The Supreme Court hasn't reversed any of his decisions after suspending and later removing him from the bench.

In the Philippines, Ex-Judge Consults Three Wee Friends; Mr. Floro Loses His Job But Becomes a Celebrity; Using a Little Elfin Magic

James Hookway

James Hookway, james.hookway@awsj.com7

"The future is beyond knowing, but the present is beyond belief. We make so much noise with technology that we cannot discover that the stargate is in our foreheads. But the time has come; the revelation has already occured, and the guardian seers have seen the lightning strike the darkness we call reality. And now we sleep in the brief interval between the lightning and the thunder." - William Irwin Thompson8

Prologue

David Pannick, Baron Pannick QC (born 7 March 1956) is a leading barrister in the United Kingdom, and crossbencher in the House of Lords. He practises mainly in the areas of public law and human rights. He argued 100 cases before the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords before its replacement by the new Supreme Court in October 2009, and he has argued more than 30 cases in the European Court of Justice, and more than 30 cases in the European Court of Human Rights.

Pannick was educated at Bancroft's School and Hertford College, Oxford, where he graduated as a MA and a BCL. He was called to the Bar at Gray's Inn in 1979, and was a Junior Counsel to the Crown in Common Law from 1988 to 1992. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1992, a Recorder on the South Eastern Circuit in 1995, and a deputy High Court judge in 1998. Pannick has appeared in the courts of Hong Kong, Brunei, Gibraltar and the Cayman Islands. He appeared in 100 cases in the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords before its jursidiction was transferred to the new Supreme Court in October 2009. In his first case, in 1980, in the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (led by Anthony Lester QC), his client - a convicted drug trafficker - was hanged.

David Pannick, QC appearing before nine law lords over whether control orders comply with the European Convention on Human Rights Farewell to the law lords

On 29 September 2008 it was announced by the House of Lords Appointments Commission that Pannick had been nominated for a Life peerage as a Crossbencher. His title was gazetted as Baron Pannick, of Radlett in the county of Hertfordshire, dated 3 November 2008. He has been a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford since 1978, and became an Honorary Fellow at Hertford College, Oxford in September 2004. He writes a fortnightly column on legal matters for The Times, and is co-author with Lord Lester of Herne Hill QC of Human Rights Law and Practice (1st edition 1999; 2nd edition 2004, 3rd edition 2009).

On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 12:02:17, "David Pannick QC" e-mailed Judge Floro and wrote the article on TIMES ONLINE, respectively, and hereunder:

“Dear Judge Floro
Thank you for sending the material which I read with great interest. Best wishes
David Pannick”
"David Pannick QC", DavidPannick@blackstonechambers.com

From The Times - June 6, 2006

I used to be a judge but I'm all right now . . .
The Times – David Pannick QC

LUNACY on the Bench is not as common as prime ministers and home secretaries stung by judgments critical of their policies like to suggest.

The recent decision of the Supreme Court of the Philippines to dismiss Judge Florentino V. Floro Jr as a judge of the Regional Trial Court in Malabon City because of a “medically disabling condition of the mind” that rendered him “unfit to discharge the functions of his office” repays careful consideration by any student of the judiciary.

On June 2, 1983, at the wake of Florentino Floor, Sr., LUIS, Armand and Angel first appeared to Judge Floro's brother, Robert (in the picture beside 3rd brother Benjamin V. Floro, at Acautico Resort, San Juan Batangas, 2009)

Judge Floro first applied for appointment to the Bench in 1995. The mandatory psychological evaluation by the Supreme Court Clinic Services (memo to the Lord Chancellor: do not even consider this) revealed “evidence of ego disintegration”.
Judge Floro voluntarily withdrew his application. He reapplied in 1998, but the evaluation was again negative, identifying problems with self-esteem and mood swings.

But Judge Floro was allowed to rely on a more favourable assessment from private practitioners. He began work as a judge in November 1998. The appointment was not a great success. Less than eight months later, the Supreme Court suspended Judge Floro while complaints against him were investigated.

Psychosis - ego disintegration

It took nearly seven years to complete the inquiries, partly because of the delaying tactics by the judge. In March Justice Chico-Nazario, for a unanimous 14-strong Supreme Court, decided that Judge Floro should be dismissed from the Bench.
In 1890 Mr Justice Stephen became incapable of acting in a judicious manner by reason of mental illness.

And in the 1950s, a High Court judge who lost his faculties was persuaded to resign only when no work was assigned to him. But there is, I think, no precedent for Judge Floro’s unusual manner of opening proceedings in his courtroom. A formal, “All rise”, or even a jocular, “Here comes the judge”, might be acceptable. But not the introductory statement to all those present in court that Judge Floro was “a Bar topnotcher” who passed the 1983 Bar Examinations “with an average score of 87.55 per cent”.

Judge Floro consistently earned Second Honors in the Ateneo Law School Dean's List, 1978-1982 and graduated FULL SECOND HONORS on April 7, 1982 with QPI of 85.11%

There would follow a reading from the Bible, after which Judge Floro would answer questions on the scriptural text of the day. The judge’s visiting card also stated that he was a “Bar exams topnotcher (87.55 per cent)” with “full second honours”. As the Supreme Court concluded, litigants might well interpret all this “as a sign of insecurity”.

What caused the Supreme Court most concern, and who can blame them, was Judge Floro’s belief that he enjoyed qualities lacked by other members of the judiciary.
Judge Floro is not the first judge to have an inflated opinion of his own abilities, but there are not many who have claimed special powers as “the No 5 psychic in the country”.
(The Supreme Court judgment unfortunately provides no information on whether the top four also have legal qualifications and, if so, what marks they obtained in the Bar exams.)

Judge Floro's 1999 Blue Robes: the Living Curse, Karma and Spell

In a variation of dress-down Fridays, Judge Floro changed from blue court robes to black each Friday “to recharge his psychic powers”. He was, he suggested, the angel of death and able to inflict pain and sickness on people appearing in his court (a valuable but perhaps disproportionate sanction in dealing with vexatious litigants).

The judge believed that he could write while in a trance, and he had, he insisted, “been seen by several people to have been in two places at the same time”, a very useful attribute in reducing the waiting lists for pending cases.

Most impressive of all, Judge Floro had made a covenant with “three dwarf friends named Luis, Armand and Angel”, who would, unseen by others, provide him with assistance in court (presumably when counsel were unable to provide a page reference in the bundles of evidence).

Very generously in the circumstances, the Supreme Court emphasised that it was not ruling that Judge Floro was insane. He was merely suffering from a psychosis that appeared to “cloud his judgment” and so undermined his competence and objectivity.
Justice Chico-Nazario concluded that psychic phenomena, “even assuming such exist” (a wise judge never decides more than is necessary to dispose of the case), have no place in jurisprudence.

Though it would, I suppose, be helpful to be able accurately to predict how the Supreme Court would deal with a case, and so avoid the expense and delay of waiting for their decisions.

The Supreme Court let Judge Floro down from the Bench as lightly as possible. No one is to blame as “we cannot condemn people for their faulty genes and/or adverse environment — factors they have no control over”.

LUIS and Judge Floro's mystic warriors use violet lights and ultra-fast magic weapons to mercilessly strike at the main vessels of the Honorable Supreme Court Judicial Thieves and Filipino crabs, igniting cyber fires aimed at all his enemies, persecutors and cursed detractors, so that their loved ones would die horrible deaths due to the Biblical curse

Supreme Court Office of the Bar Confidant Certificate of Title of the Philippine Bar, that Judge Floro became a lawyer on May 8, 1984

Judge Floro “may be dysfunctional as a judge” but “may still be successful in other areas of endeavour”. Especially, of course, as he can rely on the help of those three dwarf friends.

http://www.lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2006/mar2006/am_rtj-99-1460_2006.html

by David Pannick QC

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/columnists/david_pannick/article671074.ece

Ateneo Law School 1875-1985 Record: Judge Floro's 91% grade in Criminal Law Procedure under Dean Antonio L. Gregorio; his Full Second Honors; 12th Place, 1983 Bar Exams, one of the hardest in Philippine history, 21.3% passed

David Pannick QC (born 7 March 1956) is a leading barrister in the United Kingdom. He practises mainly in the areas of public law and human rights. He has argued more than 75 cases in the House of Lords, more than 25 cases in the European Court of Justice, and more than 30 cases in the European Court of Human Rights.

Judge Floro's natal day November 5, 1997 JBC Application Letter, as mandated by LUIS, to have applied for RTC Judge of Br. 73, Malabon-Navotas, Metro Manila, NCJR

Pannick was educated at Bancroft's School and Hertford College, Oxford, where he graduated as a MA and a BCL.

He was called to the Bar at Gray's Inn in 1979, and was a Junior Counsel to the Crown in Common Law from 1988 to 1992. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1992, a Recorder in 1995, and a deputy High Court judge in 1998.He has acted in a wide range of high-profile cases, including the Spycatcher case.

Judge Floro is the sole Philippine Angel of Death, Prophet and was Born to Heal and Annihilate

The High Court ruled that the cult musical Jerry Springer - The Opera is not blasphemous, and Pannick stated that: "Judge Tubbs had acted within her powers and made the only decision she could lawfully have made;

Judge Floro's certified true copy of his November 5, 1953 birthday.

while religious beliefs were integral to British society, so is freedom of expression, especially to matters of social and moral importance." He has also appeared in the courts of Hong Kong, Brunei and the Cayman Islands.

The Gift of LUIS, Armand and Angel, November 4-5,1998

Judge Floro's birthday, November 5, 1998 Malacanang Palace transmittal of his Judge appointment paper: at age 45, the youngest NCJR, RTC Judge in the Philippines

Judge Floro's appointment document signed by President Joseph Estrada on Judge Floro's (a day before) natal day, November 4, 1998

Judge Floro's 1983 Bar Ratings

He has been a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford since 1978, and became an Honorary Fellow at Hertford College, Oxford in September 2004. He writes on legal matters for The Times, and is co-author with Lord Lester of Herne Hill of Human Rights Law and Practice (1st edition 1999; 2nd edition 2004).

Public and human rights barrister and Times Law columnist

David Philip Pannick, Baron Pannick QC

Many QCs are brilliant — but just a tiny handful are in that alpha-league that makes them in highest demand. David Pannick is one: now chiefly sought-after for appellate work, he has appeared in 90 House of Lords’ cases (excluding leave applications), acting for and against successive home secretaries and in such promiment cases as whether Myra Hindley, the Moors murderer, should receive a whole-life tariff, the Spycatcher case and the challenge over the validity of the Hunting Act 2004.

A Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, since the age of 22, a QC since 36 and now just 52, his influence is also felt through his regular column for The Times Law section. Clients span the servicemen and women for whom he fought successfully at the European Court of Human Rights against the ban on homosexuals; the Queen, in obtaining a High Court injunction to stop publication of her domestic life by a reporter posing as a footman; and Greg Rusedski, the tennis player, at the sports tribunal where he was cleared of alleged doping.

He is also an avid Arsenal fan. Recently of most significance was his intervention for Liberty in the law lords’ Belmarsh case, arguing that detention without charge was illegal and discriminatory - which found favour with the law lords. He is married to Nathalie, a solicitor, and they have two children. He also has three children by his late first wife, Denise.

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article3759070.ece

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Pannick

From The Times, June 6, 2006, I used to be a judge but I'm all right now . . . by David Pannick QC

The author is a practicing barrister at Blackstone Chambers and a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. The Times was founded by John Walter in 1785 as The Daily Universal Register.

United Kingdom Deputy High Court Judge David Pannick QC presided over the most memorable appearance of 2006. He and the British biggest newspaper The Times (TIMES ONLINE) bestowed upon Judge Floro the highest award ever that was given to a Magistrate.

Case of Kiwi lawyer judged most bizarre in the world – Judge Floro - “2006 Judge of the Year”
5:00AM Thursday December 07, 2006

Case of Kiwi lawyer judged most bizarre in the world: Bob Moodie shopping in Feilding

High-profile New Zealand lawyer Bob Moodie has been named by a columnist in the Times newspaper in London as winner of the world "award for bizarre conduct by a lawyer in 2006".

"Facing contempt proceedings in the High Court in Wellington, he appeared in women's clothes, asked the judge to call him 'Ms Alice' and explained that this was because he wanted to draw attention to the old-boy network within the New Zealand judiciary," said Times columnist David Pannick, QC.

Dr Moodie, 68, was once secretary of the Police Association and wore kaftans at the time, during the 1970s, was a goat breeder, mayor of Manawatu, and a high-profile advocate for former Wanganui police commander Alec Waugh, winning him a $1 million payout after he lost his job in an alleged fraud case. A practising barrister in London's Temple Law Courts, Mr Pannick also detailed "particularly hot competition" in 2006 for the prize for a judge.

A chilli-hot year for whiny garbage
David Pannick, QC, presides over the memorable legal appearances of 2006
From The Times
December 5, 2006

Hon. William A. Carter, State of New York City Court, City of Albany

In the Manhattan Supreme Court, Justice Jane Solomon told Liza Minnelli and her former husband David Gest to stop their “whiny garbage” of litigation. This year was notable for the quantity of whiny garbage to be found in courtrooms round the world.

There was particularly hot competition in 2006 for the prize for judge of the year. William A. Carter, of the Albany City Court in New York, was a strong contender after being censured by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct for his behaviour when presiding at a preliminary hearing of criminal charges: he removed his judicial robe, walked up to the defendant and asked: “You want a piece of me?”.

Washington State, Superior Court Judge Beverly G. Grant

In Washington State, Superior Court Judge Beverly G. Grant began a manslaughter sentencing hearing by asking everyone in court to join her in a Super Bowl cheer of “Go Seahawks”. She later explained that she was simply trying to ease tensions. Judge Donald D. Thompson was convicted by a jury in Oklahoma on four counts of indecent exposure by surreptitiously using a penis pump in Creek County Court while sitting as a judge hearing (or at least pretending to hear) trials in 2002 and 2003. The judge picks up a consolation award for the least contentious statement by a defendant in a criminal trial this year: “In 20-20 hindsight, I should have thrown it away.”

Judge Donald D. Thompson

Those were the runners-up. The award for judge of the year goes to Judge Florentino V. Floro Jr, whom the Supreme Court of the Philippines sacked from the Regional Trial Court in Malabon City for regularly opening proceedings in his courtroom with the statement that he was “a Bar topnotcher” who passed the 1983 Bar examinations “with an average score of 87.55 per cent”; for changing from blue court robes to black each Friday “to recharge his psychic powers” as “the No 5 psychic in the country”; and for claiming to have the assistance of “three dwarf friends named Luis, Armand and Angel”, who, unseen by others, provided him with assistance in court.

Alternative dispute resolution order of the year was made by Judge Gregory A. Presnell, of Orlando, Florida.

Judge Gregory A. Presnell, of Orlando, Florida

When lawyers in an insurance dispute (whose offices were in the same building, four floors apart) were unable to agree where to hold a deposition the judge ordered the lawyers to report outside the federal courthouse to play one game of Rock, Paper, Scissors, with the winner to decide the location of the deposition. Judicial puzzle of the year was contained in the High Court judgment by Mr Justice Peter Smith rejecting the contention by Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh, two of the authors of The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail, that their copyright had been infringed by Dan Brown’s bestseller The Da Vinci Code. The judge included a coded message of his own — a disappointingly mundane statement about Jackie Fisher, the early 20th-century admiral.

Judge Mohammed Ilyas Khan

Judicial e-mail of the year was sent by the immigration judge Mohammed Ilyas Khan to his lover Roselane Driza, a Brazilian cleaner, telling her she was “real chilli-hot stuff”. She was imprisoned for 33 months for blackmailing a female immigration judge, Judge J, by threatening to send to the Lord Chancellor videos of Judge J having sex with Judge Khan, and another 3 months’ imprisonment for theft of videos.

Advocacy counsel David Breitbart, representing the model Naomi Campbell in New York

Advocacy of the year was by David Breitbart, representing the model Naomi Campbell in New York on a charge of hitting her housekeeper on the head with a phone: “I know Miss Campbell and she is as beautiful inside as she is on the outside.” A special mention in this “what’s your next point?” category for the comments of Muddassar Arani, solicitor to the fundamentalist Muslim cleric Abu Hamza, jailed for seven years for incitement to murder and possessing a document useful to terrorism. The solicitor commented that Abu Hamza “considers himself to be a prisoner of faith. He is subjected to slow martyrdom.”

Witness of the year, Gail Sheridan with her husband, Tommy

Witness of the year was Gail Sheridan giving evidence for her husband, Tommy, in his successful libel action against the News of the World for alleging that he had taken part in orgies. Mrs Sheridan told the jury that her husband was so “boring” that his only interest on weekend evenings was to search through dictionaries to find long words to boost his scores at Scrabble. Legal mistake of the year was by Mr Sheridan’s junior counsel, Graeme Henderson, sacked along with the rest of the legal team after he cross-examined a witness and wrongly accused her of having a conviction for credit card fraud.

Iraqi High Tribunal sentenced Saddam Hussein to death

In the foreign case of the year, the Iraqi High Tribunal sentenced Saddam Hussein to death after finding him guilty of crimes against humanity for his role in the killing of 148 Shia villagers from Dujail, north of Baghdad, in 1982 after a failed assassination attempt against the Iraqi President. The ten- month trial was disrupted by the murder of three defence lawyers, the departure of two chief judges, boycotts by the defence team and shouting matches in court.

In the domestic case of the year, the liquidators of BCCI abandoned their marathon claim against the Bank of England on Day 256 of the trial. In his judgment on costs, Mr Justice Tomlinson revealed that during the trial he had formed the view that so hopeless were the contentions of the claimants that “the case was a farce” based on “hopeless inconsistencies and implausibilities”. He added that a singular feature of the proceedings was that “the two leading counsel for the claimants had made diametrically opposed legal submissions as to the principal legal issue in the case”, and the judge confessed that he should have done more to control the “sustained rudeness” to his opponent by one of those leading counsel, Gordon Pollock, QC.

Governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King

The Governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King, understandably observed that it was outrageous that the legal system should allow such a case to continue for 13 years, at a cost of more than £100 million.

The award for bizarre conduct by a lawyer in 2006 goes to the New Zealander Bob Moodie. Facing contempt proceedings in the High Court in Wellington, he appeared in women’s clothes, asked the judge to call him “Ms Alice” and explained that this was because he wanted to draw attention to “the old- boy network” within the New Zealand judiciary. Legal cartoon of the year was by Leo Cullum in The New Yorker. One judge tells another: “My basic judicial philosophy is ‘Guilty’.”

German lawyer, Jens Lorek

Hopeless lawsuits of the year included the plan by a French lawyer to challenge the result of the World Cup final (in which France lost to Italy) because of the way in which the officials dealt with the sending off of Zinédine Zidane. A Russian lawyer is to take to the European Court of Human Rights his complaint that the cartoon series The Simpsons should not be shown on Russian television because it “promotes drugs, violence and homosexuality”. But even those cases have some prospect of success by comparison with the winner in this category, which is the completely hopeless litigation announced by a German lawyer, Jens Lorek. He wants to hear from people who believe that they were abducted by aliens so that he can bring, on their behalf, compensation claims against the State. “The trouble is,” he complained, “people are afraid of making fools of themselves in court.” There is no reason to doubt that there will be many people doing precisely that in 2007.

A chilli-hot year for whiny garbage David Pannick, QC, presides over the memorable legal appearances of 2006

Mr Pannick said there would be many people doing precisely that in 2007. - NZPA

Case of Kiwi lawyer judged most bizarre in the world, Thursday Dec 7, 2006

Elves and God in Court

Notes

1. Certificate of Copyright Registration and Deposit: Name of Copyright Owner and Author – Florentino V. Floro, Jr.; Date of Creation, Publication, Registration / Deposit – March _________, 2010, respectively; Registration No. _____________, issued by the Republic of the Philippines, National Commission for Culture and the Arts, THE NATIONAL LIBRARY, Manila, Philippines, signed by Virginio V. Arrriero, Acting Chief, Publication and Special Services Division, for Director Prudencia C. Cruz, and Attested by Michelle A. Flor, Copyright Examiner. Url: (First Book)
Certificate of Copyright and Registration of Judge Floro's 1st Book; Certificate of Copyright and Registration of Judge Floro's 1st Book, World-Famous Mystic

2. LCCCN, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number:

Book Bibliography - _____________, 2010, JUDGES – DISMISSAL – PHILIPPINES, Floro, Florentino V., 1953, 2008, “Philippine Mystic Dwarfs LUIS, Armand and Angel Meet Healing and Psychic Judge Florentino Floro", 1st ed. Malolos, Bulacan. ____ p., _____________ 2010

3. ISBN (First Book) Back Cover of Judge Floro's 1st Book

Judge who talks to 'dwarfs' loses appeal to keep his job

4. William W. Bedsworth

5. Judges and Dwarfs Don't Mix; Comments; http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/courtsofappeal/4thDistrictDiv3/justices/bedsworth.htm

Charles Sherlock Fillmore (Unity Church) (August 22, 1854 – July 5, 1948), born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, founded Unity, a church within the New Thought movement, with his wife, Myrtle Page Fillmore, in 1889. He became known as an American mystic for his contributions to metaphysical interpretations of Biblical scripture. Charles & Myrtle Fillmore founded the Unity movement in the late 1880s.

6. Charles Fillmore, "Keep a True Lent” (Unity Village: Unity Books, 1995), p. 46.

7. JAMES HOOKWAY, james.hookway@awsj.com, September 17, 2007, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, EDITORIAL AND CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS, 200 Liberty Street, New York, NY 10281, (212) 416-2000; In the Philippines, Ex-Judge Consults Three Wee Friends; Mr. Floro Loses His Job But Becomes a Celebrity; Using a Little Elfin Magic

8. William Irwin Thompson, At the Edge of History: Speculations on the Transformation of Culture, (New York: Harper & Row, 1971), p. 230.

William Irwin Thompson (born July, 1938) is known primarily as a social philosopher and cultural critic, but he has also been writing and publishing poetry throughout his career and received the Oslo International Poetry Festival Award in 1986. He has made significant contributions to cultural history, social criticism, the philosophy of science, and the study of myth. He describes his writing and speaking style as "mind-jazz on ancient texts". He is an astute reader of science, social science, history, and literature. He is the founder of the Lindisfarne Association.

William Irwin Thompson: A Brief Biography William Irwin Thompson read in Ottawa at St. Brigid's Centre for the Arts and Humanities,179 Murray St. (St. Patrick at Cumberland) 18 November 2007.

Table of Contents

First Part

I. World Famous Philippine Healing Judge and 3 Mystic Dwarves: Immortality in World History.............................. 31

II. Freedom of Religion in the Judiciary: California Court of Appeals Justice William W. Bedsworth……………………… 49

Florentino Floro, the Prophet

III. Dwarf Dalliance: Mystic Covenant with LUIS (King of Kings of Elementals), Armand & Angel.............................. 83

IV. Mind-boggling Dismissal: The Cursed (Psalms 109 & 73) 75-Pages Minita Viray Chico-Nazario “Psychosis” Decision, Object of World Ridicule ……………………….………………. 117

V. LUIS, Armand & Angel: 3 Mystic Dwarvesand.Psychic Judge Lost Appeals – Caught Unprecedented Global Attention ………………………….……………………………….. 159

Magic Midgets Help Judge To Masticate

VI. High Court buries the Truth: Infamous August 11, 2006 Resolution rebuffed the Entire Testimony of Paranormal Expert Jaime T. Licauco & Rejected all 7 Legal / Constitutional Grounds…….………………..………………... 183

VII. THE INSIDE STORY: True-to-Life World of Bitterness, ANGER, HATRED & VENGEANCE ……………………….. 207

VIII. KONTROBERSYAL: “Psychic, Healing & Equestrian Judge” – 3 Mystic Dwarves in Philippine Television; Qurater of a Century Close Encounter with 3 Dwarves: 1985-1989-2001 VHS-Video8 Betamax-VHS; 1985-1989 Game Fowl-Cockfights, 2000 "Pahayag" (Dire Prophecy) & 11 Argentina Race Horses 2001 YouTube Videos ............................... 251

IX. Psalms 109 & 73: Imprecation exorcises the Philippine Judiciary - Hope Diamond: the Mystic Curse of the Prophet, the Magic Spell of the 3 Healing Dwarves & the Angel of Death’s Dire Predictions …………………….…………….…… 321

armando, luis y angel

Part II

Part II Banana Justice: LUIS’ Violet and White Lights versus Evil Hypocrisy, Greed, Lust for Money and Power, Anger and Vengeance…………………………………………..……..…….. 387

A. Who is LUIS? Close Encounter – A Friend from another Star: Violet and White Lights – Bonito, Salakot, Sombrero, Supot, UFO, Space Ship................................................. 395

B. LUIS, Armand and Angel February, 2008 Gifts of “Lente” and “Bonito”: Colorless Fires, Rainbow Lights From Judge Floro’s Eyes – Discernment & The Violet Hat – LUIS Crowned Judge Floro with Super Annihilation of Evil, Detractors, Persecutors and Magistrates……………..…. 439-442

Psychic and Healing Judge
Friday, December 04, 2009
Judge Florentino Floro, Minita Viray Chico-Nazario: Close Encounter with LUIS, Armand and Angel - Violet-bluish & White Lights versus Evil and Enemies
http://psychic-and-healing-judge.blogspot.com/2009/12/judge-florentino-floro-close-encounter.html

SE LO DICONI GLI GNOMI...

C. Gift of Spiritual Healing “2 Mata” - 2 “eyes” Heat-processed Judge Floro’s Coconut Healing Oil……….….443-471

LUIS, Florentino V. Floro & Rene A. V. Saguisag
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Judge Florentino Floro, Artemio V. Panganiban: Gift of Spiritual Healing, Coconut Healing Oil; Elenita C., Jose Artemio C. Panganiban III's Prosperity
http://florentinofloro777.blogspot.com/2009/12/judge-florentino-floro-artemio-v.html

D. LUIS, Armand and Angel - Influence beyond borders: Experience and Knowledge……………………….…………471-522

Judge Florentino V. Floro, LUIS, Armand and Angel
Monday, December 21, 2009
Judge "Florentino Floro (2006)," LUIS, Armand and Angel meet The Medusa Snare: Adam John Miller; Influence beyond Borders
http://florentinofloro5.blogspot.com/2009/12/judge-florentino-floro-2006-luis-armand.html

Judge Floro's magic warriors strike with precision and target the main vessels of loved ones of all his enemies, detractors and persecutors, inflicting dire illnesses, accidents and horrible deaths

E. “With Due Respect”: Filipino Dwarf Jurist Retains the Legal Title of Philippine “Judge” Until Eternity …………523-546

LUIS, Florentino V. Floro & Rene A. V. Saguisag
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Judge Florentino Floro, Artemio V. Panganiban: Gift of Spiritual Healing, Coconut Healing Oil; Elenita C., Jose Artemio C. Panganiban III's Prosperity
http://florentinofloro777.blogspot.com/2009/12/judge-florentino-floro-artemio-v.html

F. Philippine Curse Travels, (Psalms 109-73) 1998-2007: Spiritual Healer Judge Florentino V. Floro, Jr., LUIS, Armand & Angel Summon All Elementals vs. Evil……………………………………………………………………..547-561
Judge Florentino V. Floro: Mystic Vengeance of LUIS
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Judge Florentino Floro, LUIS, Armand and Angel meet Joseph Ejercito "Erap" Estrada: Philippine Imprecation (Psalms 109-73) Travels: 1998-2007
http://florentinofloro7.blogspot.com/2009/12/judge-florentino-floro-luis-armand-and.html

F. Philippine Curse Travels, (Psalms 109-73) 1998-2007: Spiritual Healer Judge Florentino V. Floro, Jr., LUIS, Armand & Angel Summon All Elementals vs. Evil

Judge Floro's mystic investigators strike with precision and target the main vessels of loved ones of all his enemies, detractors and persecutors, inflicting dire illnesses, accidents and horrible deaths

Judge Florentino V. Floro: The Curse and Spell
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Judge Florentino Floro, Teresita Jose Leonardo De Castro & LUIS, Armand and Angel: Philippine Curse (Psalms 109-73) Travels: 1994-2007
http://florentinofloro6.blogspot.com/2009/12/judge-florentino-floro-teresita-jose.html

G. 3 Mystic Dwarves’ Prophecy on Wikipedia: S.C. Associate Justice “Teresita Leonardo-de Castro”………563-570

Judge Florentino V. Floro: The Curse and Spell
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Judge Florentino Floro, Teresita Jose Leonardo De Castro & LUIS, Armand and Angel: Philippine Curse (Psalms 109-73) Travels: 1994-2007
http://florentinofloro6.blogspot.com/2009/12/judge-florentino-floro-teresita-jose.html

Judge Floro's 3 mystic dwarves' friends rejoice and dance when magic warriors strike with precision and target the main vessels of loved ones of all his enemies, detractors and persecutors, inflicting dire illnesses, accidents and horrible deaths

H. 3 Mystic Dwarves and Judge Floro on Philippine Politics……………………………………………………….… 571-580

Judge Florentino V. Floro and the 3 Dwarves' SAGA
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Judge Florentino Floro, LUIS, Armand and Angel meet Consuelo Ynares-Santiago, Miriam Defensor Santiago and Hilario G. Davide, Jr.
3 Philippines Mystic Dwarves, LUIS, Armand and Angel & Judge Florentino Floro, on Philippine Politics
http://florentinofloro.blogspot.com/2010/01/judge-florentino-floro-luis-armand-and.html

I. Mystic Dwarves and Lazlo’s Footnote: “LUIS the Elf of Cosmic Holy Justice and His Pet Human, His Honor Florentino V. Floro, Jr.” ……………………….…………….581-602

GLOBAL PICTURES OF LUIS, Armand and Angel
Thursday, December 17, 2009
LUIS, Armand & Angel meet Laszlo Q. V. St-J. Xalieri: “LUIS the Elf of Cosmic Holy Justice and His Pet Human, His Honor Florentino V. Floro, Jr.”
http://florentinofloro3.blogspot.com/2009/12/luis-armand-angel-meet-laszlo-q-v-st-j.html

Judge Floro's magic cat strike with precision and target the main vessels of loved ones of all his enemies, detractors and persecutors, inflicting dire illnesses, accidents and horrible deaths

J. World Famous Mystic Armand, LUIS & Angel, the Three Dwarfs MEET the Judge --- Legend, Visionary & Healing Martyr of Filipino Justice …………………………………. 603

K. The Blue Madonna - Judge Floro’s Visions of “just Heaven,” the Luminous Cross, Black Nazarene, Sacred Heart of Jesus, Immaculate Heart of Mary, the Holy Face & Our Lady of Fatime & Lourdes; Judge Floro’s Travels in The Kingdom (of Peace) of LUIS …………………..………. 609

L. The Biography of Gifted, Visionary, Prophet, Filipino Judge Floro, Jr.: "I Have a Dream".......................... .....661
Genealogy of Judge Florentino Floro: LUIS, Armand and Angel meet Jesie Floro, Christian Sinson-Floro and Maria Floro

LUIS, Armand and Angel meet Judge Florentino Floro
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Genealogy of Judge Florentino Floro: LUIS, Armand and Angel meet Jesie Floro, Christian Sinson-Floro and Maria Floro
http://jfloro.blogspot.com/2010/01/genealogy-of-judge-florentino-floro.html

LUIS: Mark my word, they will regret it! Judge Florentino Floro

M. Dwarf Supremacy: The Angel of Death, Judge Floro; LUIS, King of kings of Elementals, the Annihilator – VIOLET Lights - Aftermath and Unusual Circumstances: 5 Court Mystic Fires and Unexplained Series of Car Accidents, Illnesses, Surgeries, Horrible Deaths and Suicides of Philippine Jurist’s Loved Ones ..................709

N. Memorandum - Timeline of Prophecies of LUIS, Mortis Angelus, Per Judge Florentino V. Floro (April 7, 2006 to November 30, 2009) ……………………………………….…..757

O. Homeless - Timeline of Prophecies of Judge Florentino V. Floro: Calvario, Meycauayan, Bulacan Ancestral House and Lot ………………………………………..………………….857

P. Diary: The 3 Mystic Dwarves’ Ordeal – In the Eyes of Philippine Supreme Court Justice Regino C. Hermosisima, Jr., Judicial and Bar Council Member (June 22, 1997 – February 10, 2006) ………………………….…………………867

Sno-Flo's 7 duendes rejoice on top of each other, when Judge Floro's enemies suffer in greatest pain Judge Florentino Floro

Q. The Healing Hand (Magic Touch); the Angel of Death: in the eyes of Amparo S. Lardizabal (Teacher of teachers), Antonio “Boy” Z. Atienza, Jr. (Golden Touch) & S.C. Justice Leonardo A. Quisimbing……………………………….……..913-964
The Curse of Mystic Dwarves LUIS, Armand & Angel
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Judge Florentino Floro, Antonio Z. Atienza, Jr., Leonardo A. Quisumbing & Amparo S. Lardizabal
http://judgefloropics.blogspot.com/2009/11/judge-florentino-floro-antonio-z.html

R. Good Friday 2009 Prophecy of Poor Judge Floro: “R O P E” - Rod Nazario, Ondoy, Pepeng, Earthquakes LUIS, King of kings of elementals: “They will regret it!”……………. 965 - 1018
Philippine Crab Mentality: Psalms 109 & 73-Curse
Monday, November 23, 2009
"R O P E" - Judge Florentino Floro & Alfredo L. Benipayo: 2009 Prophecy - Rod Nazario, Ondoy, Pepeng, Extrajudicial Killings & Enforced Disappearances
http://judgeflorentinofloro.blogspot.com/2009/11/r-o-p-e-judge-florentino-floro-2009.html

S. Dwarf Chief Justice Florentino Floro: Philippine Angel of Death's name was eliminated by the Judicial and Bar Council from list of aspirants…………….1019

Appendix
2007 - World Famous Mystic: Armand, Luis & Angel, The Three Dwarfs MEET The Judge --- Psychic & Healing Martyr of Filipino Justice …………………………………..1019

Judge Florentino Floro's December 2006 First Book published PDF "World Famous Mystic: Armand, Luis & Angel, The Three Dwarfs MEET The Judge --- Psychic & Healing Martyr of Filipino Justice"

Download - Judge Florentino Floro's December 2006 First Book published PDF

Detailed Table of Contents ………………………. 1027 – 1053

Sno-Flo's 7 duendes rejoice in circles when Judge Floro's enemies suffer in greatest painJudge Florentino Floro and his dwarves LUIS, Armand and Angel

26 pages February 4, 2010 Judge Florentino Floro's Supreme Court JBC Application-Nomination for Chief Justice
Download 26 pages, February 4, 2010 Judge Floro's Supreme Court JBC Application-Nomination for Chief Justice of Philippines Supreme Court

February 4, 2010, Verified Application for Chief Justice by Judge Florentino V. Floro, Jr.; Nomination by Judge Florentino V. Floro, Jr. of Atty. Henry R. Villarica, Atty. Gregorio M. Batiller, Jr., SC Associate Justices Arturo D. Brion and Conchita Carpio-Morales for the position of Chief Justice subject to their ratification of the nomination or later consent thereof.

Chief Justice Reynato Puno's February 8, 2010 Letter and brown envelope 1st Indorsement of Judge Floro's Chief Justice Application dated February 4, 2010, 26 pages.

The Judicial and Bar Council, Supreme Court of the Philippines' Letter dated 9 February 2010 to Judge Florentino Floro NOTING and not dismissing nor denying his 26 pages Verified Application for Chief Justice.

On the morning of Chief Justice Florentino Floro PREDICTED the September 11, 2001, Al-Qaeda-affiliated hijackers - "flew two 767 jets into the complex, one into each tower, in a coordinated suicide attack. After burning for 56 minutes, the South Tower (2) collapsed, followed a half-hour later by the North Tower (1), with the attacks on the World Trade Center resulting in 2,750 deaths. 7 World Trade Center collapsed later in the day and the other buildings, although they did not collapse, had to be demolished because they were damaged beyond repair."

Chief Justice Position-Application-Nomination by Judge Florentino V. Floro, of Atty. Henry R. Villarica, Atty. Gregorio M. Batiller, Jr., SC Associate Justices Arturo D. Brion and Conchita Carpio-Morales

Ex-judge who ‘predicted’ Maguindanao massacre eyes chief justice post Ex-judge who ‘predicted’ Maguindanao massacre eyes chief justice post A Malabon judge who was kicked out of his job for claiming he consulted imaginary mystic dwarfs and who claimed to have predicted the Nov. 23 Maguindanao massacre has nominated himself for the soon-to-be-vacated chief justice post.

35 News Reports published the Oath-taking of Chief Justice Florentino Floro 400+ images of dire evidence regarding deaths, fires, accidents and lingering illnesses Documentary evidence of Chief Justice Florentino Floro's extraordinary achievements and records as Prophet and Visionary

Florentino Floro was among the three aspirants who beat the Feb. 4 deadline of the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) for the submission of their application for the top judiciary post. The others were Supreme Court Associate Justice Teresita Leonardo-de Castro and Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon Victor Fernandez.

LUIS: Mark my word, they will regret it! Judge Florentino Floro

Floro was presiding judge of the Malabon Regional Trial Court Branch 73 before he was dismissed in 2006 due to “medically disabling condition of the mind that renders him unfit to discharge the functions of his office." He was sued by the Office of the Court Administrator after his own judicial staff lodged 13 administrative cases against him. The SC found him guilty of seven charges and fined him P40,000 and removed him from his position.

Clairvoyant

Balloons in all shapes and colors take off during the oath-taking of Chief Justice Florentino Floro amid the 15th Hot Air Balloon Festival at Clark Field in Angeles City, Pampanga on February 11, 2010.

In his motion, Floro, a self-proclaimed clairvoyant, said the SC should not allow itself be dictated upon by a proceeding to remove judges based on the medical incapacity of doctors, whose claims he said are inadmissible for being mere hearsay.

Among the “phenomena" that he supposedly predicted were the downfall of the Estrada regime, the 2001 terrorist attack at the World Trade Center in the United States, and the July 2001 fire that gutted the Malabon Hall of Justice, which he said he predicted on July 18, 1999.

He also claimed to have predicted the inclusion of journalists in the massacre of 57 people in Maguindanao. Floro said in his motion that he should not be held liable for the justices’ emotional incapability to accept his “gift."

Ultimate rejoicing, jumps for joy, happiness and dancing of LUIS-Judge Floro, when loved ones of Justices, Judges, of his enemies, persecutors, stalkers and detractors die, suffer accidents, cancer, massive stroke, spinal cord-nerve disorders and dire illnesses

Six contenders

The nomination of Floro, De Castro and Fernandez has brought the number of contenders for chief justice to six. The post will be vacated by Chief Reynato Puno on May 17 when he reached the mandatory retirement age of 70. The JBC had automatically considered for nominations of Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, Associate Justices Renato Corona, Conchita Carpio-Morales, Presbitero Velasco Jr. and Antonio Eduardo Nachura. Velasco and Nachura, however, declined their inclusion in the list.

Midnights and 3pm on Fridays, Judge Floro's 3 mystic dwarves release Vendetta light strikes patiently targeting Honorable Thieves and Filipino crabs destroying by cyber fires at all his enemies and persecutors so that their loved ones would suffer lingering illnesses and horrible deaths due to the Biblical curse

Carpio and Morales said that they are accepting their nomination provided that their names would be submitted to whoever will win as president in the May 10 elections. They said this was pursuant to the constitutional ban barring the incumbent president from making appointments two months before elections until the end of her term. Corona, on the other hand, accepted his nomination without ascribing any condition for his acceptance. - KBK, GMANews.TV
02/04/2010 | 08:05 PM

Expelled ‘psychic judge’ Florentino Floro among nominees for chief justice post

Expelled ‘psychic judge’ among nominees for chief justice post

By Tetch Torres INQUIRER.net First Posted 20:33:00 02/04/2010

MANILA, Philippines—A dismissed judge who claimed to be the fifth best psychic in the county is among the applicants for the chief justice post. Former Malabon City regional trial court judge Florentino Floro filed his application for the highest post in the Supreme Court, along with Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon Victor Fernandez.

At the same time, Floro nominated Associate Justice Arturo Brion, lawyers Henry Villarica and Gregorio Batiller Jr. for the position, which will be vacated when Chief Justice Reynato Puno retires on May 17.

Ultimate rejoicing, jumps for joy, happiness and dancing of LUIS-Judge Floro, when loved ones of Justices, Judges, of his enemies, persecutors, stalkers and detractors die, suffer accidents, cancer, massive stroke, spinal cord-nerve disorders and dire illnesses

Floro hugged the limelight when he claimed he was aided in the court by three dwarfs: Luis, Armand and Angel. He said he was the “angel of death” and that he could write while in a trance. In 2006, the Supreme Court ordered Floro’s dismissal from the bench after finding him suffering from psychosis that impaired his judgement.

Hot air balloons take flight during the Third Haikou Hot Air Balloon Festival, a total of 25 teams took part in the event in protest against the elimination of Chief Justice Florentino Floro by the shy Judicial and Barc Council last February 8, 2010.

The other candidates for the chief justice post include: Associate Justice Renato Corona, Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, Associate Justice Conchita Carpio-Morales, and Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio. Associate Justices Antonio Eduardo Nachura and Presbitero Velasco declined the nomination. The Judicial and Bar Council closed the nomination for the chief justice post at exactly 5 p.m. Thursday.

As predicted by Judge Floro (on 2002 at Pandacan, Manila, to classmate Tonette and) Arturo D. Brion - became a candidate for Chief Justice on February 4, 2010

Another SC justice eyes CJ post; aspirants now 7 02/05/2010
Supreme Court Associate Justice Arturo D. Brion, a former labor secretary, has joined the list of aspirants for the country's top judiciary post, raising the total number of applicants for chief justice of the high court to seven. Brion was the last to submit his application to the Judicial Bar Council (JBC) Thursday.

He joined three others who had earlier submitted their applications: Supreme Court Associate Justice Teresita Leonardo-de Castro, Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon Victor Fernandez, and Florentino Floro, a Malabon judge who got kicked out of his job in 2006 due to a “medically disabling condition of the mind that renders him unfit to discharge the functions of his office."

Endorsed by the Philconsa

Brion's application for the chief justice post was endorsed by the Philippine Constitution Association (Philconsa) and Court of Appeals Associate Justice Japar Dimaampao. Brion became Supreme Court associate justice on March 17, 2008, replacing Justice Angelina Sandoval-Gutierrez, according to the Supreme Court Website.

Prior to his appointment to the high court, Brion was secretary of the Department of Labor and Employment. He was CA Associate Justice from July 2003 until his appointment to the DOLE in June 2006. Brion, a graduate of Ateneo de Manila University, was the bar topnotcher in 1974. He engaged in private law practice, mostly labor law, before entering government service in 1982 as executive director of the Institute of Labor and Manpower Studies under the Philippine Ministry of Labor. - with Johanna Camille Sisante/RSJ/LBG/MDM, GMANews.TV

The World Trade Center (WTC) was a complex in Lower Manhattan in New York City whose seven buildings had been PREDICTED by Chief Justice Florentino Floro, to have been destroyed in 2001 in the September 11 terrorist attacks. The site is currently being rebuilt with six new skyscrapers and a memorial to the casualties of the attacks.

On January 20, 2010, the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) announced the opening for application or recommendation, of the position of CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT, which will be vacated on 17 May 2010 upon the retirement of the incumbent Chief Justice, HON. REYNATO S. PUNO. Applications or recommendations for this position must be submitted not later than 4 February 2010 (Thursday) to the JBC Secretariat, 2nd Flr. Centennial Bldg., Supreme Court , Padre Faura St., Manila (Tel. No.552-9512; Fax No.552-9607; e-mail address jbc_supremecourt@yahoo.com.ph or jbc@sc.judiciary.gov.ph).

The very brilliant and blessed Arturo D. Brion

Media and the Court called Judge Floro, "Lunatic," Psychotic Judge

Loony ex-judge wants to be Chief Justice abs-cbnNEWS.com | 02/05/2010

MANILA, Philippines - A dismissed trial court judge who consulted a dwarf or "duwende" in deciding cases wants to become the Philippines' next Chief Justice. Former Malabon Regional Trial Court Judge Florentino Floro nominated himself to the top post in the judiciary, which will be vacated on May 17 when Chief Justice Reynato Puno retires.

The September 11 attacks (often referred to as September 11th or 9/11), duly PREDICTED by Chief Justice Florentino Floro, were a series of coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda upon the United States on September 11, 2001. On that morning, 19 al-Qaeda members hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners. The hijackers intentionally crashed two of the airliners into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, killing everyone on board and many others working in the buildings.

One of the reasons Floro used to support his bid is his being a visionary and prophet. In his application, Floro attached a picture of himself with a stuffed toy dwarf. Floro said he was able to predict the fall of former President Joseph Estrada in January 2001, the coming of typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng in 2009, and the November 23 Maguindanao massacre, the country's worst election-related violent incident.

Judge Floro had been considered by media and the Court as Lunatic. The Ampatuan Massacre, however, cannot be forgotten in judicial and journalism history, as foretold by Saint Judge Floro.

Floro was relieved from the service in 2006 after the Supreme Court found him to be mentally unfit to discharge his duties. He was found guilty of 7 out of 13 administrative charges filed against him by the Office of the Court Administrator. While the Supreme Court said it had no authority to conclude that Floro was "insane," it cited medical findings that he was "suffering from psychosis."

Floro also nominated lawyers Henry Villarica and Gregorio Batiller, and incumbent Supreme Court Associate Justices Arturo Brion and Conchita Carpio-Morales. Carpio-Morales, one of the five most senior justices of the Supreme Court, earlier informed the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) that she will only agree to be appointed Chief Justice if it will be made by the next President due to the midnight appointment ban.

An outgoing president is barred by the Constitution from issuing appointments two months before a presidential election and until the end his or her term. Associate Justices Antonio Carpio and Ombudsman Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio have also expressed willingness to be nominated for the chief justice post on the condition that the appointment is made by the next president.

Supreme Court Diyos ng Faura, Justices Antonio T. Carpio and his cousin, Conchita Carpio-Morales with the Queen of Court of Appeals Poison Letters, Angelina Sandoval-Gutierrez

Deputy Ombudsman, De Castro to vie for post

Meantime, deputy Ombudsman for Luzon Victor Fernandez (926-87-34, 926-87-38 Local 343, 344) whose term of office ends on March 3, has applied for Chief Justice. Associate Justice Teresita Leonardo De-Castro, former presiding justice of the Sandiganbayan, has reportedly expressed her interest in becoming Chief Justice. “It was just relayed to me [that they applied],” Justice Secretary Agnes Devanadera said.

SC Justice Arturo D. Brion walks with Judge Floro along the Path of Destiny

Chief Justice Florentino Floro Expelled ‘psychic judge’ among nominees for chief justice post By Tetch Torres INQUIRER.net 02/04/2010

MANILA, Philippines—A dismissed judge who claimed to be the fifth best psychic in the county is among the applicants for the chief justice post. Former Malabon City regional trial court judge Florentino Floro filed his application for the highest post in the Supreme Court, along with Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon Victor Fernandez.

The only living and canonized Saint - Judge Florentino Floro, Filipino Martry and National Hero

The Prophet

3 more, including ‘prophet,’ eyeing CJ’s post

Written by Joel R. San Juan / Reporter - Friday, 05 February 2010 21:09

(left to right) Justice Talangka, Supreme Court Associate Justice Teresita Jose Leonardo de Castro, a Icon of Holiness, an Archetype of grace, piety and most venerable devotee of sacred hypocrisy, the most pious Philippine Supreme Court Associate Justice Minita Viray Chico-Nazario, a paragon of beauty, a model of judicial excellence and perfection, having no equal, and a perfect embodiment of the Rule of Law, Moral Farce and Hypocrisy, and Justice Kaututang-Dila

DEPUTY Ombudsman for Luzon Victor Fernandez, whose term of office will end on March 3, has applied before the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) for the post to be vacated by Supreme Court (SC) Chief Justice Reynato Puno on May 17.

Aside from Fernandez, Associate Justice Teresita Leonardo de Castro also reportedly expressed interest for the post. “It was just relayed to me [that they applied],” Justice Secretary Agnes Devanadera said, when asked to confirm that Fernandez and de Castro also applied for the post.

Likewise, dismissed regional trial court (RTC) judge Florentino Floro Jr. also expressed interest in the position; but at the same time, he nominated SC Associate Justices Arturo Brion and Conchita Carpio Morales and lawyers Henry Villarica and Gregorio Batiller Jr. for the position of Chief Justice. Earlier, Associate Justice Renato Corona manifested interest in being nominated to replace Puno, and deferred to the JBC’s decision on whether it would submit its shortlist of nominees to President Arroyo or to the next President, considering the election ban on appointments which will take effect on March 10.

Sno-Flo's 7 duendes rejoice on top of each other, when Judge Floro's enemies suffer in greatest pain Judge Florentino Floro

Associate Justices Antonio Carpio and Conchita Carpio-Morales, along with Ombudsman Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio, also expressed willingness to be nominated for the Chief Justice post on condition that the shortlist will be submitted to the next president.

In 2006, Floro, then presiding judge of the Malabon City RTC Branch 73, was relieved from the service after the SC found him to be mentally unfit to continue discharging his functions. The Court ruled although it is not within its authority to conclude that Floro is “insane,” medical findings had said the dismissed judge “is suffering from psychosis.” In determining his fitness to remain in office, the Court considered the report of the OCA that Floro proclaims himself to be endowed with psychic powers, that he can inflict pain and sickness on people, and that he is the angel of death.

Justice Renato C. Corona

In his 26-page document submitted to the JBC, Floro said his application and possible nomination for the Chief Justice post is with the condition that its shortlist will be submitted by the JBC “only to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.” He described himself as a “visionary and prophet” in his application. Floro is a graduate of the Ateneo Law School. He placed 12th in the 1983 Bar exams, with a rating of 87.55 percent.

Judge Floro accurately predicted the Ampatuan Massacre and Haiti Earthquake

SC scolds ex-judge for badgering justices February 5, 2010

The Supreme Court told a former judge that it will throw the book at him if he keeps on badgering justices with phone calls and pleadings seeking a review of his removal from office. The high tribunal en banc denied the petitions and letters filed by dismissed Judge Florentino Floro Jr. of the Malabon City Regional Trial Court, warning that he would face indirect contempt should he continue to ignore orders from the bench.

The per curiam ruling said Floro had no substantial evidence to obtain a modification or reversal of a March 31, 2006 decision that dropped him from branch 73, due to a “medically disabling condition of the mind that renders him unfit to discharge the functions of his office.” His petitions were ordered striken off records, foreclosing further pleadings from him because the ruling said litigations had to terminate at some point.

In the assailed ruling penned by Associate Justice Minita Chico-Nazario, Floro was sacked over his “delusional” tendencies, citing his admissions that he had sought guidance from three dwarf friends whom he named Armand, Luis and Angel. But the SC applied equity justice in awarding Floro backpay, allowances and other benefits commensurate to his three-year service as magistrate.

INDUCTION OF JUSTICE RENATO C. CORONA AS NEW SENATE ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL MEMBER: Justice Renato C. Corona takes his oath as member of the Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) before SET Chair Senior Associate Justice Leonardo Quisumbing at the En Banc Conference room at the Supreme Court, Manila on March 6, 2008. Justice Corona replaced Justice Angelina Sandoval-Gutierrez who retired last month. Witnessing the event were Justice Antonio T. Carpio and Atty. Irene R. Guevarra, SET Judiciary member and Secretary, respectively.

Floro filed on separate dates three partial motions for reconsideration and supplements, which were all denied, despite the case being terminated and closed to further pleadings. But he filed several more pleadings, including a Motion for Leave of Court to reinstate him as judge and a letter offering to work in the offices of three justices or the Office of the Chief Justice, by way of reconciliation.

Floro was sued by the Office of the Court Administrator which investigated about 13 administrative cases lodged against him by his own judicial staff. The SC found him guilty of seven out of 13 administrative charges and ordered him to pay P40,000 as penalty. Floro said he graduated with honors from the Ateneo de Manila, was 12th in the 1983 Bar exams and predicted the ousting of President Joseph Estrada, 9/11, and a 2001 fire that gutted the Malabon Hall of Justice, except his own sala. Rey E. Requejo

Judge Floro accurately predicted the Downfall of Erap and the Death of Rod Nazario

Sacked judge who sees dwarves wants to be Chief Justice

by Hector Lawas Thursday, 04 February 2010 19:33

THE dismissed judge who claimed that he consulted dwarves to see the future and has seen the Virgin Mary in at least 25 apparitions has applied for the soon-to-be-vacant post of the Chief Justice. Former Malabon regional trial court judge Florentino Floro yesterday filed his “verified application and with urgent administrative omnibus motion” before the Judicial and Bar Council.

Judge Floro lost his job because of Ateneo Law School Class 1982
Supreme Court Justice Arturo D. Brion (fourth from left) was elevated to the Hall of Fame of the Fraternal Order of Utopia of the Ateneo De Manila University (ADMU) School of Law during the fraternity’s Grand Ball and 45th Anniversary at the Hyatt Hotel and Casino, Manila on June 25, 2009. Justice Brion, former Secretary of Labor and Employment and Court of Appeals Justice, graduated cum laude and class valedictorian, with a Bachelor of Laws degree, from the Ateneo Law School in 1974. He joins fellow SC Justice Renato C. Corona (third from left) in the Hall of Fame. Also witnessing the conferment are Former Customs Commissioner Antonio M. Bernardo (far left), Utopia Fraternity President Kristoffer Tiansay (second from left), and Atty. Antonietta C. Articona-Brion (far right), wife of Justice Brion.

Floro, who was dismissed from the bench after the Supreme Court backed a medical finding that he had been suffering from psychosis, said he is applying for the post of Chief Justice on the condition that the JBC will submit his name to President Macapagal-Arroyo alone. He stressed that he does not want his name to be submitted to the next “Prime Minister or President” for appointment.

To back up his application, Floro said that he is a visionary and a prophet and accurately predicted in his 1996 book “Angel of Death,” which he said is a blockbuster, more than 800 dire prophesies with “razor-sharp accuracy.” Further, Floro bragged that he had foreseen the downfall of former President Joseph Estrada, and more than 10 years into the future, the twin typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng.

Floro further boasted that he had seen in his dreams the deaths of 57 civilians and journalists in the now infamous Maguindanao Massacre in Shariff Aguak town. The former judge earned a Bachelor of Laws degree from the Ateneo Law School and placed 12th in the 1983 Bar Examinations with a grade of 87.55 percent.

Two justices join race to replace Puno
By EDMER F. PANESA, Manila Bulletin
February 5, 2010, 4:48pm

Two more incumbent justices of the Supreme Court have joined six others in the race for the post that will be vacated when Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno hangs his robe in May. Associate Justices Teresita Leonardo De Castro and Arturo D. Brion were nominated before the Punoled Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) by their peers. Both accepted their nominations. De Castro and Brion are the seventh and eighth most senior SC justices, respectively, after Puno and Associate Justices Antonio T. Carpio, Renato C. Corona, Conchita Carpio Morales, Presbitero J. Velasco Jr., and Antonio Eduardo B. Nachura.

Ombudsman Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio

Corona, Carpio, and Morales all signified their interest for the top SC post, although the latter two said their acceptance of the nomination was subject to the condition that their names will be submitted to the next President. With the entry of De Castro and Brion, there are now five associate justices vying to become the country’s next Chief Justice. They are joined by three “outsiders” – Special Prosecutor Dennis M. Villa-Ignacio, former Malabon Judge Florentino Floro Jr. and Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon Victor C. Fernandez.

2 more justices eye SC chief post
Journal Online by Hector Lawas Friday

De Castro was nominated by retired SC Justice Minita Chico Nazario and lawyer Julie Ann Chang. Both Nazario and De Castro were former Sandiganbayan presiding justices and chairwomen of the anti-graft court’s Special Division that tried the plunder case against former President Joseph Estrada. Nazario, in her letter to Puno, said that apart from De Castro’s unquestionable qualifications as a jurist, her “achievements as a former Presiding Justice of the Sandiganbayan are testament to her skills as a unifying leader and an effective administrator.” In accepting the nomination, De Castro told the JBC that it is her honor to be considered as successor to Puno and that she has “full faith in the rule of law and the viability of our constitutional processes through which all the burning constitutional issues of the day should be resolved in due course.”

Because the big 7 were very influential clients versus Judge Florentino. Brion, on the other hand, was nominated by Associate Justice Japar Dimaampao of the Court of Appeals (CA) and Philippine Constitution Association (PHILCONSA) led by its president Manuel Lazaro.

Erap justice, ex-Webb lawyer, fired judge round out list

JBC stuck with Corona for SC post?

BY EVANGELINE DE VERA

IT looks like Supreme Court Associate Justice Renato Corona is the only viable candidate for the post of chief justice. But the Judicial and Bar Council, which screens nominees to vacant judicial posts, is yet to make a decision on whether to submit its list of nominees to President Arroyo or to the next president.

JBC: Judicial and Bar Council regular members (l-r) Hon. J Conrado Castro, Hon. Amado Dimayuga, Hon. Regino Hermosisima, EXECOM Chairman, Hon. Raoul Victorino, Hon. Rogelio Sescon and Atty. Renato Lopez, Jr. compose the panel during an open forum on Judicial and Bar Council Processes at the Leyte Park Hotel, Tacloban City, January 30, 2008.

The JBC received three more applications before it officially closed the nomination process yesterday. Associate Justice Teresita Leonardo-de Castro, Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon Victor Fernandez and dismissed Malabon judge Florentino Floro Jr. brings to six the total number of nominees vying for the post to be vacated by Chief Justice Reynato Puno who will retire on May 17. The JBC earlier automatically considered for nomination Corona, Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, and Associate Justices Conchita Carpio-Morales, Presbitero Velasco Jr. and Antonio Eduardo Nachura.

Velasco and Nachura declined their nomination.

Hermosisima’s ancestral house in Isabela, which is located beside the house of Melissa Sanchez. (Front to Back): Beverly Ann Hermosisima, daughter of Regino C. Hermosisima, Jr., unidentified teacher, Tita Purit Villanueva (caretaker), Winnie de leon Bucoy (in black), Carole Carabana, Nida Patiño-Dans and Carlo (2nd child of Carol)

Carpio and Morales said they were accepting their nomination provided their names would be submitted to the next President, pursuant to the constitutional provision barring the incumbent president from making appointments two months before elections until the end of her term on June 30.

Corona accepted his nomination without any condition. Another nominee, Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio, accepted his endorsement for the chief justice post, but with the same condition as that of Carpio and Morales.

‘Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.’ - Benjamin Whichcote

With Carpio and Morales declining their nomination, De Castro filed a "conforme" to the JBC signifying her interest to join the search for Puno’s successor. Prior to being appointed by President Arroyo to the high court, De Castro was the presiding justice at the Sandiganbayan Special Division that tried and convicted deposed President Joseph Estrada for plunder and perjury. Fernandez was one of the lawyers who defended Hubert Webb and his co-accused in the celebrated Vizconde massacre case.

Floro, who had claimed to be talking with dwarves, used to be the presiding judge of branch 73 of the Malabon regional trial court but was dismissed in 2006 due to "medically disabling condition of the mind that renders him unfit to discharge the functions of his office." Floro was sued by the Office of the Court Administrator which investigated about 13 administrative cases lodged against him by his own judicial staff. The SC found him guilty of seven of 13 administrative charges and fined him P40,000. Floro, in his letter to the JBC, repeatedly said he was the brightest in his class and graduated with honors from the Ateneo de Manila and even landed 12th in the 1983 Bar exams.

The Overview of the Judicial and Bar Council and its processes presented by
Hon. Regino C. Hermosisima Jr., JBC Regular Member

He also said he could not be held liable for the justices’ emotional incapability to accept his "gift" with empirical certainty. Among the "phenomena" that he supposedly predicted were the failure of former President Estrada to finish his term, the 2001 terrorist attack at the World Trade Center in the United States, and the July 2001 fire that gutted the Malabon Hall of Justice, except his own sala, which he predicted on July 18, 1999.

He also mentioned his ability to inflict pain via energy transfer or to prevent pains from being inflicted on a person during Fridays, on the condition that the person should alter his ways, lest they be punished, and his ability to see his dwarf friends. In his letter, he also claimed to have predicted the death of journalists in the November 23 Maguindanao massacre in Maguindanao.

JBC gets 8 nominees for Chief Justice

Judge Florentino Floro makes judicial history: the first and only RTC Judge to be included in the Final List of Chief Justice nominees-applicants abs-cbnNEWS.com | 02/05/2010 4:45 PM

MANILA, Philippines - Five Supreme Court associated justices, two officials from the Office of the Ombudsman, and one dismissed trial court judge have been nominated for Chief Justice. They are seeking to replace Chief Justice Reynato Puno, who retires on May 17.

Ancestral house in Lamitan, which is located in front of the City Hall of Lamitan. (L-R) Nida Patiño-Dans, Winnie de leon Bucoy, Beverly Ann Hermosisima, Carole Lourdes Hermosisima-Carabana & Marco Carabana.

Regino C. Hermosisima, Jr., the 4 termer (1997 to 2013) JBC Member, lives at a small condominium at the Capitol Estates, Fairview, near the St. Peter Parish and Ever Gotesco, Fairview, Quezon City and has mansions at Banilad, Cebu and Basilan (rubber plantations).

Papa Ino to his grandchildren Regino is married to very wealthy Rosemary P. Navarro of Alaminos, Pangasinan, and Lamitan, Basilan Province. They were blessed by God with very good children: Atty. Marceliano Hermosisima, Assistant Vice-President, Trust Department, Philippine National Bank; Mr. Mario Hermosisima, businessman; Dr. Carol Hermosisima-Carabaña, Asst. City Health Officer, Zamboanga City; Dr. Monalisa Hermosisima, Chua, Consultant Physician, Chong Hua Hospital, Cebu City; and Dr. Beverly Ann Hermosisima, Consultant Physician, Chong Hua Hospital, Cebu City.

Chief Justice Florentino Floro, Dwarf Supreme Justice LUIS, Associate Justices Armand and Angel are more brilliant than Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States

The 8 nominees whose names were submitted before the deadline on Thursday are:

* Associate Justice Renato Corona
* Associate Justice Antonio Carpio
* Associate Justice Conchita Carpio-Morales
* Associate Justice Teresita de Castro
* Associate Justice Arturo Brion
* Ombudsman Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio
* Deputy Ombudsman Victor Fernandez
* Former Judge Florentino Floro.

Mirror, Mirror on the wall, tell Judge Floro who has 666 on the forehead and Judge Floro will say who will be the fairest Chief Justice among them all!

In the case of President Arroyo, the ban starts on March 11 and ends on June 30. However, Malacañang has said that the President is also mandated by law to fill up vacancies in the Supreme Court. In a February 4 letter to the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC), the body that vets nominees to the President, Brion said he has accepted the nomination by Atty. Manuel Lazaro, president of the Philippine Constitution Association. "I consider it an honor and a duty to accept the nomination to the Office that we in the judiciary regard as the utmost in honor and potential for service to the nation," Brion said. Brion said it is up to the JBC to decide whether to submit his nomination to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, whose term expires on June 30, or to the next President.

The Prophet and Angel of Death, Judge Florentino Floro

"In accepting this nomination, I am fully aware that the JBC nomination process is now in the middle of a controversy that has excited, and elicited responses from, our citizens, our leaders and the best legal minds in the country. I am confident that the JBC, under the leadership of Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno, shall fully and lawfully discharge its duties under the Constitution," Brion said. "As a sitting Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, I cannot speculate, much less publicly air my views, on situations that may or may not arise in the appointment process. That is a move that I shall undertake in due form, guided by the letter and intent of the Constitution, once a concrete case is before the Court," he added. Among the top 5 senior justices, only Renato Corona has accepted a nomination for Chief Justice without conditions.

Judge Floro is one of the 9 Final Candidates-Nominees for 23rd Philippine Chief Justice to replace Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno on May 17, 2010

Nine express interest to replace Chief Justice
06:55 PM, February 05, 2010

A total of nine personalities, including two incumbent justices, have expressed their interest to replace Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno, who will step down on May 17. In a press conference on Friday, Court Administrator and SC spokesman Jose Midas Marquez said the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) received five applications or recommendations during the last day of submission (Feb. 4). The first two on the list are incumbent justices Teresita Leonardo-De Castro and Arturo D. Brion, who both gave their concurrence to the recommendations given by their colleagues in the judiciary. Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon Victor C. Fernandez, on the other hand, applied with the condition that "the next Chief Justice will be appointed by the incoming President."

Former Malabon Judge Florentino Floro, Jr., who was relieved from his duties in 2006 for having a "medically disabling condition of the mind," nominated himself but gave also his recommendations for Mr. Brion, Associate Justice Conchita Carpio-Morales and lawyers Henry Villarica and Gregorio Batiller, Jr. The high court’s most senior justices Renato Corona, Antonio Carpio and Ms. Carpio Morales have already earlier expressed their interests in the position. Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio also agreed to the nomination submitted by his former boss and Ombudsman Simeon Marcelo. -- Ira P. Pedrasa

Judge who talked to dwarves wants to be chief justice

By Dona Pazzibugan Philippine Daily Inquirer 02/05/2010

MANILA, Philippines—A former trial court judge who was dismissed for consulting “mystic dwarves” during trials has applied for the post of chief justice of the Supreme Court. Former Malabon Regional Trial Court Judge Florentino Floro Jr. personally submitted his application Thursday with the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) before it closed the filing of nominations for the successor to Chief Justice Reynato Puno, who will retire on May 17.

As he presented his application, Floro made it an express condition that the JBC should submit his name “only to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, that is, not to the next prime minister or president, as the case may be.” The Supreme Court dismissed Floro from the bench in 2006 after he admitted consulting mystic dwarves named Armand, Luis and Angel during “healing sessions” in his chambers. In sacking Floro for incompetence and bias, the high court said psychic phenomena had no place in the judiciary. It also called attention to a medical finding that said Floro had psychosis. In the 26-page application he submitted to the JBC, Floro affixed a photograph of himself with bills of money hanging down his neck and standing beside a toy stuffed dwarf. Floro, describing himself in the third person, said he was a “visionary and prophet.”

Atty. Gregorio M. Batiller, Jr. is also at present the General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce & Industry. He is likewise a member of several trade and professional organizations and served in recent years in various capacities either as President, Governor, Director, or General Counsel, of the Metro Manila Chambers of Commerce & Industry – South Sector, Paranaque City Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Rotary International – District 3830, Rotary Club of Paranaque – Sucat, Integrated Bar of the Philippines (Pasay, Paranaque, Las Pinas, Muntinlupa Chapter), and the Ateneo Law Alumni Foundation, Inc.

“He has accurately predicted in his ‘Angel of Death’ 1996 and other editions, more than 800 dire prophecies with impeccability. Since 2008, he had been bestowed more than 21 visions and apparitions of May and the Eucharist with vivid images and unequivocal messages duly filed with this Court of last resort,” he said. He also claimed that he had accurately predicted in writing the downfall of former President Joseph Estrada in 2001, the heart surgery of former Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr. in 2002 and the Nov. 23, 2009 Maguindanao massacre. Aside from nominating himself to be the next chief justice, Floro also nominated Supreme Court Associate Justices Arturo Brion and Conchita Carpio Morales and lawyers Henry Villarica and Gregorio Batiller Jr.

Justice Edilberto G. Sandoval Associate Justice - SandiganBayan Delivering his lecture on "Trial Technique: The Art of Direct & Cross Examination"

4 more nominees for next Supreme Court chief

By Edu Punay (The Philippine Star) Updated February 06, 2010 12:00 AM

MANILA, Philippines - Four more nominees for the post to be vacated by Chief Justice Reynato Puno upon his retirement on May 17 emerged last Thursday, the last day for filing of nominations and applications at the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC). The other nominees are Sandiganbayan acting Presiding Justice Edilberto Sandoval and Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon Victor Fernandez. Retired Justice Manuel Lazaro nominated Justice Sandoval while Fernandez applied for the post.

The nominations of Brion, De Castro, Sandoval and Fernandez brought to nine the number of candidates for the chief justice post to be deliberated upon by the JBC. The four who were earlier nominated for the post are Associate Justice Renato Corona, Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, Associate Justice Conchita Carpio-Morales and Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio. Former judge Florentino Floro Jr., on the other hand, applied for the post. SC administrator and spokesman Jose Midas Marquez said the JBC would evaluate the qualifications of the nominees. The council would publish the list of nominees and applicants and then set up public interviews before proceeding with their deliberations.

Nine vie for chief justice post

February 4, 2010 By Perfecto T. Raymundo, Jr.

When will the dwarves have the First Woman Chief Justice with several chiakras?

MANILA, Feb. 4 – On the last day of submission of application to the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC), two more aspirants on Thursday submitted their nomination for the position of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (SC). Atty. Victor Fernandez, Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon, manifested his intention to replace Chief Justice Reynato Puno, who is set to retire on May 17, 2010.

Gregorio M. Batiller Jr. obtained his Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude, in 1975, and his Bachelor of Laws, Valedictorian, in 1979, both at the Ateneo de Manila University, then took the Bar examinations the same year and was topnotcher (First Placer) with a general average of 91.4%.

Former Malabon City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Judge Florentino Floro also applied for the position of Chief Justice. He would like that his nomination be submitted to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Floro, an alleged psychic, became controversial after he was dismissed from the service by the SC for his conversations with his alleged dwarf friends. He was suspended in 2006 due to mental illness.

Likewise, three nominees were also endorsed for the position of Chief Justice namely, Associate Justice Arturo Brion, Atty. Henry Villarica and Atty. Gregorio Batiller, Jr. There are now nine official nominees before the JBC for the position of Chief Justice, including Associate Justice Renato Corona who manifested his intention to become a nominee without any condition while Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio and Associate Justice Conchita Carpio-Morales both expressed their intention to become nominees as Chief Justice premised on the condition that the JBC shortlist of nominees will be submitted to the next president and not to President Arroyo.

Atty. Henry R. Villarica (2nd from left) is 20th No. 1 Bar placer in 1971, University of the Philippines, 92.4% is 20th No. 1 Bar placer in 1971, University of the Philippines, 92.4%

Siyam ang nagtutunggali sa puwesto ng Chief Justice

by RM Padua

Manila (5 February) -- Sa pagtatapos ng taning sa pagsumite ng nominasyon sa Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) kahapon, umabot sa siyam ang nominado para sa puwestong iiwanan ni Chief Justice Reynato Puno na magreretiro sa Mayo 17.

Ito'y matapos nagsumite ng kanilang nominasyon ang dalawa pang nagnanais pumalit kay Chief Justice Puno sa huling araw ng pagsusumite ng application. Ipinahayag ni Atty. Victor Fernandez, Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon, ang kanyang intensyong palitan si Puno.

Philippine Information Agency

Nag-apply din sa nasabing posisyon ang dating hukom ng Malabon City Regional Trial Court na si Florentino Floro. Nais niyang isumite ang kanyang application kay Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Naging kontrobersyal si Floro, na sinasabing isang psychic, matapos syang ma-dismiss ng Supreme Court mula sa serbisyo dahil umano sa kanyang pakikipag-usap sa mga kaibigang duwende.

Nasuspende sya noong 2006. Kabilang sa iba pang mga nominado ay sina Associate Justice Arturo Brion, Atty. Henry Villarica, Atty. Gregorio Batiller, Jr. at Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa- Ignacio na nominado ng dating Ombudsman Simeon Marcelo. Mayroon na ngayong siyam na opisyal na nominado para sa posisyon ng Chief Justice kabilang na si Associate Justice Renato Corona na nagpahayag ng kanyang intensyon na maging nominee ng walang hinihinging kondisyon. Nagsara ang pagtanggap ng mga application para sa posisyon ng Chief Justice kahapon, sa ganap na alas singko ng hapon. (PIA 1)

Jevon and Hailey with the bride’s family: Brother Harvey Lawrence, mom Linabelle Ruth Ramos-Villarica, dad Atty. Henry Villarica, and brothers Henry Lester and Hans Lerwyn

4 more nominees for next Supreme Court chief

3 more nominated to Puno’s post Manila Standard Today, February 6, 2010

Sandoval was nominated by retired Justice Manuel Lazaro while Fernandez applied for the post. The four nominations received Thursday brought to nine the number of candidates to replace Chief Justice Reynato Puno when he retires May 17. The others nominated were Associate Justice Renato Corona, Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, Associate Justice Conchita Carpio-Morales, and Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio.

Former Malabon judge Florentino Floro Jr., who was sacked over “delusional tendencies” in March 2006, applied for the post. The ruling ordering his relief cited his admission that he received guidance from three dwarf friends whom he had named Armand, Luis and Angel. Court Administrator and spokesman Jose Midas Marquez said the council will publish the list of nominees and applicants and then set up public interviews before proceeding with the deliberations. Marquez said the council had yet to decide on whether or not it would submit the shortlist to President Arroyo.

Chief competition, LOOKING ASKANCE By Joseph Gonzales (The Freeman) Updated February 07, 2010

Last week, I wrote about my naked ambition to become the next Supreme Court Chief Justice. Joining me in that quest, according to news reports, is none other than former Judge Florentino Floro Jr., who was earlier dismissed from the judiciary for his avowed ability to talk to dwarves.

Judge Floro (can I still call him a judge even after he’s been dismissed?) was booted out after the Supreme Court took him to task for consulting dwarves during healing sessions in his august chambers. Reportedly, there was also a medical report that said he had psychosis. A google search revealed that Judge Floro claims to be an angel of death, able to cause pain to his court audience, and that he can actually write while in a trance. Well, those credentials aren’t so bad. And Wikipedia says he’s a graduate of the Ateneo law school. Considering my lean C.V., he might actually give me stiff competition.

Florentino Floro: Juiz que consultava duendes é afastado nas Filipinas: Florentino Floro

Judge Floro supposedly attached a picture of himself standing beside a stuffed dwarf. That was actually one of the conundrums I faced when deciding which photo to submit. I obsessed a little on whether I should go to a professional photographer, and hire a make-up artist to airbrush my natural good looks (ahem) to pictorial perfection. I also put some thought into the issue of whether I should wear a suit (to convey that I’m used to a high-pressure corporate environment) or a barong tagalog (to denote my pride at being Filipino).

As my friend gave me hardly any time to focus, I ended up running to the nearest photo-me booth and posing in a simple green checked shirt with a white collar. Compared to Judge Floro, who was reportedly wearing money bills in his picture, my outfit now seems appropriately conservative. I didn’t know this before, but apparently, applicants also have to submit a six-page application
form. Browsing through this form (called the JBC Form – 1), I found many things that one might consider irrelevant and frankly, even an invasion of privacy.

Why would there be a need, for example, to disclose my height (in meters) and my weight (in kilos)? I already find it excruciating to look at the weighing scale, do I have to share my distress with the rest of the world? I’ve also developed a (minor) defensive attitude towards being called vertically challenged – do I have to be reminded I’m less than six feet tall? And the age requirement! No need to explain that one.

Judge Floro's 3 dwarves are more sexy than Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago, Consuelo Ynares-Santiago and Flerida Ruth-Romero

Scanning the form, I came across Item 24: Litigation Experience. (That should be fairly straightforward, I thought.) Then, one of the sub items under this heading asks the applicant to disclose how many cases he or she has won over the past five years, and more importantly, how many cases were lost. Uh-oh. Is the applicant going to be judged on this basis, when the vagaries of litigating cases in this country may not necessarily lead to results based on the abilities of a lawyer?

The next section, Item 25, asks the applicant for his judicial experience. Good for me. As I have none, I can skip to the next section. As for Judge Floro, I wonder how he’ll do on this one, although Item 28 is the question that might really trip him up. This was the section titled “Formal or informal complaints filed against you.” In ominous tones, the item goes: “Have you ever been charged with violation of any law, decree, ordinance, administrative issuance, or regulation before any court, prosecution office, tribunal, or any other government office, agency or instrumentality in the Philippines or in any foreign country?”

Mystic Dwarfs and Judicial Review; Judge Floro and the Honorable Thieves in the Corridors of Padre Faura Power

(Um, do traffic violations count?) Wait a minute. Judge Floro’s application is, like mine, conditional. His says he only wants his appointment to be made by President Arroyo. On the other hand, my application letter states that I only want to be appointed by her successor. Darn. He might actually have better chances of getting appointed.

Uncle Harry coming over to baby-sit Pinoys POSTSCRIPT By Federico D. Pascual Jr. (The Philippine Star) Updated February 07, 2010 NINE CONTENDERS: The latest nominees are Supreme Court Associate Justices Arturo Brion and Teresita Leonardo-De Castro, acting Sandiganbayan Presiding Justice Edilberto Sandoval and Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon Victor Fernandez.

Florentino Floro: Juiz que consultava duendes é afastado nas Filipinas

Nominated earlier were Associate Justices Antonio Carpio, Renato Corona and Conchita Carpio-Morales, and Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio. Former judge Florentino Floro Jr., on the other hand, applied for the post. Carpio, Morales and Villa-Ignacio accepted their nomination but on condition that any appointment would be made by the next president. Fernandez also imposed the same condition.

2 mahistrado humabol sa Supreme Court nomination (Pilipino Star Ngayon) Updated February 06, 2010 Kasama naman sa mga outsider na nagsumite ng aplikasyon ay sina special prosecutor Dennis Villa Ignacio, dating Malabon RTC Judge Florentino Floro at Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon Atty. Victor Fernandez. (Gemma Garcia)

Elimination process for next CJ starts
By EDMER F. PANESA February 7, 2010, 6:00pm

The enemies of Judge Floro are more sophisticated than this healthy piglet with three eyes and two snouts; it was born in a litter of eight on February 5, 2010 and weighs about the same as the other piglets in the litter in Narvacan, Ilocos Sur.

Amid the controversy over the appointment of the country’s next Chief Justice, a Supreme Court magistrate has thrown his support behind the decision of the Judicial and Bar Council to proceed with the screening of candidates to replace Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno. “I am confident that the JBC, under the leadership of Chief Justice Puno, shall fully and lawfully discharge its duties under the Constitution,” said Associate Justice Arturo D. Brion, a contender for the post that will be vacated when Puno retires in May. Brion made the statement as the JBC begins Monday the elimination process involving nine applicants and nominees for the position.

SC Spokesperson Jose Midas Marquez said the JBC will examine all letters of application and recommendation as well as the confirmation by the nominees which were received by the council from the time the nomination process was formally opened on January 20 up to the February 4 deadline. “(The) JBC will meet on Monday and all of these (letters) will be included in its agenda,” Marquez said.

JBC is composed of Puno as ex-oficio chairman, and Justice Secretary Agnes Devanadera, Sen. Francis Escudero and Quezon City Rep. Matias Defensor as ex-oficio members. Its regular members include Justice Regino Hermosisima Jr., Dean Amado Dimayuga, Justice Aurora Santiago Lagman and lawyer J. Conrado Castro of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines.

Judge Floro, the "Prophet," if filmed, would surely topple Avatar and Dear John (a 2010 American romantic drama/war film starring Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried. Directed by Lasse Hallström, the film is an adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' novel of the same name. It shows the life of a young woman (Amanda Seyfried) after she falls in love with a soldier (Channing Tatum). They decide to exchange letters to each other after he is deployed to the war).

The film was released theatrically in North America on February 5, 2010. Dear John debuted as the No. 1 movie with $32.4 million in its opening weekend, knocking off Avatar after seven weekends in first place. The film also sets a record opening for Super Bowl weekend, topping the $31.1 million debut for Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert in 2008. It is reportedly the best debut for a film based on a Nicholas Sparks novel.

Aside from Brion, also vying for the top judicial post are SC Associate Justices Antonio T. Carpio, Renato C. Corona, Conchita Carpio Morales and Teresita Leonardo De Castro, acting Sandiganbayan Presiding Justice Edilberto G. Sandoval, Special Prosecutor Dennis M. Villa-Ignacio, Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon Victor C. Fernandez and former Malabon Judge Florentino Floro, Jr.

Last January 18, the JBC unanimously agreed to start processing the nominations for the next SC chief but deferred its decision on when to submit the shortlist of nominees to the “proper appointing authority.” Some quarters believe the President could still appoint Puno’s replacement notwithstanding the ban, which they claimed only covers positions in the executive branch.

FSGO, law students protest CJ 'midnight appointment'

abs-cbnNEWS.com | 02/08/2010 9:39 AM

MANILA, Philippines - Law students, businessmen and former senior government executives on Monday protested a plan by President Arroyo to appoint a new Chief Justice before she steps down from office on June 30, 2010. In a full-page ad published in major broadsheets, members of the Former Senior Government Officials (FSGO) and business leaders said Malacañang's "brazen and sly attempt" to appoint the next Chief Justice was a ploy to "shield the guilty from accountability."

Welcome and Opening Remarks and The Overview of the Judicial and Bar Council and Its Processes presented by Hon. Regino C. Hermosisima Jr., JBC Regular Member

A separate ad by the Association of Law Students of the Philippines also noted that Malacañang's proposal to replace Chief Justice Reynato Puno violates the 1987 Constitution, which bars a president from issuing permanent appointments 2 months before a presidential election and until the end of his or her term.

The JBC earlier said 5 Supreme Court associate justices, two officials from the Office of the Ombudsman, and one dismissed trial court judge have been nominated for Chief Justice. The eight nominees are Associate Justice Renato Corona, Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, Associate Justice Conchita Carpio-Morales, Associate Justice Teresita de Castro, Associate Justice Arturo Brion, Ombudsman Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio, Deputy Ombudsman Victor Fernandez and Former Judge Florentino Floro.

Loony ex-judge wants to be Chief Justice 7 February 2010

‘Loony’ ex-judge seeks chief justice post

By Benjamin B. Pulta 02/05/2010

A former judge dismissed from the judiciary for consulting “dwarves” in his decisions has filed an application with the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) to be next chief justice of the Supreme Court (SC). Florentino Floro, formerly of the Malabon regional trial court in a “verified application and nomination” nominated himself to the collegial body which is coming up with a shortlist of hopefuls for the CJ position.

Floro, who has described himself “a visionary and a prophet” and once claimed to have been levitated one inch beside a duhat tree while three dwarf friends appeared to him, said he wants his name “as one of the list of the nominees only to President Arroyo, that is, not to the next prime minister or president.” He also asked the JBC to consider five others including Associate Justices Arturo Brion and Conchita Carpio-Morales, “subject to their ratification of the nomination or later consent.”

The Prophet Judge Floro has been contacted by, or has encountered, the supernatural or the divine, and serves as an intermediary with humanity, delivering this newfound knowledge from the supernatural entity to other humans. Like Isaiah's Lips Anointed with Fire, Judge Floro has "Krus sa Dila."

Undaunted by his threats of “ungodly reprisals,” SC magistrates earlier ordered Floro to stop badgering them with phone calls and pleadings seeking a review of his case. Floro was also warned that he can be held liable for indirect contempt should he persist in disregarding lawful orders of the Court. The SC said Floro failed to present convincing arguments and substantial evidence to warrant a modification or reversal of its March 31, 2006 decision that ordered his relief as Malabon judge due to a “medically disabling condition of the mind that renders him unfit to discharge the functions of his office.”

The high court further ordered to expunge his petitions from the records and ruled that no further pleadings from the former judge would be entertained, citing basic rules under the judicial system that litigations must end and terminate at some point. “We wish to remind Judge Floro that the Court cannot be swayed to modify or reverse its decision and various resolutions by inundating the ponente with numerous pleadings avowing ungodly reprisal as well as personal letters/telephone calls seeking audience with the latter, if, as in this case, they are only in furtherance of repeating issues and arguments already passed upon by the Court en banc’s earlier decision and resolution,” the SC said.

Visionary Judge Floro experiences visions and apparitions connected to the supernatural. At times this involves seeing into the future. The visionary state is achieved via lucid dreams and Gifts of the Spirit. Judge Floro is of different caliber than Hildegard of Bingen, a 12th century artist/visionary and Catholic saint, Mohammed (who had a vision of and communed with the Angel Gabriel), St. Bernadette (who had a vision of and communed with the Blessed Virgin), and Joseph Smith (who had a vision of and communed with the Angel Moroni).

In the assailed decision of the SC, penned by Associate Justice Minita Chico-Nazario, Floro was separated from service due to his “delusional” tendencies, citing his admissions in several occassions that he decides his case with the guidance of his three dwarf friends whom he named Armand, Luis and Angel. As a matter of equity, the Court resolved to award Floro back salaries, allowances and other economic benefits corresponding to three years.

Floro subsequently filed on separate dates three partial motions for reconsideration and supplements, which were all denied by the SC for lack of merit, considering the case closed and terminated, stating that no other pleadings will be entertained in the future. In obvious disregard of this directive, Floro incessantly filed several more pleadings, including a Motion for Leave of Court to reinstate him as judge and a letter stating that he is willing to work under the offices of three justices or the Office of the Chief Justice, by way of reconciliation.

The Seven Planes (or Realms) of Existence are the totality of All-That-IS in Its limitless expression of Creation. It is important to understand these Planes in order to clarify why and where our beliefs, programs, contracts, commitments, initiations and healings originate. We operate physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually as part of and connected to all the Planes. Every Plane is working in our body in complete harmony to create life at all times. Every Plane operates within this Third Plane, where we, as humans, reside. The Planet of Floro's 3 mystic dwarves is located in the 7th plane of existence.

The more people who tap into the Group Collective Consciousness to witness change at this Seventh Plane, the easier it will be to shift human consciousness. We can evolve together and have instantaneous healings all the time.

He also filed a supplement to his original letter to reopen his case and to seek a new docket number to his original petition and to designate Senior Associate Justice Leonardo Quisumbing or Sandiganbayan Associate Justice Gregory Ong as new ponente of this “new” case. Floro was sued by the Office of the Court Administrator which investigated about 13 administrative cases lodged against him by his own judicial staff. The SC found him guilty of seven out of 13 administrative charges and ordered him to pay the amount of P40,000 as penalty.

In his 79-page motion for reconsideration, in which pages of stories about himself were interspersed, Floro alleged that the six government doctors who examined him counterfeited his intelligence quotient and wrongfully declared him as mentally impaired. He asked that an impartial panel of doctors who are experts who are also gifted to assess his psychic powers should be commissioned to examine him to determine his true mental state.

The Seventh Plane of Existence: is where The Creator, All-That-Is, ALL of Creation exists and creates all the other Planes. It can be tapped into and understood as the Highest Truth and Pure Love. In working from this connection, we can witness the gathering of energy and how it is utilized to co-create with the Creator-of-All--to manifest spontaneously, to witness instant healings, to change any thought form (illusion) with the absolute energy of love and joy immediately. It is "The Awakened State."

The more people who tap into the Group Collective Consciousness to witness change at this Seventh Plane, the easier it will be to shift human consciousness. We can evolve together and have instantaneous healings all the time.

The beleaguered judge said that the amended Rule 140 in the Rules of Court never included weirdness, healing, psychic phenomena and the like as grounds for discipline.“Insanity is, but respondent has never been declared insane,” he said, noting that his gift “dwells in the realm of both religious and religious belief, free exercise and expression or parapsychology, and beyond the four corners of medicine, psychiatry and psychology.”

Floro, who has repeatedly cited in his motion that he was the brightest in his class and graduated with honors from Ateneo de Manila and even landed 12th in the 1983 Bar exams, aaid that the SC should not allow itself to be dictated upon by in a proceeding to remove judges based on the medical incapacity of doctors, whose claims are mere hearsay evidence and thus inadmissible. Dr. Celeste Vista in her report to the SC cited that despite Floro’s “impressive educational background, there is an impairment in reality testing which is an indicator of a psychotic process, such that, cultural beliefs in dwarfs, psychic and paranormal phenomena and divine gifts of healing have become incorporated in a delusional system, that it has interfered and tainted his occupational and social functioning.”

Among the “phenomena” that he supposedly predicted were the failure of former President Joseph Estrada to finish his term, the 2001 terrorist attack at the World Trade Center in the United States and the July 2001 fire that gutted the Malabon Hall of Justice, except his own sala, which he predicted on July 18, 1999. He also mentioned his ability to inflict pain via energy transfer or to prevent forthcoming pains on a specific person during Fridays, on the condition that the person should alter his ways, lest they be punished, and his ability to see his “little friends.” Delhi HC judges disclose their assets February 06, 2010

Dismissed ‘psychic’ judge gets High Court’s ire

By Tetch Torres INQUIRER.net 02/08/2010

MANILA, Philippines — The Judicial and Bar Council excluded a self proclaimed “fifth best psychic in the country” from the list of aspirants for the position of Chief Justice. Court Administrator Midas Marquez said the Supreme Court ruling is explanation enough why he should not be included in the nominees. The high court recently issued a per curiam ruling telling former Malabon Regional Trial Court Judge Florentino Floro that it “will throw the book at him if he keeps on badgering justices with phone calls and pleadings seeking a review of his removal from office.”

Floro hugged the limelight when he claimed he was aided in the court by three dwarfs: Luis, Armand and Angel. He said he was the “angel of death” and that he could write while in a trance. In 2006, the Supreme Court ordered Floro’s dismissal from the bench after finding him suffering from psychosis that impaired his judgment. Nominees to the Chief Justice post which will be vacated by Chief Justice Reynato Puno on May 17 include Supreme Court Associate Justices Antonio Carpio, Conchita Carpio-Morales, Arturo Brion, Teresita De Castro, Renato Corona, Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio, Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon Victor Fernandez, Sandiganbayan acting Presiding Justice Edilberto Sandoval.

However, Justices Carpio and Carpio-Morales and Villa-Ignacio said they will only agree for the nomination if the next president will make the appointment. With the nomination already closed, Marquez said the names of the nominees will be published for two weeks and the JBC will be accepting comments from the public. “After that, the JBC will determine if there is a need to conduct an interview,” Marquez said. Asked if there will be a shortlist before the ban on appointments, Marquez said it is up to the JBC to make the decision. SC irked by Dismissed RTC Judge

Corona hits charge of unethical conduct

BY EVANGELINE DE VERA TUESDAY FEBRUARY 9, 2010 PHILIPPINES

Supreme Court spokesman Jose Midas Marquez said the publication of the JBC list will run for two weeks in newspapers of national circulation. Following the publication of the names of the aspirants, the JBC will accept comments from the public. Based on these comments, it will decide on whether to hold public interviews on the aspirants. The JBC officially closed the nomination on February 4, with eight applicants.

Those who submitted applications for or were endorsed to the post were Associate Justices Renato Corona, Arturo Brion and Teresita Leonardo De-Castro; Edilberto Sandoval, Sandiganbayan acting presiding justice; Victor Fernandez, deputy Ombudsman for Luzon; Ombudsman Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio; and former Malabon judge Florentino Floro Jr.

Floro has been excluded from the list owing to his dismissal from the bench. On Villa-Ignacio, Marquez said the JBC has directed its ex-officio secretariat to determine whether Villa-Ignacio has pending criminal cases and their status.

Only 8 contenders for Chief Justice

Manila Bulletin, By EDMER F. PANESA February 9, 2010, 11:58am

The judge who was dismissed from the bench due to his strange relationship with three “mystic dwarves” has just been eliminated from the race for the post that will be vacated by Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno in May. Court Administrator Jose Midas Marquez said yesterday the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) removed the name of former Malabon Judge Florentino Floro Jr. from the list of possible candidates to replace Puno, thus, leaving eight contenders for the Chief Justice post.

He said the JBC also directed its ex-officio secretary, lawyer Ma. Luisa Villarama, to verify if another candidate, Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio, has a pending case. “Other contenders for Chief Justice are SC Associate Justices Antonio Carpio, Renato Corona, Conchita Carpio Morales, Teresita Leonardo de Castro, Arturo Brion, acting Sandiganbayan Presiding Justice Edilberto Sandoval and Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon Victor Fernandez.

Marquez said Floro’s removal from the list was primarily due to a previous SC decision dismissing him from the judiciary. “He (Floro) has been separated from the judiciary. That decision of the High Court speaks for itself,” he said. In 2006, the SC dismissed Floro after he admitted consulting his mystic dwarves – Armand, Luis, and Angel – during healing sessions in his chambers. The SC said psychic phenomena had no place in the judiciary. It backed a medical finding that the judge was suffering from psychosis.

Race for SC turns ugly on ‘smear drive’ claims

by Joel R. San Juan Wednesday, 10 February 2010 Business Mirror

This developed as SC spokesman Jose Midas Marquez said the names of those who have been nominated and applied for the Chief Justice post, to be vacated by Chief Justice Puno upon his retirement on May 17, will be published for two weeks after the JBC closed its door for nominations and endorsements for the said post on February 4.

Midas Marquez also disclosed that former Regional Trial Court judge Florentino Floro Jr. has been excluded from the list owing to his dismissal from the bench, leaving the number of aspirants to only eight. Among the contenders for the Chief Justice post are Corona, Carpio, Associate Justices Conchita Carpio-Morales, Arturo Brion and, Teresita Leonardo-de Castro, Sandiganbayan Acting Presiding Justice Edilberto Sandoval, Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon Victor Fernandez and Villa-Ignacio.

Candidates for sc chief

Hidden judicial skeletons Atty. Manuel J. Laserna, Jr. Las Pinas City, Metro Manila, Philippines is the managing partner of the Laserna Cueva-Mercader & Associates Law Offices (LCM Law), Las Pinas City, Philippines, which specializes in litigation of judicial and quasi-judicial cases. (http://lcmlaw.multiply.com; lcmlaw@gmail.com).

‘Psychic’ judge dismissed from court because of psychosis Now if only all the judges who listen to god could be given the heave-ho as well... I heard about this fella. Didn't Whatstheharm.net have an entry about him? Or was that some other judge in the same country who lost his job because he believed in psychic powers? Hilarious story, anyway. It doesn't get much loopier than this. Florentino V. Floro Jr., Fired from his job as judge Just playing devils advocate for a second. What if there was a judge that credited his judgements to something weird, but had a great track record and no cases that would be judged different by a judge that did not?

Only 8 contenders for Chief Justice

9 vie for chief justice post, February 7th, 2010, Zamboanga Times

Dismissed ‘psychic’ judge gets High Court’s ire

Only 8 contenders for Chief Justice The judge who was dismissed from the bench due to his strange relationship with three “mystic dwarves” has just been eliminated from the race for the post that will be vacated by Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno in May. Court Administrator Jose Midas Marquez said yesterday the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) removed the name of former Malabon Judge Florentino Floro Jr. from the list of possible candidates to replace Puno, thus, leaving eight contenders for the Chief Justice post.

"JUDGE “DUENDE”

Feb 5, '10 8:55 AM, Multiply.com by Biboyski - Wearing bills of money hanging down his neck and posing with a dwarf, the former Regional Trial Court Judge of Malabon Florentino Floro applies to the top post, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. My query is this, when Floro was appointed as judge was he screened? How many cases were decided by him because he consulted his “duendes” or dwarves? When he got appointed why was this habit of his not discovered?

My brother and my friend Atty. Tonson were still working in the Supreme Court when Floro was removed and sacked as judge for consulting “duendes” or “dwarves” in his decisions. Decisions have to be decided on facts, on the laws applicable, or in short the law of the land when the case is heard. But the former judge had to consult not his books but his “duendes”. He could argue that people consult “astrologers”, “geomancers” and “feng sui “ experts but as a judge he is dispensing justice. The lady of justice wears a blindfold, and carries the scales and displays a sword. No, she does not consult duendes.

Floro calls these spirits which he consult as “spirit guides when he writes his decisions, that’s what makes him different from those who consult horoscopes, astrologers, geomancers and the like. Dispensing justice can result in someone losing property, someone getting jailed, someone getting vindicated and how to arrive at a decision should require a judge to study the case carefully. Is it justice to send an accused to prison for say 10 to 12 years because a “duwende” told him so? Or for a judge to order a businessman to pay up his creditor because “a spirit” told him to write such order?

Judges are guided by the Constitution, the laws of the land, jurisprudence (decisions rendered by the Supreme Court), the evidence being shown and by legal ethics as well as rules being issued by the Supreme Court. The act of the former judge in appearing before the media last night is a great disservice to members of the judiciary and to lawyers as a whole.Media should not have covered it, we don’t need circuses that make fun of institutions in this country. He is making fun of us and I don’t find the joke funny.

Corona: Raps on impropriety vicious lies

By Benjamin B. Pulta 02/09/2010 Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Renato Corona has rejected charges of impropriety leveled against him by a losing litigant even as the high court said it will welcome public feedback on the applicants for the chief justice position to be vacated in May. The eight seven contenders for the chief justice post are: Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio; Associate Justices Renato Corona, Conchita Carpio-Morales, Arturo Brion and Teresita Leonardo-De Castro; Sandiganbayan Acting Presiding Justice Edilberto Sandoval; and Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio and Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon Victor Fernandez.

Meanwhile,a dismissed judge Florentino Floro was taken of the list of chief justice hopefuls by the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC). Marquez stated that Floro was removed from the list since he has been severed from the judiciary. In 2006, the Supreme Court ordered Floro’s dismissal from the bench after finding him suffering from psychosis that impaired his judgement.

3pm of Fridays, Judge Floro's dwarf cyber seaman patiently target small fishes and giant judicial sharks in the most corrupt Philippine judiciary destroying by cyber strikes at all his enemies and persecutors so that their loved ones would suffer lingering illnesses and horrible deaths due to the Biblical curse

Applicants for the Chief Justice post include Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon Victor Fernadez, Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio, SC Associate Justices Carpio-Morales, Carpio, Corona, Arturo Brion,De Castro, and Sandiganbayan Asscociate Justice Edilberto Sandoval. Floro claimed to be a clairvoyant and can see dwarves. He stated that he predicted the inclusion of the journalists in the now infamous Maguindanao massacre.

Judge Floro's LUIS, Armand and Angel would use their Giant crab from Osaka, Japan to punish their crab mentality enemies, detractors and persecutors

Dismissed RTC judge applies for SC chief justice postDismissed RTC judge applies for SC chief justice post - By DateLine Philippines Posted on Feb. 04, 2010 at 7:28pm

Filipino Dwarf Judge Florentino Floro excluded from list of Chief Justice candidates
2/13/2010 07:48 AM ID: 82883 Expelled ‘psychic judge’ Florentino Floro, who claimed he consulted three mystic dwarfs Luis, Armand and Angel, was listed among the nominees and candidates for chief justice post to be vacated by Chief Justice Reynato Puno on May 17.

Japanese spider crab measuring 10ft from claw to claw — Crabzilla: Sealife Tropical Curator Derek Scales from the National Sealife Centre in Birmingham with the biggest crab in Britain; Macrocheira kaempferi is the largest known arthropod; fully grown it can reach a leg span of almost 4 m (13 ft), a body size of up to 37 cm (15 inches) and a weight of up to 20 kg (44 lb). The crab's natural habitat is on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean (some 300 to 400 m deep) around Japan, where it feeds on dead animals and shellfish. It is believed to have a life expectancy of up to 100 years.

The Judicial and Bar Council, however, excluded the Filipino dwarf judge from the list of aspirants because of a 2006 decision which removed him from office due to experts´ finding that he suffered from psychosis that impaired his judgment.Final list of nominees to the Chief Justice post includes Supreme Court Justices Antonio Carpio, Conchita Carpio-Morales, Arturo Brion, Teresita De Castro, Renato Corona, lawyers Dennis Villa-Ignacio, Victor Fernandez, and Edilberto Sandoval.

ISSUE ON NEXT SC CHIEF SHOULD NOT BE DIRECTED VS GMA - LAWYER

MANILA, FEBRUARY 5, 2010 (STAR) By Paolo Romero Dismissed judge applies for chief justice. A judge who was dismissed for alleged mental problems has filed his application for the post of chief justice. Former judge and lawyer Florentino Floro Jr. filed yesterday his application at the JBC.

In an interview, Floro said he decided to apply for the top post in the judiciary because the number of applicants is not enough to satisfy the law, which provides for at least three applicants for the post. Floro, 56, graduated with a degree of Bachelor of Laws from the Ateneo Law School and placed 12th in the 1983 Bar examinations with a grade of 87.55 percent. When he was applying for judge in 1995, he was rejected after the Clinic Services of the Supreme Court found evidence of ego disintegration and developing psychotic process. But due to his impressive academic records, Floro was appointed a regional trial court judge in Metro Manila and began work in November 1998. With Edu Punay

Sacked ‘psychic’ judge applies for SC chief justice post

2010 February 5 by The Mindoro Post By DateLine Philippines

MANILA–A regional trial court judge dismissed in 2006 for being “mentally unfit” has filed before the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) an application for the chief justice post that will be vacated by Supreme Court chief Justice Reynato Puno on May 17. The application of Florentino Floro Jr., former Malabon City RTC Branch 73 presiding judge, joined two more applications and four additional nominations that reportedly made it to the Thursday deadline of the JBC. Aside from Floro, the other applicants included deputy ombudsman for Luzon Victor Fernandez and associate justice Teresita Leonardo de Castro. Floro, who claims to be the fifth best psychic in the country, also nominated SC associate justices Arturo Brion and Conchita Carpio Morales and lawyers Henry Villarica and Gregorio Batiller Jr. for the position of Chief Justice.

Midnights and 3pm on Fridays, Judge Floro's 3 mystic dwarves release Vendetta light strikes patiently targeting Honorable Thieves and Filipino crabs destroying by cyber fires at all his enemies and persecutors so that their loved ones would suffer lingering illnesses and horrible deaths due to the Biblical curse

In determining Floro’s fitness to remain in office, the Court said it considered the report of the OCA that Judge Floro proclaimed himself to be endowed with psychic powers; that he can inflict pain and sickness to people; and that he is the angel of death. In his 26-page document submitted to the JBC, Floro said his application and possible nomination for the chief justice post is with the condition that its shortlist will be submitted by JBC “only to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.” He described himself as a “visionary and prophet” in his application. Floro is a graduate from the Ateneo Law School. He placed 12th in the 1983 Bar exams, with the rating of 87.55 percent.

Bilang ng mga aspirante sa pagka-mahistrado ng SC, nadagdagan pa ng isa February 05, 2010 Ex-Judge na nakikipag-usap sa mga duwende, gustong maging Chief Justice

2/4/2010 11:51:20 PM Sa huling araw ng pagsusumite ng aplikasyon para sa Chief Justice position, dalawa ang naghain ng kanilang nominasyon para maging Punong Mahistrado kabilang na ang isang hukom na una ng sinibak sa puwesto dahil sa pagkunsulta sa mga dwende sa pagdedesisyon sa kanyang mga kaso. Sina Atty. Victor Fernandez, Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon at dating Malabon RTC Judge Florentino Floro.

Matatandaang si Floro, na isa umanong psychic ay naging kontrobersiyal matapos itong sibakin sa puwesto ng Korte Suprema dahil sa kanyang pakikipag-usap sa mga kaibigang duwende. Una rito sinuspinde si Floro noong 2006 dahil sa kanyang mental illness. Sa kabuuan, siyam na ang opisyal na nominado ng Judicial Bar Council (JBC) para maging Chief Justice kasama sina Associate Justice Renato Corona, Justices Antonio Carpio at Conchita Carpio-Morales na nagpahayag ng kanilang intensyon na mapabilang sa nominees bilang Chief Justice sa kondisyon na sa susunod na Pangulo ng bansa isusumite ng JBC ang shortlist at hindi kay Pangulong Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

Mga nominado bilang bagong SC chief justice, nagsimula ng mag-iringan

February 05, 2010 MAINIT na agad ang laban sa anim na official nominee ng Judicial Bar Council (JBC) para maging punong mahistrado ng Korte Suprema. Alas- 5 ng hapon nang isara ang pagtanggap ng mga aplikasyon para maging Supreme Court chief justice. Nakahabol maghain ng kanilang nominasyon sina Atty. Victor Fernandez, Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon at dating Malabon RTC Judge Florentino Floro. Naging kontrobersyal si Floro, na sinasabing isang psychic, nang sibakin ito sa puwesto ng Korte Suprema dahil sa pakikipag-usap sa mga kaibigang duwende - habang minsan na rin itong nasuspinde sa serbisyo noong 2006 dahil sa kanyang mental illness.

Ex-judge na may kaibigang duwende, ibinasura ng JBC ang aplikasyon na maging chief justice

Midnights on Fridays, Judge Floro's dwarf Vendetta muscle striker patiently targets Honorable Thieves and Filipino crabs destroying by cyber lights at all his enemies and persecutors so that their loved ones would suffer lingering illnesses and horrible deaths due to the Biblical curse

2/9/2010 12:43:57 AM Agad na ibinasura ng Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) ang aplikasyon ni dating Malabon RTC Judge Florentino Floro para maging isa sa mga nominado sa pagiging Supreme Court chief justice. Sinabi ni Court Administrator at SC spokesman Atty. Jose Midas Marquez, agad inalis ng JBC ang pangalan ni Floro sa mga posibleng nominado sa pinakamataas na posisyon sa hudikatura dahil una na itong sinibak sa pagiging hukom. Kung tutuusin aniya, wala ng paliwanag na dapat ibigay ang JBC dahil matagal ng nagdesisyon ang Korte Suprema na hindi karapat dapat si Floro na manatili sa hudikatura matapos nitong aminin noon na kinukunsulta niya ang mga kaibigan na dwende sa pagdedesisyon sa isang kaso. Kamakailan lamang ay nagpalabas ang Supreme Court ng per curiam decision kung saan sinabihan na si Floro na babatuhin na siya ng libro kung patuloy niyang kukulitin ng tawag ang mga SC justices at kung patuloy itong maghahain ng mga pleadings na humihiling na repasuhin ng Korte Suprema ang desisyon nito ng sibakin siya sa pwesto.

Two more SC justices seeking Puno’s post

Saturday, 06 February 2010 00:00 BY WILLIAM B. DEPASUPIL REPORTER

TWO more Supreme Court justices were nominated to the post of chief justice, bringing to 10 the total number of candidates to the job that would be vacated by Chief Justice Reynato Puno on May 17. The two are Associate Justices Arturo Brion and Teresita Leonardo de Castro. Brion, who was the last to submit his nomination on Thursday, was nominated by the Philippine Constitution Association (Philconsa) and Court of Appeals Associate Justice Jafar Dimaampao.

The other nominees are Ombudsman Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio, Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon Victor Fernandez, former Judge Florentino Floro of the Regional Trial Court of Malabon City (Metro Manila), laywer Henry Villarica and lawyer Gregorio Batiller Jr.

9 vie for chief justice post
7 nominees for SC chief post

Thursday, February 4, 2010 AN ASSOCIATE Justice of the Supreme Court (SC), a deputy Ombudsman, and a dismissed judge are the three new additions to the list of nominees who vied for the soon-to-be vacant position of chief justice. As the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) officially closed off the nomination process Thursday, Associate Justice Teresita Leonardo-de Castro, Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon Victor Fernandez, and dismissed Malabon judge Florentino Floro Jr. beat the deadline for submission of their application for the post. Floro was presiding judge of branch 73 of the Malabon regional trial court but was dismissed in 2006 due to “medically disabling condition of the mind that renders him unfit to discharge the functions of his office.”

He was sued by the Office of the Court Administrator which investigated about 13 administrative cases lodged against him by his own judicial staff. The SC found him guilty of seven out of 13 administrative charges and ordered him to pay the amount of P40,000 as penalty. Floro, who has repeatedly cited in his motion that was he the brightest in his class and graduated with honors from Ateneo de Manila and even landed 12th in the 1983 Bar exams, said the SC should not allow itself to be dictated upon by in a proceeding to remove judges based on the medical incapacity of doctors, whose claims are mere hearsay evidence and thus inadmissible. He said he could not be held liable for the justices’ emotional incapability to accept his “gift” with empirical certainty. Among the “phenomena” that he supposedly predicted were the failure of former President Joseph Estrada to finish his term, the 2001 terrorist attack at the World Trade Center in the United States and the July 2001 fire that gutted the Malabon Hall of Justice, except his own sala, which he predicted on July 18, 1999.

Judge Floro's enemies are cheap mud crabs which were CURSED by his 3 mystic dwarves

Floro also mentioned his ability to inflict pain via energy transfer or to prevent forthcoming pains on a specific person during Fridays, on the condition that the person should alter his ways, lest they be punished, and his ability to see his dwarf friends. He further claimed to have predicted the death of journalists in the November 23 Maguindanao massacre. (JCV/Sunnex)

Regional trial court judges recommended to fill in appeals court vacancies Mr. Marquez said the JBC junked the application of former Malabon Judge Florentino Floro, Jr. who has been relieved of duties in 2006 for having a "medically disabling condition of the mind." -- I. P. Pedrasa

Full dressage by a dwarf Grey horse with dwarf Queen on the saddle, before Judge Floro's canonization as the Universe only living Venerable, Blessed and Saint, at Rome's Dwende Patio amid President Ferdinand Marcos' Order declaring Judge Floro, Filipino Martyr and National Hero

Judge Floro and LUIS own the greatest ant warrior which will carry Supreme Court Justices and Judges to Hades Asian Weaver ants (Oecophylla smaragdina) can carry weights of more than 100 times their own body weight whilst upside down on a smooth surface. They are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae (order Hymenoptera). Weaver ants are obligately arboreal and are known for their unique nest building behaviour where workers construct nests by weaving together leaves using larval silk. Weightlifting ant is photo winner Overall winner: Thomas Endlein, Cambridge University scientist, 'Weaver ant carrying heavy weight' Taken with a Canon EOS 5D with 100mm macro lens and flash.

Battle for top SC post heating up

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 01:12:37 EST Carpio, in a letter to the JBC, has called for an investigation of the allegations of Corona. Three other senior justices were nominated for chief justice--Senior Associate Justice Conchita Carpio Morales and Associate Justices Renato Brion and Teresita Leonardo de Castro.

The five other nominees are Ombudsman Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio, Deputy Ombudsman for Luzon Victor Fernandez, former Judge Florentino Floro of the Regional Trial Court of Malabon City, laywer Henry Villarica and lawyer Gregorio Batiller Jr. Battle for top SC post heating up BY WILLIAM B. DEPASUPIL Reporter Saturday, 20 February 2010 00:00

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Ex-Manila judge with dwarves as pals wants to be chief justice By MBJ on February 14, 2010

Even if I prophesied the world record death of 34 journalists massacred in just one day in Ampatuan or Maguindanao Massacre, via written pleading before the Court last 2007 praying for the consecration and enthronement of Our Lady of Fatima and Holy Eucharist, I repeatedly told the Supreme Court last February and March this year, that the curse I published persisted upon journalists:

A Third Filipino Journalist Is Killed By CARLOS H. CONDE Published: June 20, 2010

MANILA — Less than a week after the successive killings of two radio broadcasters, a reporter for a newspaper in the southern Philippineswas shot dead on Saturday evening, officials and colleagues said on Sunday.
Nestor Bedolido, a reporter for the weekly tabloid The Kastigador in Digos City, was buying cigarettes from a roadside vendor when a gunman approached and shot him six times.

Mr. Bedolido’s killing brought to 140 the number of Filipino journalists killed since democracy was restored in the Philippines in 1986. Of that number, 107 occurred in the last nine years, during the administration of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who will leave office on June 30.

Last Wednesday, Jovelito Agustin, a broadcaster for DZJC Aksyon Radio in Laoag City, in the north, was shot and killed while on his way home.

Less than 24 hours before Mr. Agustin’s death, Desiderio Camangyan, a radio commentator known for his searing criticism of corruption and illegal logging, was gunned down onstage while emceeing an amateur singing contest.

2007-09-25T22:04:00.000-07:00

WSJ: In the Philippines, Judge Consults Three Wee Friends

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In the Philippines, Ex-Judge Consults Three Wee Friends

Mr. Floro Loses His Job
But Becomes a Celebrity;
Using a Little Elfin Magic

By JAMES HOOKWAY
September 17, 2007; Page A1

MANILA, Philippines -- As a trial-court judge, Florentino V. Floro Jr. acknowledged that he regularly sought the counsel of three elves only he could see. The Supreme Court deemed him unfit to serve and fired him last year.

Case closed? Not in the Philippines, where vampires are said to prey on unwary travelers and wealthy politicians consult fortune tellers and card readers. Mr. Floro, 54 years old, has become a media celebrity. He is now wielding his new clout to campaign for the return of his job -- and exact vengeance on the Supreme Court.

Helping him, he says, are his three invisible companions. "Angel" is the neutral force, he says. "Armand" is a benign influence. "Luis," whom Mr. Floro describes as the "king of kings," is an avenger.

Mr. Floro has become a regular on Philippine television. Often he is asked to make predictions with the help of his invisible friends. "They say your show will be taken off the air if you don't feature me more often," was Mr. Floro's reply to one interviewer.

The day after Mr. Floro's first appearance on television last year, hundreds of people turned up at his house in a dusty Manila suburb hoping he could use his supernatural powers to heal their illnesses. Now Mr. Floro, who travels by bus, is regularly recognized on the street.

The Supreme Court says its medical clinic determined that Mr. Floro was suffering from psychosis. Even so, a series of disturbing incidents appear to have the nation's top jurists rattled. According to local newspaper reports, a mysterious fire in January destroyed the Supreme Court's crest in its session hall, and a number of members of the court and their close family members have developed serious illnesses or have fallen victim to car accidents.

Enough bizarre things have happened that in July, the Supreme Court issued an en banc resolution asking Mr. Floro to desist in his threats of "ungodly reprisal." The Supreme Court's spokesman declined to elaborate.

Mr. Floro says he is not suffering from psychosis, and that he's not to blame for the incidents. He points the finger squarely at "king of kings" elf Luis, who Mr. Floro says is bent on cleaning up what he says is the Philippines' corrupt legal system.

Mr. Floro says he never consulted the invisible elves over judicial decisions and the fact that he puts faith in them should make no difference to his career. "It shouldn't matter what I believe in, whether it's Jesus, Muhammad, or Luis, Armand and Angel," he says in an interview.

The Philippines has a long history of mixing organized religion with a deep belief in the supernatural. During the 1950s and 1960s, when the Southeast Asian nation was already an independent republic, the Central Intelligence Agency stoked fears of vampires and ghouls to help its preferred candidates win elections.

The elf, or "duwende," is one of a rich pantheon of supernatural beings that predate the Philippines' colonization by Spanish conquistadors in the 16th century. Many Filipinos make pilgrimages to Mount Banahaw, just south of Manila, which is reputedly the country's capital for elves and other beings.

READ THE CASE

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• Read the Philippines Supreme Court decision dismissing Mr. Floro from the service.Jaime Licauco, who teaches parapsychology at San Beda College in Manila, testified on behalf of Mr. Floro in a 2001 hearing. He argued Mr. Floro is mentally fit and argues the former judge's beliefs aren't so unusual in the Philippine context.

Like many others in the Philippines, Mr. Floro says he himself is a Roman Catholic, and once studied to be a priest. He recalls that he wasn't convinced that serving the church was necessarily the best way to serve other Filipinos. He says he thought he could improve more people's lives if he became a lawyer, and he handily passed the bar exams.

Mr. Floro says he first realized he had the power to perceive Armand, Angel and Luis in 1986. In 1998, he applied to switch from being a lawyer to becoming a judge. He passed a mandatory psychiatric evaluation applied to all prospective judges and was sworn in as a regional trial-court judge in November of that year, handling both civil and criminal cases in Malabon, a district in greater Manila.

In 1999, Mr. Floro invited officials from the Supreme Court's administration unit to inspect his small courtroom. What they found unnerved them, and the Supreme Court convened a hearing to determine whether Mr. Floro should be removed from the bench.

According to Supreme Court papers, the court investigators presenting evidence at the hearing said they found Mr. Floro wearing blue robes instead of the normal black. Mr. Floro's own witnesses testified that he wore black on Fridays to "recharge his psychic powers."

The court investigators also reported that Mr. Floro began court proceedings with readings from the Book of Revelation and conducted hands-on psychic healing sessions for members of the public in his chambers during recesses. The investigators said Mr. Floro would sometimes enter a trance to write his rulings.

During the hearing, Mr. Floro revealed his contact with his elves. He also shared with the judges that Luis predicted that then-Philippine President Joseph Estrada would be ousted from office; Mr. Estrada was forced from power by a popular revolt two years later in 2001 and was sentenced last week to life in prison for corruption.

In March 2006, after lengthy delays, the Supreme Court finally dismissed Mr. Floro from the court service, largely because of his belief in the supernatural. Even though Mr. Floro says the elves played no part in his judicial decisions, the Supreme Court justices said his broad faith in mysticism and supernatural phenomena had affected his work. "Lest we be misconstrued, we do not denigrate such a belief system," Associate Justice Minita Chico-Nazario wrote in the Supreme Court's verdict. "However, such beliefs, especially since Judge Floro acted on them, are at odds with the critical and impartial thinking required of a judge under our judicial system."

Mr. Floro dissents. He has filed three appeals of the Supreme Court's decision since then and is continuing his campaign on local television and on the Internet. The Supreme Court hasn't reversed any of his decisions after suspending and later removing him from the bench.

Write to James Hookway at james.hookway@awsj.com

Judge Floro's Blog:

http://angelofdeathluisarmandandangel.blogspot.com/

Judge Floro's 27 Philippine TV documentaries on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=judge+floro

Judge Floro's Auto / Article User Page on Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florentino_Floro

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Judge Floro's 27 pages, 34, 000 views, 1, 400 replies Legendary thread on RUSH Counterparts Message Board:

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Judge Floro's email and yahoo messenger:

judge_florentino_v_floro@yahoo.com

judgefloro@yahoo.com

Judge Floro's contact numbers:

Celphone No. secretary Belen:

0927-3440957

digitel Philippines land line

(044) 662-8203

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Marc-Anthony Macon

When elves take the law into their own hands...

Florentino V. Floro Jr. is was a trial judge in Manila, Philippines. Things were going fine for Florentino until he saw fit to inform the public that he has three tiny little friends - elves that only he can see and hear.
After being fired, Floro latched on to the gullibility of an already superstitious public, became a media celebrity and has now vowed to exact revenge on the Supreme Court, using the talents of his invisible buds:

"It shouldn't matter what I believe in, whether it's Jesus, Muhammad, or Luis, Armand and Angel"

Angel, Armand and Luis are the elves' names, in case you're interested. Floro calls Luis "the king of kings". Plenty of people are lining up and defending Floro, saying that his beliefs should be just as valid as those who pray to Jesus for help. I agree with that, but I think that I would go a bit further and say that if a judge talks to someone who isn't there, whether he has pointy ears or wears sandals, perhaps he's really more suited to be a weird, vengeful media personality than to help decide the fate of the accused.

Just sayin'.

M-A

http://www.abajournal.com/news/fired_judge_blames_elf_for_court_mishaps/

Fired Judge Blames Elf for Court Mishaps

Posted Sep 17, 2007, 01:50 pm CDT
By Debra Cassens Weiss

The Philippines Supreme Court has asked a fired judge who claims he is assisted by three elves to stop making threats of “ungodly reprisal.”
The court kicked Florentino Floro Jr. off the bench largely because of his belief in the supernatural, the Wall Street Journal reports (sub. req.). A medical clinic determined that the judge was suffering from psychosis.
Since then Floro has battled to get his job back, appearing on TV and winning converts who seek his healing powers. At the same time, a series of unfortunate incidents have befallen the supreme court justices or their families, including serious illnesses and car accidents.
Floro says the person to blame for the mishaps is one of the elves, "Luis," a "king of kings" who is an avenger. He told the newspaper that the elves help him predict the future, but he has never consulted them when issuing judicial decisions.
The Supreme Court has not reversed any of Floro’s decisions since firing him.

http://www.newpersonalinjury.info/controversial/judge-blames-elves/

Judge Blames Elves

Filed under:Controversial — posted by Tom on September 17, 2007 @ 10:22 pm

The Philippines Supreme Court who fired a judge for claiming he had elves who assisted him, has asked that judge to stop with the threats of “ungodly reprisal”.
Judge Florentino Floro Jr. was removed fromt he bench mostly because he believed in the supernatural. A clinic has diagnosed him with psychosis.
Floro is fighting to get his job back, he has been on television, and converts people who believe in his healing powers. Meanwhile, a string of tragic happening are occuring for the supreme court justices and their families… Things like serious illnesses and terrible car accidents.
Floro claims the one to blame is one of the elves, “Luis” a “king of kings” who is quite vengeful. Floro has said that the elves help him predict he future, but has never consulted with the elves on judicial matters.
The Supreme court has not reversed any of Floro’s decisions.

http://scienceblogs.com/denialism/2007/09/the_right_to_trialby_elves.php

The Right to Trial...By Elves

Category: Wasting your time
Posted on: September 17, 2007 2:23 PM, by Chris H

The Journal's James Hookway informs us that a trial court judge in Manila, Judge Floro, has an interesting set of consultants: three elves, only visible to the judge himself! Belief in this trio has caused the country's supreme court to intervene and fire the judge.
...Mr. Floro, 54 years old, has become a media celebrity. He is now wielding his new clout to campaign for the return of his job -- and exact vengeance on the Supreme Court.
Helping him, he says, are his three invisible companions. "Angel" is the neutral force, he says. "Armand" is a benign influence. "Luis," whom Mr. Floro describes as the "king of kings," is an avenger.
Mr. Floro has become a regular on Philippine television. Often he is asked to make predictions with the help of his invisible friends. "They say your show will be taken off the air if you don't feature me more often," was Mr. Floro's reply to one interviewer.
The full article is worth a read for a giggle; here's just a snippet:
Mr. Floro says he never consulted the invisible elves over judicial decisions and the fact that he puts faith in them should make no difference to his career. "It shouldn't matter what I believe in, whether it's Jesus, Muhammad, or Luis, Armand and Angel," he says in an interview.

http://tri-blog.livejournal.com/95005.html

Fired Philippine judge gets advice from "elves"

Ugh. This news is disgusting. I'm originally Chinese from the Philippines. Knowing my relatives, I feel that the widespread religious (mainly Catholic) and superstitious views there are what help keep the Philippines backward, ignorant, poor, and corrupt. People from there (including my family) believe in all sorts of ridiculous crap. They are ignorant and cynical about science, but they pony up to faith healers and fortune tellers. The lack of critical thought hurts them big time.

In the Philippines, Ex-Judge Consults Three Wee Friends (Wall St. Journal): Mr. Floro Loses His Job But Becomes a Celebrity; Using a Little Elfin Magic

http://bradley.chattablogs.com/archives/060640.html

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September 17, 2007

Judge Confesses To Consulting Elves Fights To Get Job Back

(Snap, Crackle, Pop)

Gentlemen, this is a true story (from the Wall Street Journal)
MANILA, Philippines -- As a trial-court judge, Florentino V. Floro Jr. acknowledged that he regularly sought the counsel of three elves only he could see. The Supreme Court deemed him unfit to serve and fired him last year.
Case closed? Not in the Philippines, where vampires are said to prey on unwary travelers and wealthy politicians consult fortune tellers and card readers. Mr. Floro, 54 years old, has become a media celebrity. He is now wielding his new clout to campaign for the return of his job -- and exact vengeance on the Supreme Court.
Helping him, he says, are his three invisible companions. "Angel" is the neutral force, he says. "Armand" is a benign influence. "Luis," whom Mr. Floro describes as the "king of kings," is an avenger.
Aight, homies, elves. Fellas, elves???? Wow.
Three elves. What else is there to say? This guy may have some problems or maybe he really believes it. I dunno.

http://shatteredprayer.com/210/looking-back-fondly-on-the-psychic-judge/

Apr 22 - Looking back fondly on the Psychic Judge

In the comments of the last post the issue of whether or not I should write a book on the Tarot arose. I mentioned that I’d like to, but wasn’t sure whether I could add anything fresh to the subject.
At which point, for whatever reason, R the P googled my name. He said in the comments that someone had mentioned me as ‘prestigious’. Ahem, yes. So they have.
That was Judge Florentino Floro, the psychic judge, whose case drew quite a bit of interest a year or so ago. I even wrote an article about him in Noumenal.net.
The Judge was kind enough to respond to my article in comments, and also sent me a few emails. Later he sent me a copy of his 3rd addendum to his Supreme Court appeal, which mentioned me and the ‘prestigious’ Noumenal.net. Calling Noumenal.net ‘prestigious’ is kind of like calling RPBE pie ‘gourmet’. I mean, its good, but it ain’t gourmet.
I followed some of the links that R the P googled, and found one that belonged to a lawyer who was also mentioned in the Judge’s appeal. Said lawyer mentions me on his blog, Lowering the Bar, takes my words all out of context and makes me sound a bit daffy. I think I was the punchline of his joke, actually. But what can we expect from a lawyer?
I quote:
I think it is fair to say that people were quite interested in the matter, although there is probably not much we can do from halfway around the world.
Or at least that’s what I thought. In a third supplemental pleading that Judge Floro forwarded me last night, I was a little surprised, but proud, to see that he had cited me as one of a number of worldwide authorities on his case. The pleading starts by reprinting most of an article on the case by Justice William Bedsworth, an associate justice in California’s 4th District Court of Appeals, who has his own blog and who frequently publishes articles in the legal papers here as well. Judge Floro also cites (among others) another California attorney, Lester Hardy; David Pannick, a British attorney; Ken Blanchard, a management and business writer (The One Minute Manager); a French blogger; and Che, a tarot reader and clairvoyant who shares her home with "a couple of spirits, some shadow people, some black blobs, one homunculus and a cat."
The actual appeal quotes my article pretty much verbatim, but unless you understand the context of the black blobs and homunculi, then you’re probably going to think I’m a nut.
Well I am kind of a nut but not because I see dead people. Well… I don’t see them much. Once in a while maybe. I hear them more often than see them. Anyway, tangent. I don’t really feel the need to defend myself to some hyper-materialist lawyer dude. I see what I see, I do what I do, and I probably enjoy life more than him. Well, maybe not these days…
Anyway, I know the judge lost his appeal, and I’d like to know how he’s doing these days so Judge, if you see this, could you drop a comment and let us know what you’re up to? I hope you are well and have found new outlets for your gifts.
And for those who don’t remember the original article that I wrote on the matter, it can be found here.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1898489/posts

In the Philippines, Ex-Judge Consults Three Wee Friends (Gets help from Invisible Elves)

Wall Street Journal ^ | 09/17/2007 | JAMES HOOKWAY
Posted on 09/18/2007 11:56:22 AM PDT by SirLinksalot

MANILA, Philippines -- As a trial-court judge, Florentino V. Floro Jr. acknowledged that he regularly sought the counsel of three elves only he could see. The Supreme Court deemed him unfit to serve and fired him last year.
Case closed? Not in the

He doesn't look so sinister to me :

http://sarsfieldsghost.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!8DE1B51827CB3E54!150.entry

August 20
WTF !!
Imaginary dwarves cost judge job

Friday, August 18, 2006 METRO London.

A judge has lost his job in the Phillipines, on the grounds that he regularly consulted with imaginary mystical dwarves who would join him in 'healing' sessions.
Judge Florentino Floro, from Manila, was originally removed from his post in April, after it emerged that he believed himself to be psychic, and that he would begin his court session with readings from the Book of Revelation.
In appealing that decision, Judge Floro mounted a staunch defence of the existence of his three dwarf friends - who were named Armand, Luis and Angel - telling the court in a letter that they had made a covenant together.
'From obscurity, my name and the three mystic dwarves became immortal,' he added.
In addition to the mystical dwarves, Judge Floro also reportedly believed that he was able to forsee the future, that he could inflict pain on others, and that he was the angel of death. He would change his judicial robes from blue to black every Friday to recharge his psychic powers.
The court found that he was unable to carry out his duties due to 'mental unfitness', adding that this could 'erode the public's acceptance of the judiciary as the rational guardian of the law.'
Armand, Luis and Angel were unavailable for comment.

http://soundsofthecinema.blogspirit.com/archive/2007/09/18/were-frodo-sam-and-pippin-not-available.html

18 September 2007

Were Frodo, Sam and Pippin not available?

As a trial-court judge, Florentino V. Floro Jr. acknowledged that he regularly sought the counsel of three elves only he could see. The Supreme Court deemed him unfit to serve and fired him last year.

http://roychoco.multiply.com/journal/item/123/Going_International

Random Thoughts

Going International

Sep 19, '07 2:21 AM
for everyone

I had a post about former Judge Floro a while back, he even left a comment on the story and I told him that I would write a follow up post on his story when I had the time. Obviously, I was not able to do that. Then, picking up a free copy of the Asian Wall Street Journal, I came upon this story.

Former Judge Florentino Floro has hit the big time. When I first read about him, his story was featured in Reuters. Now he is in the Wall Street Journal story which was picked up by one of my favorite blogs.

Then and now, his claim is that he should not have been relieved of his position because
"It shouldn't matter what I believe in, whether it's Jesus, Muhammad, or Luis, Armand and Angel,"
On the face of it, he is absolutely correct, it does not matter what he believes in, as long as he does his duties as a Judge fairly and honestly. And the Philippine Supreme Court resolution that relieved him of his position actually states this fact
"There is no indication that Judge Floro is anything but an honorable man. And, in fact, in our disposition of the 13 charges against him, we have not found him guilty of gross misconduct or acts or corruption"
But he was not relieved of his position because of what he believed in, he was relieved of his position because of
"the findings of psychosis by the mental health professionals assigned to his case indicate gross deficiency in competence and independence."
In the WSJ article, it states that
"He passed a mandatory psychiatric evaluation applied to all prospective judges and was sworn in as a regional trial-court judge in November of that year, handling both civil and criminal cases in Malabon, a district in greater Manila."
What is not stated in the article, that he failed two previous psychiatric tests in 1995 and 1998 because as stated by the evaluating psychologists in 1995
"evidences of developing psychotic process"
and in 1998
"he is at present not intellectually and emotionally equipped to hurdle the responsibilities of a judge and he may decompensate when exposed to anxiety-provoking and stress-laden situation"
but
Because of his impressive academic background, however, the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) allowed Atty. Floro to seek a second opinion from private practitioners. The second opinion appeared favorable thus paving the way to Atty. Floro’s appointment as Regional Trial Court (RTC) Judge of Branch 73, Malabon City, on 4 November 1998.
The Supreme Court came to regret this decision by the JBC because despite all the psychoilogical findings against former Judge Floro, the SC states
"It goes without saying that Judge Floro’s appointment as RTC judge is fait accompli. What awaits us now is the seemingly overwhelming task of finding the PROPER, JUST AND EQUITABLE solution to Judge Floro’s almost seven years of suspension in the light of the fact that the penalty imposed herein does not merit a suspension of seven years."
The Philippine Supreme Court tried to do the just and equitable thing, and judging by Judge Floro's actions after his relief, I say the Philippine Supreme court succeeded.

p.s.

Links to Judge Flortentino Floro's actions after being relieved of his position.

His blog
A thread he started in badscience.net
Blog post from Lowering the Bar on Judge Floro

"http://www.acriminalwasteofspace.com/journal_beds.asp?blogId=58"Blog post from A Criminal Waste of Space

http://legalsoapbox.wordpress.com/2006/12/06/luis-armand-and-angel-2/

Wednesday, December 6th, 2006...3:55 pm

Luis, Armand and Angel

It is fitting that my 100th post is on the subject of bizarre lawyers (I freely confess to being one of that species). However, I don’t think I’m quite as odd as the people mentioned in this article. At least, I hope not.
http://legalsoapbox.wordpress.com/2007/09/19/supernatural-suing/
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007...10:11 am
Supernatural suing
I was talking to a friend, and we both feel a bit sick of all the political jockeying in the news at the moment. So, let’s look at some different news.
1. Luis, Armand and Angel
I wrote a post about bizarre lawyers last year. One was Philipino judge Florentino V. Flores Jr, a trial judge who believed he was assisted by three elves, Luis, Armand and Angel. As this article in the Wall Street Journal explains, the story doesn’t end there. Apparently, belief in elves (or "duwende") is common in the Philippines, and Mr Floro has become a cause celebre.
Apparently it’s all down to Luis, the "king of kings" and avenger elf, rather than Mr. Floro personally.

http://www.shortnews.com/start.cfm?id=65006

ShortNews.com, Germany

09/18/2007 10:48 AM ID: 65006

Filipino Justice Consulted 3 Dwarfs

Dismissed Filipino Judge Florentino Floro lost 3 appeals to the Philippine Supreme Court and is jobless. But he, nonetheless, remains a world celebrity. As gifted, he predicted on 1998 the 2001 downfall of former Philippine President Joseph Estrada.
Assisting him in court proceedings are his 3 invisible guides: "Angel," neutral force; "Armand," a benign influence; and "Luis," the "king of kings," the avenger. These elves, or "duwendes," helped Floro to heal patients by supernatural powers.
Floro wrote dire prophecies on the judiciary. On January, 2007, a fire destroyed the court's session hall while justices and their loved ones died or had been ill. Ergo, on July, the Court cited the dwarf judge in contempt for "ungodly reprisal."
Source: online.wsj.com WebReporter: dwendeling

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September 17, 2007

Fired Judge Blames Elf for Court Mishaps

The Philippines Supreme Court has asked a fired judge who claims he is assisted by three elves to stop making threats of "ungodly reprisal."
The court kicked Florentino Floro Jr. off the bench largely because of his belief in the supernatural, the Wall Street Journal reports (sub. req.). A medical clinic determined that the judge was suffering from psychosis.
Since then Floro has battled to get his job back, appearing on TV and winning converts who seek his healing powers. At the same time, a series of unfortunate incidents have befallen the supreme court justices or their families, including serious illnesses and car accidents.
Floro says the person to blame for the mishaps is one of the elves, "Luis," a "king of kings" who is an avenger. He told the newspaper that the elves help him predict the future, but he has never consulted them when issuing judicial decisions.

http://indiauncut.com/iublog/article/a-veritable-bench/

18 September, 2007

A Veritable Bench

Opening para of the day, from a WSJ report from Manila:
As a trial-court judge, Florentino V. Floro Jr. acknowledged that he regularly sought the counsel of three elves only he could see. The Supreme Court deemed him unfit to serve and fired him last year.
Well, some people turn to God, so what’s wrong with elves?
Floro Jr, by the way, is a celebrity in the Philippines now. His elves are named Angel, Armand and Luis. No chicas?
(Link via email from Shruti.)
"Posted at 11:51 PM by Amit Varma in Miscellaneous

http://scienceblogs.com/ethicsandscience/2007/09/are_imaginary_friends_a_prima.php

Are imaginary friends a prima facie disqualification for a judge?

Posted on: September 18, 2007 1:39 PM, by Janet D. Stemwedel

Via Ed Cone I found one of those stories that makes me love the Wall Street Journal: "In the Philippines, Ex-Judge Consults Three Wee Friends":
As a trial-court judge, Florentino V. Floro Jr. acknowledged that he regularly sought the counsel of three elves only he could see. The Supreme Court deemed him unfit to serve and fired him last year. ...
Helping him, he says, are his three invisible companions. "Angel" is the neutral force, he says. "Armand" is a benign influence. "Luis," whom Mr. Floro describes as the "king of kings," is an avenger.
Oh my.

While it's not common in these parts for adults to claim that they're in regular contact with invisible elves, apparently, in the Philippines, an elf (or "duwende") is as plausible a critter as a vampire -- which is to say, lots of folks believe in them. Still, it would seem that it was an unusual enough thing for a trial-court judge to claim that it made judicial officials uncomfortable. That their medical clinic determined Mr. Floro suffers from psychosis can't have helped, either.
In 1999, Mr. Floro invited officials from the Supreme Court's administration unit to inspect his small courtroom. What they found unnerved them, and the Supreme Court convened a hearing to determine whether Mr. Floro should be removed from the bench.
According to Supreme Court papers, the court investigators presenting evidence at the hearing said they found Mr. Floro wearing blue robes instead of the normal black. Mr. Floro's own witnesses testified that he wore black on Fridays to "recharge his psychic powers."

The court investigators also reported that Mr. Floro began court proceedings with readings from the Book of Revelation and conducted hands-on psychic healing sessions for members of the public in his chambers during recesses. The investigators said Mr. Floro would sometimes enter a trance to write his rulings.

During the hearing, Mr. Floro revealed his contact with his elves.
As I read it, this seems to be saying that there were worries about Mr. Floro's performance prior to the revelation that Angel, Armand, and Luis were in the picture. (Who knew that blue robes would be an issue?) But it doesn't sound like this additional information about the elves counted as a positive for his competence on the bench.
Should they be counted against his competence? If Mr. Floro hadn't been performing psychic surgery on the job, reading from the Book of Revelations in the courtroom, and wearing those non-regulation blue judicial robes, would his belief in the elves be reason enough to remove him from the bench? Mr. Floro argues that it would not:
Mr. Floro says he never consulted the invisible elves over judicial decisions and the fact that he puts faith in them should make no difference to his career. "It shouldn't matter what I believe in, whether it's Jesus, Muhammad, or Luis, Armand and Angel," he says in an interview.

In other words, Mr. Floro is arguing that his faith in the elves is a personal matter, and something quite distinct from his job performance as a trial judge. In the case that he really was making his rulings on the basis of sound principles of jurisprudence, would it be possible to count his elfin inclinations as idiosyncratic but irrelevant?

Or is the belief in elves necessarily a sign of a state of mind incompatible with sound judicial reasoning in the real world we all share?*
In March 2006, after lengthy delays, the Supreme Court finally dismissed Mr. Floro from the court service, largely because of his belief in the supernatural. Even though Mr. Floro says the elves played no part in his judicial decisions, the Supreme Court justices said his broad faith in mysticism and supernatural phenomena had affected his work. "Lest we be misconstrued, we do not denigrate such a belief system," Associate Justice Minita Chico-Nazario wrote in the Supreme Court's verdict. "However, such beliefs, especially since Judge Floro acted on them, are at odds with the critical and impartial thinking required of a judge under our judicial system."
If I'm reading this right, the Supreme Court's verdict seems to indicate that Mr. Floro was acting on his belief in the three invisible elves in the course of his duties as a trial judge. Does this mean that they weren't influencing his rulings but, say, he acknowledged their presence in the courtroom? (I'm guessing that might wig out defendants.) Surely, there are more components of the job performance of a trial judge than the authorities he consults when writing his decisions.
But if Mr. Floro had better compartmentalized his work life and his personal life, would we (or the Supreme Court of the Philippines) be OK with his continued service as a trial judge?

It strikes me that there's a tension here not unlike that in the Marcus Ross case. On the one hand, our confidence in a particular methodology for decision making (whether scientific or judicial) makes us inclined to say that deploying that methodology will get us reasonably objective and impartial results that have relatively little to do with the details of which particular people are using that method. On the other hand, there are some beliefs that strike us as pretty likely to compromise objectivity and impartiality.

It would be nice to have some empirical data on how compatible elf-belief is with competent exercise of jurisprudence, or of the scientific method. As well, getting some independent confirmation of Mr. Floro's psychosis (to make sure there were other indicators besides elf-belief) would be useful. Otherwise, our inclination to take elf-belief as a disqualification from being a judge (or a scientist) looks like an attractive hypothesis without a whole lot of support.
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*I suspect some folks would want to make an appeal to community standards here (where Mr. Floro lives in a community in which his belief in the elves is not so outrageous), and others will respond that judges and others with significant authority in society must rise above community standards and try to latch onto something more truth-like. I see the intuitive appeal of each of these positions.

Comments

It was clearly an elf and safety matter.
Posted by: MartinC | September 18, 2007 2:23 PM

There long was and may yet be a sign in a hot dog emporium in Berkeley near the campus: "No Talking to Invisible People."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2005/10_october/06/bush.shtml
Posted by: Hank Roberts | September 18, 2007 2:39 PM
I don't think there's any way you can defend a standard whereby believing in and consulting with elves is "necessarily a sign of a state of mind incompatible with sound judicial reasoning in the real world we all share", but believing in and consulting with God isn't.
The psychosis thing, though. That probably should be considered a showstopper.
Posted by: Coin | September 18, 2007 3:04 PM
A little extra data: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/09/060914095347.htm
Posted by: GeoffreySmart | September 18, 2007 4:03 PM
That hot dog stand would of course be Top Dog, the libertarian hot dog vendor.
If the judge really does compartmentalize the elf beliefs, then I'd be inclined to say that they shouldn't disqualify him. I would guess that a very large proportion of people who are in such positions have some set of beliefs or other that are equally ludicrous, and we don't want to disqualify all of them. Of course, we'd want very good evidence that the beliefs really are compartmentalized once we find out about them.
Posted by: Kenny Easwaran | September 18, 2007 9:44 PM
I observed, as did an attorney with which I was associated, a Superior Court Judge in California state on the record that he refused to read a 100+ page document in the day's hearing "because it was filed yesterday."
The fact was, according to the document itself and the clerk's date stamp, that it was filed 9 days earlier, not "yesterday."
Plaintiff filed a Motion for Reconsideration, and paid the attorney to appear again on the same matter.
"Your honor," began the attorney in the Motion to Reconsider, "The Court believed..."
The Judge interrupted. "I believed?"
"You are the Court.." continued the attorney, and was cut off again.
"There being no new facts, this motion for reconsideration is denied," said the Judge. And he banged his gavel, ending the hearing.
In the Minute Order, this was described as" Counsel argue. There being no new facts, this motion for reconsideration was denied."
I asked a clerk in another department. "Does Judge Xxxxxx sometimes not know what day it is?"
The clerk rolled her eyes. "I'm pretty new here, but even I know about him. Poor man."
Is this better or worse than belief in elves?
The tragic irony is that this was a lawsuit about Legal Malpractice, where Plaintiff's attorney was fairly good, until more and more frequent lapses of memory.
On my suggestion, Plaintiff filed another Motion for Reconsideration, deeming the old, un-read document, to constitute New Information, the Court not having considered it before. Plaintiff also explicitly pointed out the appearance of bias, where it seemed that a judge with memory or cognitive problems was in abuse of discretion to protect a defendant with memory or cognitive problems -- who just happened to have gone to the same law school. "I would prefer to deral with this here," wrote Plaintiff, "but if this motion is denied, I will have no choice but to take this matter before the Appellate Court for more public analysis."
The case is now in Appellate Court.
I've read about more egregious Judge misbehavior, but this is what I SAW with my own eyes, so I give it greater weight of evidence.
Again, Is this better or worse than belief in elves?
Posted by: Jonathan Vos Post | September 19, 2007 1:19 AM
Vampires are more plausible than elves in the US?
Oh my.....
Posted by: Schlupp | September 19, 2007 1:47 AM
My wording wasn't clear enough -- elves are as plausible in the Philippines as vampires are in the Philippines, and apparently there are a fair number of vampire reports in the Philippines.
Possibly, though, the effect of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (and the declining status of the Keebler elves and Snap, Crackle, and Pop) is such that more Americans believe in vampires than elves.
Kids these days ...
Posted by: Janet D. Stemwedel | September 19, 2007 2:01 AM

http://legalblogwatch.typepad.com/legal_blog_watch/2007/09/cant-make-this-.html

Can't Make This Stuff Up: Law Edition

Former Philippines trial court judge Florentino v. Floro Jr. was fired from his seat on the bench last year after acknowledging that he regularly sought the counsel of three elves only he could see. You might have thought that would have ended his judicial career for good, but Floro is fighting back, waging a campaign to return to the bench. And advising him along the way, he says, are those same three elves. The Wall Street Journal has the full story.
Meanwhile, far from the Philippines, a Nebraska state senator has filed a lawsuit against God, accusing the deity of causing untold death and horror. According to Associated Press, Sen. Ernie Chambers filed the suit to make a point: that anybody can file a lawsuit against anybody. As for Nebraska's jurisdiction over God, Chambers notes that God clearly has sufficient contacts with the state given that the Almighty is everywhere.

Finally, in Indiana, prosecutors are investigating whether a convicted forger tried to stay out of prison by forging her own obituary. Just before the woman was to be sentenced, the local newspaper published the phony obituary reporting her death and cremation. Someone faxed a copy to the sentencing judge, to no avail. Authorities found the woman at her home, very much alive, and the judge sentenced her to four years in prison. She said she had no idea who placed the obituary. Associated Press has the story.
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Elves and God in Court

Two courts in different parts of the world are involved in situations involving entities who are difficult to verify the presence of. The Wall Street Journal reports on the Supreme Court in the Philippines had to rule on whether a judge who consults with three elves is competent:
As a trial-court judge, Florentino V. Floro Jr. acknowledged that he regularly sought the counsel of three elves only he could see. The Supreme Court deemed him unfit to serve and fired him last year…
Helping him, he says, are his three invisible companions. "Angel" is the neutral force, he says. "Armand" is a benign influence. "Luis," whom Mr. Floro describes as the "king of kings," is an avenger.
While he may have lost his position on the court, it sounds like he’s become a cult hero and television celebrity. There’s no word as to whether Floro has an exclusive source for cookies baked in ovens inside a hollow tree.

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Filed under:Controversial — posted by Tom on September 17, 2007 @ 10:22 pm
The Philippines Supreme Court who fired a judge for claiming he had elves who assisted him, has asked that judge to stop with the threats of "ungodly reprisal".
Judge Florentino Floro Jr. was removed fromt he bench mostly because he believed in the supernatural. A clinic has diagnosed him with psychosis.
Floro is fighting to get his job back, he has been on television, and converts people who believe in his healing powers. Meanwhile, a string of tragic happening are occuring for the supreme court justices and their families… Things like serious illnesses and terrible car accidents.
Floro claims the one to blame is one of the elves, "Luis" a "king of kings" who is quite vengeful. Floro has said that the elves help him predict he future, but has never consulted with the elves on judicial matters.
The Supreme court has not reversed any of Floro’s decisions.

http://acrossdifficultcountry.blogspot.com/2007/09/rarest-of-coconuts.html

http://acrossdifficultcountry.blogspot.com/search?q=floro

17 September 2007

The rarest of coconuts

Across Difficult Country's legal counsel Judge Florentino Floro Jr. is in the news again, this time on the front page of the Wall Street Journal.

As readers surely remember, Judge Floro was declared psychotic and removed from the bench for being in psychic contact with three invisible "mystic dwarves" 1 named Armand, Luis and Angel. Angel, Judge Floro tells the Wall Street Journal, "is the neutral force", Armand "is a benign influence", and Luis,"whom Mr. Floro describes as the "king of kings," is an avenger."

Now the Supreme Court which fired him is persecuting him again, issuing an "en banc resolution asking Mr. Floro to desist in his threats of 'ungodly reprisal.'"

While not stating explicitly, the Court appears to be blaming Judge Floro for a series of unfortunate events, including a "mysterious" fire which "destroyed the Supreme Court's crest in its session hall", and a string of accidents and illnesses numerous members of the court and their family members have recently suffered from.

It escapes me how Judge Floro could possibly cause these things to happen. It’s true the judge is a man of many talents, including the power to heal, but he’s not a warlock. To have the same people who declared the debonair Judge Floro mentally unstable merely because a few of his friends were invisible now essentially accuse him of casting spells on them is not only slanderous but also hypocrisy of the grossest sort.

The judge himself thinks the plague of misfortune is the handiwork of Luis. Given what we know about Luis that seems the most plausible explanation.

1The author of the WSJ article repeatedly refers to the beings, which Filipinos call dwendes, as elves. This is incorrect. For one thing elves don’t live in the tropics. For more, see one man’s story about his grandmother and the dwende, illustrated with a picture of naked ladies.
Posted by C. Van Carter on 17.9.07

http://inhoramortis.blogspot.com/2006/06/dwende.html

Thursday, June 29, 2006

Dwende

My grandmother believed in dwende. Not Lorca's variation, but more of the Tolkien genus (our dwende are a sort of cross between Tolkien's dwerrows - or dwarves as most people misname them - and hobbits). She told me that alot of people made the mistake of thinking that dwende lived in earth mounds or punso. "No," she said. "How could people live in such small things? Its unrealistic and stupid." I go, riiiiiiiiight. We're talking about creatures no more than 2 feet tall, caucasoid with flowing white beards and pointy hats, and gramma wants to be realistic. However, seeing as how I was only a little over 5 years old at the time, I kept quiet. So she continued with her explanation.

Dwende, she said used earth mounds only as gateways to their cities which were underground. These cities were supposed to have been above ground a long time ago, but the movements of the earth eventually subsided them to where they are now; and they've been their for a little less than a million years. This, according to my gramma, was why many people still see dwende
above ground: they miss the sky.

Dwende cities do not have a sky, as you might imagine. Instead they have very high ceilings of intertwined plant roots, including tree roots and grass roots. These ceilings were painstakingly grown on by the dwende starting from when they learned that their cities were slowly sinking. It took each city a thousand years to grow their ceilings, my gramma said, explaining why dwende hated people who destroyed trees and why we had to always say "tabi tabi po" - a kind of warning combined with a plea for forgiveness for the intrusion - before we stomped around gardens or pulled up particularly ancient looking clumps of weed.

Being an aspiring archaeologist at that age, I looked at her askance. If there are dwende cities underground, why haven't they been dug up yet? I demanded to know. She smiled at me and patiently explained a little more.

No one has ever dug that deep, she said. Dwende ceilings begin about half a mile under the surface, and the tops of the highest buildings in the dwende cities are about another mile farther down. "So it's hot down there because of the m-m-magma?" I said, struggling with the word but terribly proud to show off that I knew how to use it in a sentence.

"It would be," she said, "but before you get to the magma (big smile at me to show that she noticed my use of the word) there are many big rivers buried deep in the rock."As my gramma explained it, the water of these rivers came from sinkholes near the north and south poles, starting their journey under the earth as chunks of ice. As the ice from the north flowed down to the south pole and vice-versa, the ice melted, taking most of the magma's heat. Not all of it, though, so the dwende cities had warmer climates.

Did they have a sun? I asked. My gramma shook her head firmly: no. That's ridiculous, she said. The dwende didn't have a sun, but the tree-root ceiling has many plants and animals that give off light light fireflies. I nodded sagely. I had discovered fireflies just the night before, so I understood what she was talking about. Animals - and plants - like fireflies, she said, followed a biological clock that told them when to switch their lights on and off. So imagine a million million million of these animals, she told me, all slowly turning their lights on and just as slowly turning their lights off, with some forgetting to do it when everything else has gone dark. That, she said, is biological night and day.

I pestered her for more details, but she said she was tired and that she would continue explaining things to me in the morning. I went to bed that night wondering if I wasn't in some underground city, watching stars that were really just lit up mushrooms and bugs. It made me feel real small and - even at that young age - helped me understand perspective.

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My brother sent me this article yesterday. At first, it struck me as very unusual. After I thought about it for a little while, though, I realized it's no more unfathomable to me that someone might believe in such a thing as guiding elves as opposed to, say, guardian angels, or what have you.
In the Philippines, Ex-Judge Consults Three Wee Friends
Mr. Floro Loses His Job But Becomes a Celebrity; Using a Little Elfin Magic
By JAMES HOOKWAY September 17, 2007; Page A1

http://www.badthinking.com/blog/index.php?title=psychic_judge_ordered_to_stop_bothering_&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

Friday July 27th, 2007

Psychic judge ordered to stop bothering the Supreme Court in the
Philippines

This guy would make a fine candidate for Dubya's Supreme Court, and the good news is that he's available now that he's been sacked for good in the Philippines. Meet (former) Judge Florentino Floro, Jr.:
UNDAUNTED by his threats of "ungodly reprisals," Supreme Court (SC) magistrates on Wednesday ordered a dismissed Malabon judge to stop badgering them with phone calls and pleadings seeking a review of his case.

...
The SC said Floro failed to present convincing arguments and substantial evidence to warrant a modification or reversal of its March 31, 2006 decision that ordered his relief as judge of Branch 73 of the Malabon Regional Trial Court (RTC) due to a "medically disabling condition of the mind that renders him unfit to discharge the functions of his office."
...
In the assailed decision of the SC, penned by Associate Justice Minita Chico-Nazario, Floro was separated from service due to his "delusional" tendencies, citing his admissions in several occasions that he decides his case with the guidance of his three dwarf friends whom he named Armand, Luis and Angel.
As a matter of equity, the Court resolved to award Floro back salaries, allowances and other economic benefits corresponding to three year.
...
Floro was sued by the Office of the Court Administrator which investigated about 13 administrative cases lodged against him by his own judicial staff. The SC found him guilty of seven out of 13 administrative charges and ordered him to pay the amount of P40,000 as penalty.
In a motion for reconsideration, in which pages of stories about himself were interspersed, Floro alleged that the six government doctors who examined him counterfeited his intelligence quotient and wrongfully declared him as mentally impaired.
He asked that an impartial panel of doctors who are experts who are likewise gifted to assess his psychic powers should be commissioned to examine him to determine his true mental state.
The beleaguered judge said that the amended Rule 140 in the Rules of Court never included weirdness, healing, psychic phenomena and the like as grounds for discipline.
"Insanity is, but respondent has never been declared insane," he said, noting that his gift "dwell in the realm of both religious and religious belief, free exercise and expression or parapsychology, and beyond the four corners of medicine, psychiatry and psychology."
Floro - who has repeatedly cited in his motion that was the brightest in his class and graduated with honors from Ateneo de Manila and even landed 12th in the 1983 Bar exams - said the SC should not allow itself to be dictated upon by in a proceeding to remove judges based on the medical incapacity of doctors, whose claims are mere hearsay evidence and thus inadmissible.
Dr. Celeste Vista in her report to the SC cited that despite Floros impressive educational background, there is "impairment in reality testing which is an indicator of a psychotic process, such that, cultural beliefs in dwarfs, psychic and paranormal phenomena and divine gifts of healing have become incorporated in a delusional system, that it has interfered and tainted his occupational and social functioning."
But Floro said he said he could not be held liable for Vista's emotional incapability to accept his "gift" with empirical certainty.
Among the "phenomena" that he supposedly predicted were the failure of former President Joseph Estrada to finish his term, the 2001 terrorist attack at the World Trade Center in the US and the July 2001 fire that gutted the Malabon Hall of Justice, except his own sala, which he predicted on July 18, 1999.
He also mentioned his ability to inflict pain via energy transfer or to prevent forthcoming pains on a specific person during Fridays, on the condition that the person should alter his ways, lest they be punished, and his ability to see his little friends."
Source: "SC tells sacked psychic magistrate to stop bothering court," Sun.Star Manila, July 19, 2007
Technorati tags: bad thinking • dwarfs • paranormal • parapsychology • Philippines • psychic • Supreme Court

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Saturday, August 4, 2007

Censor and Censorship

I subscribe to the theory that those who call the loudest for censorship are usually hiding the most. Confirmation came recently when the British parliament declassified the proposed "talking points" intended to justify the government’s attempt to stop Penguin Books from publishing the unabridged "Lady Chatterley’s Lover", in 1960. D.H. Laurence had written the book in 1928 but because it used "that word" (the word was ****), and because it was about a working class lad "****" an upper class lady, it offended a lot of people who thought they should determine what obscene. In his closing the prosecutor asked the jury if this was the kind of book they wanted their "wives and servants" to read. There hours later the jury delivered their verdict, the equivalent of, "****, yeah. Why not?"
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And if an established faith won’t sell you the uncensored truth you can always invent your own, as did Manila Judge Florentino Floro. The judge opened his court each day with a reading from the Book of Revelation. Every Friday he changed from his black robes to blue ones, because they recharged his psychic powers with which he could foretell the future, heal or inflict pain upon others, and transform himself into the Angel of Death. Florentino knew this was all true because he and his loyal sidekicks, three invisible dwarfs named Armand, Luis and Angel, had a covenant together. He told a superior court that "From obscurity, my name and the three mystic dwarves became immortal." Immortal, perhaps, but Florentino is no longer a judge. The higher court deemed him unable to carry out his duties because of "mental unfitness."
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http://city-of-dis.livejournal.com/477684.html

Marc-Anthony Macon

better living via bitter pills

Florentino V. Floro Jr. is was a trial judge in Manila, Philippines. Things were going fine for Florentino until he saw fit to inform the public that he has three tiny little friends - elves that only he can see and hear.
When elves take the law into their own hands...

After being fired, Floro latched on to the gullibility of an already superstitious public, became a media celebrity and has now vowed to exact revenge on the Supreme Court, using the talents of his invisible buds:

"It shouldn't matter what I believe in, whether it's Jesus, Muhammad, or Luis, Armand and Angel"

Angel, Armand and Luis are the elves' names, in case you're interested. Floro calls Luis "the king of kings". Plenty of people are lining up and defending Floro, saying that his beliefs should be just as valid as those who pray to Jesus for help. I agree with that, but I think that I would go a bit further and say that if a judge talks to someone who isn't there, whether he has pointy ears or wears sandals, perhaps he's really more suited to be a weird, vengeful media personality than to help decide the fate of the accused.

Just sayin'.

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http://www.supremecourt.gov.ph/resolutions/2006/nov/am_2006_24_sc.htm

A.M. No. 2006-24-SC. November 14, 2006

JUDGE FLORENTINO V. FLORO, JR. v. MRS. MARILYN PUNO SANTIAGO AND JASMIN MATEO

En Banc
Sirs/Mesdames:
Quoted hereunder, for your information, is a resolution of this Court dated NOV. 14, 2006.
A.M. No. 2006-24-SC (Judge Florentino V. Floro, Jr. v. Mrs. Marilyn Puno Santiago and Jasmin Mateo)

x -------------------------------------------------------------------------- x

For consideration are the Verified Complaint/Letter-Affidavit dated August 25, 2006 and Verified Another/Supplemental Complaint/Letter-Affidavit (sic) dated September 1, 2006 filed by former Judge Florentino V. Floro, Jr. against two court personnel from the Office of Senior Associate Justice Reynato S. Puno of this Court.
While this Court, in cases of this nature, would normally have proceeded to a statement of relevant facts and allegations, it bears noting early on that the complaint is couched in such obscure language as to render that task very difficult, if not impossible.
Parenthetically, it may be recalled that, earlier this year, this Court, in Office of the Court Administrator v. Floro,[1] relieved herein complainant of his duties as a trial judge. Cited among the grounds for his relief were complainant's unusual beliefs which were "at odds with the critical and impartial thinking required of a judge under our judicial system." Thus, this Court noted:
Moreover, Judge Floro himself admitted that he believes in "psychic visions," of foreseeing the future because of his power in "psychic phenomenon." He believes in "duwendes" and of a covenant with his "dwarf friends Luis, Armand and Angel." He believes that he can write while on trance and that he had been seen by several people to have been in two places at the same time. . . .[2] (Emphasis supplied)
Regrettably, the complaint displays vagueness of expression and want of logical thought that it may be described as bearing a trance-like character. Consider, inter alia, the following statement in the complaint:
"Respondents Jasmin Mateo's and Marilyn Puno Santiago's formidable Lust for Power and Glory --- brought them not to the Land of Fantasy, not to Never Land, not to the Island of the Fairies, but to the Enchanted Kingdom of the 3 Mystic and Healing Dwarves --- They would try anything just to . . . They wanted to look inside the CRYSTAL BALL of Luis Armand and Angel[.]"[3] (Underscoring, emphasis, and ellipsis in the original)
The surreal frame in which the complaint was crafted is heightened by the several pictures, printed in full color, interspersed therein, none of which contributes to clearing the obscurity. In one page of the complaint, for instance, there are three pictures: two appear to be logos or seals bearing the Latin word "veritas," while the other seems to be a cover of a foreign religious comic book bearing the title "Veritas".[4] While they almost fill up an entire page, the pictures appear to have no relevance other than complainant's mention of the word "veritas" somewhere in the complaint.
Add to these pictures of clouds and flowers, icons of Mary and St. Peter, pictures of Mahatma Gandhi, Edu Manzano and Justice Sabino de Leon, the logo of a restaurant, a cartoon character, etc., and one would look at the complaint as more reminiscent of a dream-like stream of consciousness than a seriously drafted pleading for the Supreme Court, or any court of justice for that matter.
To consider the complaint any further would only waste precious time which this Court can more fruitfully devote to cases of significance and more pressing urgency.
The complaint must thus be dismissed outright.
WHEREFORE, the Verified Complaint/Letter-Affidavit dated August 25, 2006 and Verified Another/Supplemental Complaint/Letter-Affidavit dated September 1, 2006 are DISMISSED.

Puno, J., no part.
Very truly yours,
(Sgd.) MA. LUISA D. VILLARAMA

http://www.quizlaw.com/blog/the_elven_supremacy.php

The Elven Supremacy

Florentino Floro Jr. used to be a judge down in the Philippines. But not anymore, because it seems that the country’s Supreme Court was a bit tired of Floro being, uhm, crazy. Specifically, a medical clinic tested Floro and determined that he was actually suffering from psychosis, which explains this whole elf thing.

Floro has been on a campaign to get his job back, claiming that he has magical healing powers and that he will take “ungodly reprisal” against the Philippine Supremes if they don’t let him back. The Supremes have asked him to kindly stop making these threats, as they’re not amused by any of this. They’re particularly not amused by the fact that, get this, “a series of unfortunate incidents have befallen the supreme court justices or their families, including serious illnesses and car accidents.”

Floro refuses to man up and take full credit for these incidents however, instead blaming three elves, including “Luis,” who’s an avenging elf. Floro says that Luis and the other two help him predict the future, and they’re the ones responsible for whatever mishaps have befallen the country’s Supremes.

Oh, and just to clear the air, Roco says “he has never consulted [the elves] when issuing judicial decisions.” Cause that would be crazy.

(Hat tip to The Legal Reader.)

Posted by Seth on September 19, 2007 | Comments (0)

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bac/2007/09/24/oped/g.h..arinday.jr..sunfare.html

Monday, September 24, 2007

Arinday: Self-cherishing, psychosis & other oddities
By G.H. Arinday, Jr.
Sunfare

N LIFE, we encounter a lot of oddities and beg for the sublime task to render the same into linguistic idioms.

If we say that he is an “odd man out,” the interpretation is as varied as the hues of the rainbow jealously misted by the dark nimbus cloud.

Can you recall of a former regional trial court judge in Bulacan who was eased out of his office because he was said to be suffering from psychosis according to Supreme Court magistrates?

Well, former RTC judge Florentino V. Floro Jr., who confessed cavorting with his three elfin friends (Luis, the “neutral force; Armand, a “benign influence”; and Angel, as the “king of kings” and as an “avenger” in the penning of his decisions), has become a sort of an international media celebrity.

No less than “The Wall Street Journal,” in its September 17, 2007 issue and bylined by James Hookway, featured the dismissed judge who claimed in an interview that: “It shouldn’t matter what I believed in, whether it’s Jesus, Muhammad, or Luis, Armand, and Angel.”

What the former judge said is equivalent to “self-cherishing” as the fundamental concept of the Buddhist’s philosophy on “how to enhance cherishing love.”

In writing the verdict dismissing the judge, considering him as suffering from psychosis largely because of his belief in the supernatural, Associate Justice Minita Chico-Nazario said he has “his broad faith in mysticism and supernatural phenomena.”

“Lest we be misconstrued, we do not denigrate such a belief system...However, such beliefs, especially since Judge Floro acted on them, are at odds with the critical and impartial thinking required of a judge under our judicial system.”

It is not the first time that former Judge Floro attracted those engaged in human interest stories. He has been featured in English newspapers, international or regional, before “The Wall Street Journal” gave him some kind of prominence.

The world of mystics has intrigued me a lot like the paranormal analysis of psychic Jaime Lichauco and the so-called “supernatural” and extra-sensory perceptions.

Accordingly, “there is no accepted explanation of mysticism and few psychologists have interested themselves in its practice,” says The Columbia Encyclopedia.

Philosophers William James gave up after failing finding the answer. On the other hand, Henri Bergson made a significant philosophical evaluation.
Bergson, whose psychological or philosophical lectures were attended by “fashionable ladies” of his time surpassing that of Thomas Carlyle’s thought of mysticism as “subjective meditation” or a “vitalist philosophy” akin to romanticism.

The notion of Bergson’s philosophy is the strands of continuity in probing deeper into the mysteries of life like the growth of the folk-soul or beliefs on something outside of empiricism.

But former Judge Floro’s venture into the supernatural is overshadowed by the lawsuit filed by self-proclaimed agnostics of Nebraska, Senator Ernie Chambers of Omaha, seeking a permanent injunction against God as reported by foreign news agencies.

And lo, behold, the injunction suit was answered by “God” who was charged with “human oppression and suffering misses an important matter.”

As it was written, the answer was “signed by God,” citing St. Michael the Archangel as a witness,” and “God” was quoted that “I created man and woman with free will and next to the promise of immortal life, free will is my greatest gift to you.”

Ho-hum! Such strange things are component of life’s existence. How would we treat the Nebraskan state senator? Consign him to limbo? But the place is exclusively for those “under probation” or inmates in the purgatory.

Definitely, we cannot classify him on the same level with former Judge Floro, the latter being a firm believer in mystical matters, but Chambers is a class by himself.

http://www.mysitevote.com/story/9895

In the Philippines, Judge Consults 3 Wee Friends

MANILA, Philippines -- As a trial-court judge, Florentino V. Floro Jr. acknowledged that he regularly sought the counsel of three elves only he could see. The Supreme Court deemed him unfit to serve and fired him last year. Case closed? ...

http://usuallystephanie.blogspot.com/2007/09/court-elves.html

Friday, September 21, 2007

Court Elves....

....are they anything like the house elves found in the Harry Potter series?

Instead of law clerks, for instance, a Philippine trial court judge sought counsel from "three elves only he could see" in, I assume, rendering his legal decisions. Who knows if Judge Florentino V. Floro, Jr., used the elves for guidance in other aspects of his life.

Links: Wall Street Journal article, Sept. 17, 2007 (may later require a subscription)
ABA Journal article, Sept. 17, 2007

http://rosmarinlaw.blogspot.com/2007/09/we-get-by-with-little-help-from-our.html

21 September 2007

We Get By with a Little Help from Our Friends

A Filipino judge, unconscionably fired from his bench for hiring invisible (at least to the less perceptive among us) elves as court clerks, wants his job back. Florentino Floro Jr. says that if he is re-elevated to the bench (judges must be elevated to the bench because it's a few steps up) he'll call off the king of the elves, who's turned hit man, inflicting illness and car accidents on Floro's former bosses, the Supreme Court.

Floro says the elves only help him predict the future on his personal time, and never used them to help him make judicial decisions. Of course not: that would be unethical.

http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/newspapers/wall_street_journal_loosens_collar_covers_paranormal_67632.asp

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Monday, Sep 24

Wall Street Journal Loosens Collar, Covers Paranormal

Thought the Wall Street Journal was square, unhip and afraid to take on any stories that reek of high weirdness? Uhm... no.

Maybe it's a creeping low-grade Rupertification over at the WSJ, but they recently did a piece on a Filipino judge who believes in elves:

As a trial-court judge, Florentino V. Floro Jr. acknowledged that he regularly sought the counsel of three elves only he could see. The Supreme Court deemed him unfit to serve and fired him last year. [...] Helping him, he says, are his three invisible companions. "Angel" is the neutral force, he says. "Armand" is a benign influence. "Luis," whom Mr. Floro describes as the "king of kings," is an avenger.

It's kind of great that with the Weekly World News gone, we can depend on the Wall Street Journal for our weird fix. Viva!

Posted by Neal | 08:53 AM | Newspapers

http://www.wunderkabinett.co.uk/damndata/index.php?/archives/462-Judge-Floro-the-mystic-dwarfs-an-update.html

http://www.wunderkabinett.co.uk/damndata/index.php?/archives/373-Dwarves-of-Law-revisited.html

http://www.wunderkabinett.co.uk/damndata/index.php?/archives/1056-Dwarves-of-Law-update.html

Monday, September 24. 2007

'Dwarves of Law' update

Last year, we brought you an interview with Florentino Floro Jr. - the Filipino ex-Judge who apparently has healing powers and is counselled by a trio of mystical dwarves. The Wall Street Journal has an update on Floro's attempts to be re-instated as a Supreme Court Judge and also how he has become a celebrity in the Phillipines, regularly appearing on TV chat shows. It also states that there have been a number of odd incidents since Floro's removal from the Court system:

[...] a series of disturbing incidents appear to have the
nation's top jurists rattled. According to local newspaper reports, a
mysterious fire in January destroyed the Supreme Court's crest in its
session hall, and a number of members of the court and their close
family members have developed serious illnesses or have fallen victim
to car accidents.

Enough bizarre things have happened that in July, the
Supreme Court issued an en banc resolution asking Mr. Floro to desist
in his threats of "ungodly reprisal." The Supreme Court's spokesman
declined to elaborate.

Mr. Floro says he is not suffering from psychosis, and
that he's not to blame for the incidents. He points the finger squarely
at "king of kings" elf Luis, who Mr. Floro says is bent on cleaning up
what he says is the Philippines' corrupt legal system

Hat-tip to The Anomalist

For further reading, check out Dwarves of Law revisited - the original Cabinet of Wonders interview with Florentino Floro Jr.. Also in our archives:

Dwarves of Law - the initial report

Judge Floro & The Mystic Dwarfs update

http://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/?cat_id=40764&ew_0_a_id=290137

Iceland Still Believes in Elves and Ghosts

According to a recent study on superstition in Iceland supervised by Terry Gunnell, associate folklore professor at the University of Iceland, a significant portion of participants would not rule out the existence of elves and ghosts.

The results of the study were similar to those of a study conducted in 1974 by Professor Erlendur Haraldsson, Fréttabladid reports.

“Icelanders seem much more open to phenomena like dreaming the future, forebodings, ghosts and elves than other nations,” Gunnell said.

Only 13 percent of participants in the study said it is impossible that elves exist, 19 percent found it unlikely, 37 percent said elves possibly exist, 17 percent found their existence likely and eight percent definite. Five percent did not have an opinion on the existence of elves.

More admitted to believing in ghosts. Only seven percent said their existence was impossible, 16 percent unlikely, 41 percent possible, 18 percent likely and 13 percent definite. Four percent had no opinion on the existence of ghosts.

Gunnell was surprised by the results because the Icelandic society has changed considerably since 1974 when Haraldsson revealed that more Icelanders believed in supernatural phenomena than other nations.

“Many factors could have affected these numbers,” Gunnell said. “A growing belief in haunting can be traced back to Hollywood movies. The city and its houses are also growing older and the countryside is becoming more mysterious.”

The study was undertaken in 2006 and 2007 by the University of Iceland’s Faculty of Social Sciences and supported by the university’s Research Fund. About 1,000 people participated in the questionnaires.

The results have not been fully assessed yet and interviews with some of the participants are scheduled in the near future. The final results of the study will be introduced in December.

http://fountain.blogspot.com/2007/09/mental-elfissues.html

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Mental Elf.Issues.

There are certainly problems with this Judge from the Philippines:

As a trial-court judge, Florentino V. Floro Jr. acknowledged that he regularly sought the counsel of three elves only he could see. The Supreme Court deemed him unfit to serve and fired him last year.

But honestly can he really be any kookier than those we already have? In fact one of his Elves, Luis appears to have a sounder grip on reality than most British criminologists:

Helping him, he says, are his three invisible companions. "Angel" is the neutral force, he says. "Armand" is a benign influence. "Luis," whom Mr. Floro describes as the "king of kings," is an avenger.

.....

According to local newspaper reports, a mysterious fire in January destroyed the Supreme Court's crest in its session hall, and a number of members of the court and their close family members have developed serious illnesses or have fallen victim to car accidents.

Enough bizarre things have happened that in July, the Supreme Court issued an en banc resolution asking Mr. Floro to desist in his threats of "ungodly reprisal." The Supreme Court's spokesman declined to elaborate.

Mr. Floro says he is not suffering from psychosis, and that he's not to blame for the incidents. He points the finger squarely at "king of kings" elf Luis, who Mr. Floro says is bent on cleaning up what he says is the Philippines' corrupt legal system.

In other Elf related news only 13% of Icelanders rule out the possibility of the existence of Elves. I suppose if Bjork is your national icon it's understandable I guess.

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Fired Judge Blames Elf for Court Mishaps

Posted by brexwfoldingham on September 24th, 2007

http://www.abajournal.com/news/fired_judge_blames_elf_for_court_mishaps

Complete story:

The Philippines Supreme Court has asked a fired judge who claims he is assisted by three elves to stop making threats of “ungodly reprisal.”

The court kicked Florentino Floro Jr. off the bench largely because of his belief in the supernatural, the Wall Street Journal reports (sub. req.). A medical clinic determined that the judge was suffering from psychosis.

Since then Floro has battled to get his job back, appearing on TV and winning converts who seek his healing powers. At the same time, a series of unfortunate incidents have befallen the supreme court justices or their families, including serious illnesses and car accidents.

Floro says the person to blame for the mishaps is one of the elves, “Luis,” a “king of kings” who is an avenger. He told the newspaper that the elves help him predict the future, but he has never consulted them when issuing judicial decisions.

The Supreme Court has not reversed any of Floro’s decisions since firing him.

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=Yjc3NTBlN2U1YzFhNmE0NzdmNzA2YzJkZWRhNjIwOWM=

Monday, September 24, 2007

The Elf Hex [Jonah Goldberg]

By Odin's Raven:

The Philippines Supreme Court has asked a fired judge who claims he is assisted by three elves to stop making threats of “ungodly reprisal.”

The court kicked Florentino Floro Jr. off the bench largely because of his belief in the supernatural, the Wall Street Journal reports (sub. req.). A medical clinic determined that the judge was suffering from psychosis.

Since then Floro has battled to get his job back, appearing on TV and winning converts who seek his healing powers. At the same time, a series of unfortunate incidents have befallen the supreme court justices or their families, including serious illnesses and car accidents.

Floro says the person to blame for the mishaps is one of the elves, "Luis," a "king of kings" who is an avenger. He told the newspaper that the elves help him predict the future, but he has never consulted them when issuing judicial decisions.

09/24 01:08 PM

http://www.badcopnews.com/2007/09/24/nutcase-philippines-judge-florentino-v-floro-jr-the-one-with-three-invisible-elves-heling-him-out-removed-from-bench-by-supreme-court-campaigns-to-return/

Nutcase Philippines Judge Florentino V. Floro Jr., The One With Three Invisible Elves Heling Him Out, Removed From Bench By Supreme Court, Campaigns To Return

MANILA, PHILIPPINES — As a trial-court judge, Florentino V. Floro Jr. acknowledged that he regularly sought the counsel of three elves only he could see. The Supreme Court deemed him unfit to serve and fired him last year.

2006-11-11T22:46:00.000-08:00

The Prophet: Dire Predictions of Judge Floro

Hope Diamond: Mystic Dwarfs LUIS, Armand & Angel,
Psychic Judge curse JBC, 14 S.C. Justices and Judiciary

Prefatory

Filipino Justice in Amazing James Randi's SWIFT:
The 3 Dwarfs meet the Judge & Ripley's Hello Judge !

The world's infamous and conceited RANDI ridiculed LUIS,
ARMAND and ANGEL ...

http://www.randi.org/jr/2006-05/051906sylvia.html#i13

"A Filipino trial judge in the northern section of Manila, Florentino Floro, was fired last month and fined 40,000 pesos (US$775) after a three-year investigation found that he’d claimed he could see into the future and admitted that he consulted privately with mystical magic dwarfs. He now argues that his personal beliefs were being questioned. Yes, I’d say that’s true. He told investigators that the invisible dwarfs – Armand, Luis and Angel – helped him carry out “healing sessions” during breaks in his chambers. "

Hello Judge !

Ripley's Believe it or Not featured Judge Florentino Floro and his 3 Magic Dwarves. This was published by the Philppine Star on its June 8, 2006 Issue, WORLD NEWS, page A-18.

The Hope Diamond is a large (45.52 carat), deep blue diamond, currently housed in the Smithsonian Natural History Museum. The diamond is legendary for the misfortunes it supposedly visits upon its possessors. The Hope Diamond's history can be traced to a blue diamond named the Tavernier Blue, which was originally mined from the Kollur mine in Golconda, India, and was a crudely cut triangle shape of 112 3/16 carats (22.44 g). French merchant-traveler Jean-Baptiste Tavernier purchased it sometime in 1660 or 1661. According to legend, the Tavernier Blue was stolen from an eye of a sculpted idol of the Hindu goddess Sita, the wife of Rama, the Seventh Avatara of Vishnu. The diamond was one of the 2 eyes of the idol. When the priests noticed it was missing, they placed a curse on whoever owned the diamond. One reason that this is not accepted is that the Hope's sister has not been found.

The Curse: The first stories about the supposed curse of the Hope Diamond surfaced in 1909. In the June 25 issue of The Times an article written by the Paris correspondent listed a number of supposed owners who had come to an ignoble end. Tavernier supposedly died of fever soon after (he actually lived to 84, and was not torn apart by wolves). The Hope Diamond was blamed for the fall from the king's favor of madame Athenais de Montespan and French finance minister Nicolas Fouquet, the beheadings of Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette and the rape, mutilation and beheading of the Princesse de Lamballe. The legend added fictitious persons: diamond cutter Wilhelm Fals (killed when his son Hendrik stole it); Hendrik Fals (suicide); Francois Beaulieu (starvation after he sold it to Daniel Eliason). Read more …

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_Diamond#The_Curse

Inq7 Breaking News / Metro Regions

‘Psychotic’ judge enlists help of dwarf-friends vs SC

http://services.inq7.net/express/06/11/03/html_output/xmlhtml/20061103-30439-xml.html

By Tetch Torres
INQ7.net

Posted date: November 03, 2006

BEGINNING this Sunday, three dwarves will work their powers against 14 of the 15 justices of the Supreme Court, a dismissed judge has warned as he filed his third motion for reconsideration for his reinstatement before the high tribunal.
Judge Florentino Floro Jr. of the Malabon regional trial court was separated from service after medical findings showed that he was suffering from psychosis.

The high court had said that Judge Floro lacked the judicial temperament and the fundamental requirements of competence and objectivity expected of all judges. It said that the findings of psychosis by the mental health professionals assigned to his case indicated gross deficiency in competence and independence.

In his appeal, Floro said his three dwarf-friends -- Luis, Armand, and Angel -- appeared to him last week and told him that the justices would suffer their wrath for dismissing him.

Floro said the sufferings of the Supreme Court justices would start midnight of November 5, the eve of his 53rd birthday.

Floro said he appealed to his dwarf-friends to spare one justice, which according to him had been put into a vote by the three. Floro did not name him.

"Voting en banc with full authority, Luis voted negative, Armand conditionally positive, upon full appointment of Judge Floro to a higher or equal position by virtue of the eliminated magistrate, while Angel voted neutral," Floro said.

Because the voting was a tie, Floro said Luis agreed to spare one justice if he would spread oil on any part of the justice's house before November 5.

Floro said he would follow the dwarves' advice and start praying every Friday so that the curse on the justices would work.

"I will devote my entire life, Fridays, until my last breath, towards the fulfillment, execution, and coming to pass of this curse. With absolute faith in Luis, Armand and Angel -- Angels of God, I will fulfill my destiny: spell and karma upon them, all their loved ones, up to the 4th generation," Floro said.

Judge Floro, who was appointed RTC Judge in November 1998, has admitted to having “psychic visions,” of having the ability to predict the future because of his power in “psychic phenomenon.”

He said he believed in “duwendes” [dwarves] and forged a covenant with them.

He also said that he could write while in a trance and that he had been seen by several people to have been in two places at the same time.

He also likened himself to the “angel of death” who could inflict pain on people, especially upon those he perceived to be corrupt officials of the Malabon RTC.

During court sessions, Judge Floro wore blue robes except on Fridays when he would wear a black robe and black outfit from head to foot allegedly to recharge his psychic powers. He also conducted healing sessions inside his chambers during breaks.

Sumpa ng mga duwende: SC justices mamalasin, mamamatay

http://www.philstar.com/philstar/show_content.asp?article=284127

Ni Grace Dela Cruz
Ang Pilipino STAR Ngayon 11/04/2006, Bansa, Branch of The Philippine STAR,
The Philippine Star Online

"Makakaranas ng sunud-sunod na kamalasan at posible umanong mamatay isa-isa ang mga mahistrado ng Korte Suprema simula sa Linggo ng hatinggabi. Ito ang nilalaman ng pangatlong "motion for reconsideration" ni dating Malabon Regional Trial Court branch 73 Judge Florentino Floro Jr. na inihain nito na naglalayong makabalik siya sa nasabing posisyon.

Sa nabanggit na mosyon ni Floro, magdaranas ng sumpa ang mga mahistrado ng Korte Suprema gayundin ang kanilang mga kamag-anak hanggang sa ika-apat na saling lahi. Ito anya ang napagkasunduan ng tatlong duwende na sina Armand, Luis at Angel na nagpakita sa kanya noong nakaraang linggo matapos na tila mag-"en banc session" ang mga ito. Inilakip ni Floro sa kanyang mosyon ang mga larawan ng tatlong duwende na tila kamukha ng komedyanteng "three stooges."

Nagalit umano ang mga nasabing duwende sa hudikatura dahil sa pagtatakip ng mga ito sa katotohanan partikular na sa kanyang kaso. Magsisimula umanong matupad ang sumpa sa hatinggabi ng Nobyembre 5 kasabay ng ika-53 kaarawan ni Floro.
Isa lamang umano sa mga mahistrado ang makakaligtas sa nabanggit na sumpa matapos na pakiusapan ni Floro ang tatlong duwende na huwag itong idamay. Hindi naman tinukoy ni Floro kung sino sa 15 mahistrado ang hiniling niyang huwag mapasama sa sumpa ng kanyang mga kaibigang duwende. Magugunita na sinibak ng SC si Floro dahil sa umano’y weird na pagsasagawa nito ng hearing sa kanyang sala at pagkonsulta sa mga nasabing duwende sa pagpapalabas ng desisyon."

Spiritual, Divine Mission of LUIS, Armand & Angel thru Healing Judge Floro

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=judge+floro

1-12 T.V. documentaries of Judge Floro uploaded on www.youtube.com

ABS-CBN PrimeTime: KABA KUTOB KILABOT

06:02 minutes, October 29, 2006, 11:30 p.m., Channel 2, Abs-Cbn & The Filipino Channel, USA, Kabayan Productions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4DCRf1IxxE

Judge Florentino V. Floro Jr. was televised with anchors, hosts Catherine De Castro, vice-presidential daughter and best actor Albert Martinez, in the prime time channel’s Halloween special: SUMPA or curse upon the judiciary.

MUNDO NG MALIGNO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiWkeIDhI08

ABS-CBN Magandang Umaga Pilipinas: MUNDO NG MALIGNO
05:34 minutes, October 31, 2006, 7:00 a.m., Channel 2, Abs-Cbn & The Filipino Channel, USA,

Judge Florentino V. Floro Jr. was televised with anchor, host Kim Atienza, son of Manila Mayor Lito Atienza, at the Manila North Cemetery: SUMPA or curse upon the judiciary.

DAVIDE Disbarment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUBZV1RUAag

ABS-CBN, Anc News Cable Channel: World Tonight,
00:58 minute, September 10, 2006, 10:30 p.m., Channel 2, The Filipino Channel, USA, with Reporter R.G. Cruz interviewing Judge Floro

SWS survey: Lawyers say judiciary more corrupt

http://news.inq7.net/breaking/index.php?index=1&story_id=25484

First posted 08:31am (Mla time) Jan 26, 2005
By Donna Pazzibugan
Inquirer News Service

"MORE lawyers nowadays complain of corruption in the judicial system compared to 10 years ago, according to the Social Weather Stations. One out of two lawyers knows of a trial judge in their city or province who has taken a bribe but they did not report it because they could not prove it, said the SWS. In a briefing among lawyers Tuesday night, SWS president Mahar Mangahas said the perception of corruption in the various courts -- from the municipal trial courts all the way up to the Supreme Court -- has risen among lawyers in the last 10 years. "Our lawyers are more critical now than before," Mangahas told the lawyers as he presented the survey findings for the first time. The SWS polled 889 trial judges -- or 61 percent of all trial judges in the country -- and 400 lawyers from November 2003 to July 2004 to get their perceptions on various aspects of the judicial system.The last such survey was undertaken by SWS from 1994 to 1996.
"Corruption remains a major problem," the SWS said in a press statement."As in 1995, one-fourth of present lawyers say that many or very many judges are corrupt. Although half or 49 percent say they know a case in their own city or province where a judge took a bribe, only 8 percent said they reported the bribery. The main excuse of those who kept silent is that they could not prove it," the SWS said.Among judges, only 7 percent said that many or very many judges were corrupt.The SWS said the judges' perception of the extent of corruption among court personnel was the same as in 1996."What has increased is the proportion of judges seeing many lawyers as corrupt," it said.
Mangahas said the survey showed that corruption "remains a serious problem in the judicial system but it is not cultural.” "They're saying there's nothing to be done about (corruption) but it's not accepted. There's still the idealism," he said."

Judge Floro timely files on November 3, 2006, the 3rd Appeal or Motion for Partial Reconsideration/Reinstatement and Motion for Reconsideration of Dismissal Resolution of Davide Disbarment Case A.C. No. 7324, respectively.

THE PROPHET

“xxx. A time for Everything.

Everything that happens in this world happens at the time God chooses. He sets the time for birth and the time for death, xxx the time for killing and the time for healing, xxx he sets the time for sorrow and the time for joy, the time for mourning and the time for dancing, xxx the time for silence and the time for talk. He sets the time for love and the time for hate. Xxx. He has set the right time for everything. Xxx” (Ecclesiastes 3:1-12)

JULY 20, 1999 LONGEST PREVENTIVE SUSPENSION: A LIVING CURSE

World-Famous Psychic and Healing Judge Florentino Floro with divine inspiration or guidance through the violet and white lights of the 3 mystic dwarves LUIS (King of Kings of elementals), Armand and Angel, the angels of God, wrote the following dire prophecies.

Electronic and print media Immortality:

http://www.google.com.ph/search?hl=tl&q=judge+floro&btnG=Hanapin+sa+Google&meta=

Pictures of Judge Floro:

http://images.google.com.ph/images?hl=tl&q=judge%20floro&btnG=Hanapin+sa+Google&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

Judge Floro inscribed these predictions in his 1996, 1998, 1999 Mortis Angelus or Angel of Death Predictions-Memorandum, and in his several pleadings, called Motions to Lift Preventive suspension on July 20, 2002, inter alia. THE DATES are pre-cognized not by numerology or coincidence but by the most powerful violet and white lights of LUIS.

CROWNING GLORY OF THE PROPHET: MAGLULUKSA ANG HUDIKATURA / JBC --- Days of Glory and Mourning

12 April, 2006, Atty Luzviminda D. Puno's heart surgery death 6 days
after the release of the cursed Psychosis decision on April 6
(wife of S.C. Justice Reynato Puno)

5 August, 2006 – Lirio Lily Bautista Victorino most painful death,
6 days before the release of the spelled Resolution denying Judge
Floro's Appeal, on August 11, 2006
(wife of JBC Member Justice Raoul Victorino)

17 June, 2006, HILARIO P. Davide Sr., the father of retired Supreme Court Chief Justice Hilario G. Davide Jr., joined our Creator on Saturday, June 17, 2006, the eve of Father’s Day. A native of Colawin, Argao, Cebu Province, he was born on January 14, 1905. After suffering lingering illnesses and pains (together with his son Atty. Jose Davide), for 7 years making parallel the pains of Judge Floro, this MAN DIED 3 months after the release of the cursed decision, waiting for the CURSE thereof,

17 September, 1995, Judge Floro predicted the a) massive first STROKE of JBC Member Atty. Teresita Cruz-Sison, 1996-7, which caused his 7 years suspension and removal from service, b) the cardiac attack at Baguio City of JBC Member Francisco TITO Santiago, wife of S.C. Justice Ynares-Santiago, and c) the 1996 Supreme Court stairs accident of JBC Member Justice Regino C. Hermosisima, Jr. and his December, 2002 prostate treatment plus the enlargement of the prostate of Dr. Sison, husband of Atty. Tesie Sison.

http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2006/06/22/MTNN2006062267456.html

Judge FLORO predicted, inter alia, of the 800 prophecies:

"The essence of prediction is PAIN, and the ultimate goal of prophecy is its FINAL INJUNCTION." --- The ANGEL OF DEATH, Judge Florentino Floro

Unparalleled, unprecedented and unduplicated Death of 11 Judges from Judge Floro's July 20, 1999 Suspension - December 31, 2005, 3 months before the release of the cursed decision:

11 Judges were murdered: Judge Henrick Gingoyan, only 53 years old, of RTC Pasay, who was fatally shot by two motorcycle- riding gunmen near his residence last December 31, 2005.

http://www.negroschronicle.com/final/jan_15/op_4.html

Judge Gingoyan was the tenth Judge to be assassinated within said period. The other nine are: Judge Milnar T. Lammawin, of RTC Branch 25, Tabuk, Kalinga; Judge Voltaire Y. Rosales, of RTC Branch 83 in Tanauan City, Batangas; Judge Paterno G. Tiamson, of RTC Branch 69 in Binangonan, Rizal; Judge Pinera A. Biden, of the Municipal Circuit Trial Court of Kabugao, Apayao; Judge Oscar Gaby M. Uson, of RTC Branch 52 in Tayug, Pangasinan; Judge Eugenio R. Valles, of RTC Branch 3 in Nabunturan, Campostella Valley; Judge Ariston L. Rubio, of RTC Branch 17 in Batac, Ilocos Norte; Judge Hassan T. Ibnohaijil, of RTC Branch 45 in San Jose, Occidental Mindoro; and Judge Celso F. Lorenzo, Sr., of RTC Branch 1 in Borongan, Eastern Samar.

Judge Estrelita Paas suffered multiple stab wounds in her toilet at Pangasinan.

While Judge Guerero was comatose upon hitting the middle barrier near the tollgate at SLEX super highwas, December, 2006.
Fiscal Roldan of Pasay City Shot himself to death, while my branch 73 malabon rtc ex-clerk of court, Fiscal Julio Taloma was murdered at Meycauayan Bulacan, June 26, 2006.

The husband, Victor Padilla, of RTC QC Judge Ma. Luisa Quijano-Padilla was murdered on his birthday on September 6, 2005; while Malabon Mayor Amado Vicencio suffered accident at NLEX on June 7, 2006, with his Ford expedition, a total wreck.

Up to this day, the case folder of each of the above-enumerated murders of Judges has one common marking: CRIME UNSOLVED.

IMPECCABLE WRITTEN PROPHECIES OF WORLD-FAMOUS
PSYCHIC JUDGE FLORO & 3 MYSTIC DWARVES:

20 January 2001, ERAP’S DOWNFALL,

20 November 2001, Comelec Chairman BENIPAYO’s directness Velma CINCO was SHOT DEAD,

20 May, 2002, dawn, LUNG CANCER death of NBI Asst. Dir. Diego GUITIERREZ, husband of S.C Associate Justice ANGELINA SANDOVAL GUITIERREZ,

20 November 2002, our 20th (1982 ATENEO LAW CLASS) ANNIVERSARY, the fire death of the spouse & Marilou, 13-year-old daughter of my classmate, Deputy Customs Com. GIL VALERA , ATENEO class 82,

20 November, 2003, death of Chief Justice PEDRO YAP at Whittier, California, after more than 4 years of vegetative/comatose STROKE after July 20, 1999 SUSPENSION of Judge FLORO; his wife Mrs. Yap suffers from ALZHEIMER’S disease, the dreaded disease that killed U.S Pres. Ronald REAGAN and presently haunts S.C. Justice Alice Martinez; Atty. POL SAN JUAN (8 years CA confidential attorney of Justice Austria-Martinez) informed Judge Floro that: her adopted daughter, Jenny (wife of Michael Austria, adopted son) told him, that Atty. Teresita Cruz-Sison threatened/influenced Justice Austria-Martinez; consequently, the latter was forced to UNLOAD JUDGE FLORO’S case to PONENTE Justice Carpio-Morales; Bryan Austria (adopted son of Justice Martinez), on April, 2005 personally told Judge Floro that her mother Justice Austria-Martinez undergoes daily therapy for severe frozen shoulder pains;
MANNY YAP, the son of C.J. Yap was abducted (DESAPARECIDO) before the ATENEO graduation, 1976, when he was about to graduate summa cum laude; N. B.: Chief Justice Makalintal expired, 2002 and his death was preceded by cancer death of S.C. Justice Ricardo FRANCISCO, 2002; S.C. Justice De Leon was the 3rd casualty that Judge FLORO predicted to have met the KARMA, 2003; N. B. II: Judge FLORO predicted the ascension of Justice De Leon to the High Tribunal at DULCINEA, Greenbelt , 1995; Judge FLORO also predicted the S.C. appointment of S.C. Justice Renato C. Corona against Justice Benipayo’s nomination,

“The mind knows the limit aside from those it accepts.”
(Exh. 21, A.M. No. RTJ-99-1460, Mr. JAIME T. LICAUCO’s Jan. 20, 1999 Letter-Certificate to Judge FLORO, pp. 1-2)

“At present”, xxx “the art of PHSYCHIC PREDICTION is an enigma beyond rational understanding. The accuracy of prediction extends beyond any pseudo-scientific lucky guess.”

(Vide: Mr. JAIME T. LICAUCO, “Era of environment and intergalactic changes”, INNER AWARENESS, p. C7, P.D. INQUIRER, April 18, 2003)

21 February, 2001 ANGIOPLASTY OPERATION of Justice ALFRED L. BENIPAYO, Judge FLORO predicted in 2 June-October, 2000 motions, in A.C. No. 5286,

August to October, 2003, the ANGIOPLASTY OPERATION of (Ret.) Justice PEDRO A. RAMIREZ, OCAD CONSULTANT, Judge Floro’s Investigator; he predicted in 3 motions, in A.M. No. RTJ-99-1460; Justice Ramirez was in the Intensive Coronary Care Unit for 3 weeks, P1.5 million was the medical expenses,

21 December 2002, ANEURYSM death of ATENEO-UP Edmundo Amisola Acuña, 26 years old, who passed the bar exams, in the hands of PGH Director/spouse; his father, Judge Acuña, Branch 123, RTC, Caloocan City was the 9 years Fiscal of Judge Benjamin M. Aquino, Jr., the co-conspirator in the suspension of Jude Floro; ATENEO law graduate student LLAMAS was murdered before he pass the bar exams; as Judge Floro both predicted before the 4th anniversary suspension, July 20, 2003,

21 February, 2005, 3:00 p.m., JBC, 2nd FLR. CENTENNIAL Bldg.: Judge FLORO pleaded to Mr. Justice REGINO C. HERMOSISIMA, JR., RE-5 8/12 years suspension; Judge FLORO conveyed to Justice Hermosisima his GABAY’s vision/ message of 3 horrible PAINS / deaths before July 20, 2005; Judge FLORO appealed to Atty. Pol ALVAREZ (Attorney in the office of Justice Azcuna) regarding REQUEST for audience with Justice Azcuna to convey the GABAY’s Message; Judge FLORO also appealed to the Chairman and President of the ATENEO ALAFI, Atty. LEIGHTON SIAZON and S.C. Justice RENATO CORONA,

Death of ATENEO STUDENT --- ONE BURGUNDY PLACE : from the 23rd FLR. Down to the 20th (Office of ATENEO ALAFI President LEIGHTON SIAZON, who denied Judge FLORO’s request for AUDIENCE) the young STUDENT fell to DEATH, 4 weeks before Justice GARCHITORENA’s death, as pre-cognized by Judge FLORO; Judge FLORO announced to the executive assistant of the JBC Member, the filling of the DISBARMENT CASE, OCA IPI NO. 05-2219-RTJ And JBC 2nd OPPOSITION versus JUDGE BARZA’s candidacy for CA, IN VIEW OF Judge FLORO’s impeccable PROPHECY of Judge BARZA’s disappointment to have been appointed CTA/CA Justice, at that time,

22 July, 2000, Judge FLORO’s first year suspension anniversary, MALABON FIRE that destroyed all MALABON HALLS OF JUSTICE except his sala,

22 April, 2005, the prologue diverticulosis hospitalization of COMELEC Chairman Benjamin ABALOS (kickers of GMA’s campaign kitty) before the May 11, 2004 elections was followed by TWIN family tragedies:

E. Coli mysterious death of daughter of Cong. Benhur ABALOS, and fatal ambush of Dr. Nicolo Echiverri,

These tragedies were preceded by the April 3rd week, 2005, brutal murder of Pasig City Cong. HENRY LANOT (JBC ex-officio Member)

24 April – 3 men broke into and strangled to death Assistant Foreign Secretary DFA, Alicia RAMOS, at 552 Boyle St. , Brgy. Palanan, Makati .

24 June, 2003, 4 hours after Justice De Leon’s (died of ANEURYSM) immaculate white casket was lowered to dust, JBC Ex-Officio MEMBER Senator COMPAÑERO Cayetano died of liver cancer which was predicted by Judge Floro on October 2002,

25 April, 2005, Dr. Nicolo Echiverri “(in-law of VOMELEC Chairman Benjamin ABALOS, and husband of daughter of Arsenio, brother of the Chairman, and relative of Judge Floro’s classmate, Caloocan City Mayor Enrico “RECOM” Echiverri) was ambushed, 7:45 a.m.,

25 February, 2005, Sanduganbayan Presiding Justice Francis GARCHITORENA died of brain tumor (diagnosed on 17 January, 2005; verbally predicted by Judge Floro before Justice Hermosisima on March 26, 2005 p.m., JBC, 2nd Flr.),

“xxx. Then I looked again at all the injustice that goes on in this world. The oppressed were crying, and no one would help them, because their oppressors had power on their side. I envy those who are dead and gone; they are better off than those who are still alive. But better off than either are those who have never been born, who have never seen the injustice that goes on in this world. Xxx” (Ecclesiastes 4:1-4)

13 April, 2005, Atty. TING ANAMA (husband of 3rd in rank, Atty. Felipa "PEPAY" ANANA, Office of the Clerk of Court, S.C.) texted to me, at 9:46 a.m.: "I saw Justice CORONA in a wheelchair just now." I verified this text from Ms. Gemma Castillo, Private Secretary of S.C. Justice SANDOVAL GUTIERREZ; she said that Justice CORONA visited his apo, and "natapilok siya", and his leg bandaged, thus he was in wheelchair,

Judge Floro predicted to his classmate Antonieta Brion, wife of DOLE Secretary Arturo Brion, the 2 spinal cord operations of Justice Renato Corona, at St. Luke's thru Dr. Jane Gaston, their endocrinologist, and abroad, and last month, Justice Corona was treated abroad for the 3rd time,

15 April, 1996, the Lung Cancer Death of my classmate, ATTY. EFREN DE LEON (FACTORAN, TRIA AND DE LEON LAW OFFICE, who, despite repeated demands failed to pay me P 300,000.00 attorney's fees in the Blanco case, which he misappropriated; in the 1996 Angel of Death prophecy, this prediction was principally foretold),

16 December, 1999, the horrible murder of Atty. Pasamba, husband of RTC Judge Herminia Pasamba, at Dakila, Malolos City ,

The one-week VERTIGO of RTC Judge Benjamin M. Aquino, Jr.,

The one-week hospitalization of C.A. Justice Bienvenido Reyes,

16 July, 2002, Carotid Operation of Chief Justice Hilario G. Davide, Jr. by Dr. Jorge Garcia, who operated FVR in 1997. (Carotid endarterectomy, to remove anthero sclerotic plaque from the wall of the carotid artery to prevent ischemic stroke),

ATTY. JOSE DAVIDE, his brother, suffered massive STROKES and still painfully suffers at COLAWIN, CEBU, after C.J. DAVIDE’S another brother painfully died abroad; C.J. DAVIDE, JR’s. 100-year-old father
Hilario, Sr. was being tortured in pain by Judge Floro's Gabays at Colawin, Cebu,

The OMEN --- the Argao, Colawin, Cebu, 2 days

HOSPITALIZATION (circa December 16, 2004, February - March, 2005/sinulog festival) of C.J. DAVIDE, JR. for allegedly kicking a wood/nail at his house, and/or the falling of a frame towards his DIABETIC FOOT; thereafter, like Justice Renato Corona, C.J. Davide, Jr. was 3 days in wheelchair at his office; for 4 months he wore tsinelas due to the incurable wounds,

16 December, 2004, the FIRE that gutted Speaker Jose de Venecia's 2288 Magnolia, Dasmarinas' house and roasted alive KC de VENECIA, 17, daughter,

16 July 2003, 10:00 p.m., 4 days before my July 20, 2003 4 years anniversary suspension, Ex-President FVR's 3rd daughter Carolina Ramos-Sembrano was COMATOSE (hit by Elf) despite 3 brain operations at Asian Hospital, whose President is Dr. Rodrigo Bordador Floro, cousin of author,

17 December, 2002, GALL BLADDER complications of Judge Floro ATENEO PROF. NANI PEREZ, DOJ Secretary, Judge Floro predicted (his political downfall) in the OCT., NOV. & DEC., 2002 MOTIONS TO LIFT SUSPENSION; Nani Perez lost in the 2004 Gubernatorial Batangas elections,

17 September, 1997, Atty. Floro, Jr. predicted beside Atty. Jose D. Bordador, the September 22, 1997 Comatose and first Friday, 10:30 a.m. demise, 1997, October, of CA Justice Maximiano Asuncion, President of the Guillotine Judges,

18 July, 1999, Judge Floro saw the vision of 73 &, Plaridel, clearly signifying his SUSPENSION &, the FIRE of Malabon,

18th Fall of Atty. Tesie Sison at the Holiday Inn Elevator,
rescued by Com. "Munding Reyes" &, J. Lazaro, about April, 2003,

19 September 1995, 11:45 a.m., Judge Floro predicted the 1996-1997 MASSIVE STROKES of the MASTERMIND of his suspension, ATTY. TERESITA CRUZ-SISON, JBC MEMBER, the death (cardiac arrest) of JBC Member, Atty. Francisco "Tito" Santiago, husband of Justice Ynares-Santiago, and the accident of another officer, The unprecedented 3rd term re-appointment of Atty. Teresita C. Sison as JBC Member, and the resultant incarceration of Atty. Edward Serapio for plunder, about the 2nd week of June, 2000 uttered (exclaimed) before Justice R. Hermosisima, Jr. & J. Alfredo Marigomen, .2:00 p.m. JBC corridors,

2000, Judge Floro PREDICTED the abdominal operation of S.C. JUSTICE Minerva GONZAGA-REYES,

2000, S. C. Justice Buena's CATARACT/ GLAUCOMA OPERATION,

2003, Death of MTC, Baguio City , Judge Benjamin BUENA,

2003, June, 2x a week EPILEPSY seizures of GELAY, the daughter of Atty. Esmeralda G. Dizon, branch clerk of Court of Judge Floro, Jr.; she fabricated the false charges; the prophecy was specifically written on p. 27, par. 9 of the MORTIS ANGELUS (Angel of Death) - Memorandum: Luces Video, handwritten by Judge Floro, Jr.’s red-hot right hand at 8:45 p.m. Good Friday, April 1, 1999, Las Vegas Restaurant, Ifugao, Banaue; Atty. Emily Reyes (classmate of Judge Floro, and officemate of the husband of Atty. Dizon) pleaded for mercy on behalf of GELAY (at the ATENEO Alumni Meeting); Judge Floro denied her plea,
And the chemotheraphy for mysterious ailment of Judge Floro's classmate, Atty. Emily Reyes, the severe diabetes of Mayor Jerry Trenas, Judge Floro's classmate,

2003, last week of February, KIDNEY removal at the NATIONAL KIDNEY CENTER , of S. C. Justice CONSUELO YNARES-SANTIAGO,

2004, March, & November, 2004, TWIN FAILED SPINAL SURGERIES (St. Lukes', headed by Dr. Jane Gaston &, U.S.A. ) of S.C. Justice RENE CORONA,

2004, March, ALZHEIMER's Disease with complications, of S.C. Justice ALICIA AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, the former PONENTE of Judge Floro's 6 years suspension case; (this information was stated to Judge Floro by Judge Oscar Herrera, Jr. in the presence of Justice Cesar Casanova) she unloaded his case to the present PONENTE, S.C. Justice CONCHITA "Chit" CARPIOMORALES, due to influence by Atty. TESIE CRUZ SISON,

2004, the "alleged" SUICIDE/accidental shooting of "A.R" SANTIAGO, the son of Sen. MYRIAM SANTIAGO, JBC Member, who threw all Judge Floro's pleas to the can; he failed in PERSONS (Prof. Melencio Santa Maria) and finally he flunked in POLITICAL LAW (Ateneo Asst. Dean SEDFREY CANDELARIA), and the incurable sickness of Sen. Myriam Santiago, 2006 for ANOREXIA,

2004, March, the ANEURYSM, Baguio and Makati triple BRAIN Operations of PCSO Chairman OLIVIA "Honey GIRL" Singson, who masterminded the election cheats by selling Phil Health Cards,

2004, May, the Diverticulosis operation of COMELEC Chairman Benjamin ABALOS, the KICKER of GMA’s Campaign kitty,

March – April, 2005

Cong. Henry LANOT’s (JBC ex-officio Member’s) brutal murder was followed by series of deaths: (3rd week of April)

2004, January, the removal of a BREAST of Caloocan City RTC Judge, Br. 123, VICTORIA PAREDES,

2004, June 10, the horrible MURDER of a Tanauan, Batangas RTC Judge, VOLTAIRE ROSALES, ATENEO Class '81, (Judge Floro's 1981, Ateneo classmate in TAX II) ,

2004, Vice-President Doy Laurel, the co-architect of EDSA I, died of cancer of the blood,

6 August, 1993, Judge Floro predicted in writing the brutal murder of TEODORA L. FLORO, his aunt,

8 April, 1998 (Holy Monday), Atty. Floro, Jr. predicted the Calvario, Meycauayan, Bulacan FIRE that killed his 3 relatives,

9 October, 1998 the BRAIN/BONE METASTASIS IV/Carcinoma of S.C. Chief Justice/Sen. Pres. Marcelo Fernan,

The Liver Cancer of Speaker RAMON MITRA when the latter crossed (sudden) path of Atty. Floro, Jr. at San Lazaro Hippodrome, about 9:00 p.m. race,

The 1999 stroke of OCAD Administrator Justice Benipayo's secretary CHING,

The illnesses of Justice RAMIREZ's wife and his secretary Emy Fabricante,

The election defeat of Rizza Oreta (daughter of Sen. T. Aquino Oreta) to Cong. Ricky Sandoval,

The March 11 Senate Testimony of Judge Floro, Jr. vs. the confirmation of Com. Ch. A. L. Benipayo put to FINIS his ambition by the June 11, 2002 newspaper publication of Comelec Chairman Abalos' appointment,

The Lung Center hospitalization of the wife of Justice ROMULO S. QUIMBO (Ret.) Investigator (Acting) of Judge Floro, Jr.'s case (gas pain, only),

The P 100 Million fire gutted the Eastern Tanning Corporation of Mr. Mariano P. Blanco, who lost the 1998, 2001&, 2004 elections, and whose brother TINOY BLANCO was disqualified by the S.C. in a 9-11 decision utterly predicted by Atty. Floro, Jr.,

The S.C. dismissal of Malolos RTC Judges Camilo Montesa & Carlos Ofilada (who died of diabetes),

The twin cancer deaths of Judge Floro, Jr.'s uncle/aunt, Simeon & Angelina FLORO (pancreas & breast),

The pancreas CANCER death of the next of kin of Mr. Jimmy Abad, JBC Secretariat,

The cancer death of Bulacan Register of Deeds Elenita E. Corpus and the twin dismissals of Dep. Reg. of Deeds, Bulacan, Atty. Artemio Cana & Atty. Alfredo Santos,

The election loss of Cong. Manuel Andaya (Mindoro), The FIRES that gutted the houses/offices of Fiscal Chiong & Atty. Manuel Punzalan, and the Register of Deeds, Malolos, Bulacan & the corrupt Malolos RTC offices,

Justice Alfredo L. Benipayo will never ascend the Supreme Court Golden Throne.

*** The foregoing/ more than 800 pains and predictions were prophesied with flawless accuracy by Judge Florentino V. Floro, Jr., inscribed in his ANGEL OF DEATH book/memorandum, 1996, 1998 8s 1999 editions, and inserted in more than 20 MOTIONS TO LIFT JULY 20, 1999 SUSPENSION.

This prophecy was first published per e-mail to 2 institutions that impressed the author: a) to Sen. RENE AX. SAGUISAG (defender of human rights; he is the PRO-BONO counsel of the author) and b) Mr. JAIME T. LICAUCO (an institution older than Psychic Phenomena; he testified before the SUPREME COURT that Judge FLORO is the sole HEALING JUDGE worldwide).

This PROPHECY as first released was prefatory warning to the corrupt JUDICIARY (the SUPREME COURT twice commissioned Dr. Mahar Mangahas, SWS; it twice'' surveyed that the judiciary is perceived to be very corrupt).

PSYCHIC PHENOMENA is perceived by the writer as the sole MEDIUM to traverse EVIL. Judge FLORO advances the theory that the GIFT OF PROPHECY (as distinguished from inner mind development, ESP. etc.) is utterly SUPREME because of the GABAY'S intervention.

The 27th day of April, Wednesday, 2005 at Malolos City , Bulacan

Judge FLORENTINO V. FLORO, JR.,

123 Dahlia, Alido, Malolos, 3000 BULACAN,
Tel/#(044) 662-82-03; # 0916-5762247, (0927-3440957, belen),
(Presiding Judge, Branch 73, RTC, MALABON, NCJR, M.M.)
[I.D. Number: RTCJ-317 / EDP Number: 38676300;
ROLL OF ATTORNEY’S NO. 32800, Pg. No. 60, Book No. XIV]

N.B.

13 April – Atty. TING ANAMA (husband of 3rd in rank, Atty. Felipa “PEPAY” ANANA, Office of the Clerk of Court, S.C.) texted to me, 9:46 a.m.: “I saw Justice CORONA in a wheelchar just now.” I verified this text from Ms. Gemma Castillo, p.s. of S.C. Justice SANDOVAL GUTIERRES; she said that Justice CORONA visited his apo, and “natapilok siya”, and his leg bandaged, thus he was in wheelchair.

2006-10-06T23:58:00.000-07:00

The Prophet: Dire Predictions of Judge Floro

Hope Diamond: Mystic Dwarfs LUIS, Armand & Angel,
Psychic Judge curse JBC, 14 S.C. Justices and Judiciary

Prefatory

Filipino Justice in Amazing James Randi's SWIFT:
The 3 Dwarfs meet the Judge & Ripley's Hello Judge !

The world's infamous and conceited RANDI ridiculed LUIS,
ARMAND and ANGEL ......

http://www.randi.org/jr/2006-05/051906sylvia.html#i13

"A Filipino trial judge in the northern section of Manila, Florentino Floro, was fired last month and fined 40,000 pesos (US$775) after a three-year investigation found that he’d claimed he could see into the future and admitted that he consulted privately with mystical magic dwarfs. He now argues that his personal beliefs were being questioned. Yes, I’d say that’s true. He told investigators that the invisible dwarfs – Armand, Luis and Angel – helped him carry out “healing sessions” during breaks in his chambers. "

Hello Judge !

Ripley's Believe it or Not featured Judge Florentino Floro and his 3 Magic Dwarves. This was published by the Philppine Star on its June 8, 2006 Issue, WORLD NEWS, page A-18.

The Hope Diamond is a large (45.52 carat), deep blue diamond, currently housed in the Smithsonian Natural History Museum. The diamond is legendary for the misfortunes it supposedly visits upon its possessors. The Hope Diamond's history can be traced to a blue diamond named the Tavernier Blue, which was originally mined from the Kollur mine in Golconda, India, and was a crudely cut triangle shape of 112 3/16 carats (22.44 g). French merchant-traveler Jean-Baptiste Tavernier purchased it sometime in 1660 or 1661. According to legend, the Tavernier Blue was stolen from an eye of a sculpted idol of the Hindu goddess Sita, the wife of Rama, the Seventh Avatara of Vishnu. The diamond was one of the 2 eyes of the idol. When the priests noticed it was missing, they placed a curse on whoever owned the diamond. One reason that this is not accepted is that the Hope's sister has not been found.

The Curse: The first stories about the supposed curse of the Hope Diamond surfaced in 1909. In the June 25 issue of The Times an article written by the Paris correspondent listed a number of supposed owners who had come to an ignoble end. Tavernier supposedly died of fever soon after (he actually lived to 84, and was not torn apart by wolves). The Hope Diamond was blamed for the fall from the king's favor of madame Athenais de Montespan and French finance minister Nicolas Fouquet, the beheadings of Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette and the rape, mutilation and beheading of the Princesse de Lamballe. The legend added fictitious persons: diamond cutter Wilhelm Fals (killed when his son Hendrik stole it); Hendrik Fals (suicide); Francois Beaulieu (starvation after he sold it to Daniel Eliason). Read more …

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_Diamond#The_Curse

Inq7 Breaking News / Metro Regions

‘Psychotic’ judge enlists help of dwarf-friends vs SC

http://services.inq7.net/express/06/11/03/html_output/xmlhtml/20061103-30439-xml.html

By Tetch Torres
INQ7.net

Posted date: November 03, 2006

BEGINNING this Sunday, three dwarves will work their powers against 14 of the 15 justices of the Supreme Court, a dismissed judge has warned as he filed his third motion for reconsideration for his reinstatement before the high tribunal.
Judge Florentino Floro Jr. of the Malabon regional trial court was separated from service after medical findings showed that he was suffering from psychosis.

The high court had said that Judge Floro lacked the judicial temperament and the fundamental requirements of competence and objectivity expected of all judges. It said that the findings of psychosis by the mental health professionals assigned to his case indicated gross deficiency in competence and independence.

In his appeal, Floro said his three dwarf-friends -- Luis, Armand, and Angel -- appeared to him last week and told him that the justices would suffer their wrath for dismissing him.

Floro said the sufferings of the Supreme Court justices would start midnight of November 5, the eve of his 53rd birthday.

Floro said he appealed to his dwarf-friends to spare one justice, which according to him had been put into a vote by the three. Floro did not name him.

"Voting en banc with full authority, Luis voted negative, Armand conditionally positive, upon full appointment of Judge Floro to a higher or equal position by virtue of the eliminated magistrate, while Angel voted neutral," Floro said.

Because the voting was a tie, Floro said Luis agreed to spare one justice if he would spread oil on any part of the justice's house before November 5.

Floro said he would follow the dwarves' advice and start praying every Friday so that the curse on the justices would work.

"I will devote my entire life, Fridays, until my last breath, towards the fulfillment, execution, and coming to pass of this curse. With absolute faith in Luis, Armand and Angel -- Angels of God, I will fulfill my destiny: spell and karma upon them, all their loved ones, up to the 4th generation," Floro said.

Judge Floro, who was appointed RTC Judge in November 1998, has admitted to having “psychic visions,” of having the ability to predict the future because of his power in “psychic phenomenon.”

He said he believed in “duwendes” [dwarves] and forged a covenant with them.

He also said that he could write while in a trance and that he had been seen by several people to have been in two places at the same time.

He also likened himself to the “angel of death” who could inflict pain on people, especially upon those he perceived to be corrupt officials of the Malabon RTC.

During court sessions, Judge Floro wore blue robes except on Fridays when he would wear a black robe and black outfit from head to foot allegedly to recharge his psychic powers. He also conducted healing sessions inside his chambers during breaks.

Sumpa ng mga duwende: SC justices mamalasin, mamamatay

http://www.philstar.com/philstar/show_content.asp?article=284127

Ni Grace Dela Cruz
Ang Pilipino STAR Ngayon 11/04/2006, Bansa, Branch of The Philippine STAR,
The Philippine Star Online

"Makakaranas ng sunud-sunod na kamalasan at posible umanong mamatay isa-isa ang mga mahistrado ng Korte Suprema simula sa Linggo ng hatinggabi. Ito ang nilalaman ng pangatlong "motion for reconsideration" ni dating Malabon Regional Trial Court branch 73 Judge Florentino Floro Jr. na inihain nito na naglalayong makabalik siya sa nasabing posisyon.

Sa nabanggit na mosyon ni Floro, magdaranas ng sumpa ang mga mahistrado ng Korte Suprema gayundin ang kanilang mga kamag-anak hanggang sa ika-apat na saling lahi. Ito anya ang napagkasunduan ng tatlong duwende na sina Armand, Luis at Angel na nagpakita sa kanya noong nakaraang linggo matapos na tila mag-"en banc session" ang mga ito. Inilakip ni Floro sa kanyang mosyon ang mga larawan ng tatlong duwende na tila kamukha ng komedyanteng "three stooges."

Nagalit umano ang mga nasabing duwende sa hudikatura dahil sa pagtatakip ng mga ito sa katotohanan partikular na sa kanyang kaso. Magsisimula umanong matupad ang sumpa sa hatinggabi ng Nobyembre 5 kasabay ng ika-53 kaarawan ni Floro.
Isa lamang umano sa mga mahistrado ang makakaligtas sa nabanggit na sumpa matapos na pakiusapan ni Floro ang tatlong duwende na huwag itong idamay. Hindi naman tinukoy ni Floro kung sino sa 15 mahistrado ang hiniling niyang huwag mapasama sa sumpa ng kanyang mga kaibigang duwende. Magugunita na sinibak ng SC si Floro dahil sa umano’y weird na pagsasagawa nito ng hearing sa kanyang sala at pagkonsulta sa mga nasabing duwende sa pagpapalabas ng desisyon."

Spiritual, Divine Mission of LUIS, Armand & Angel thru Healing Judge Floro

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=judge+floro

1-12 T.V. documentaries of Judge Floro uploaded on www.youtube.com

ABS-CBN PrimeTime: KABA KUTOB KILABOT

06:02 minutes, October 29, 2006, 11:30 p.m., Channel 2, Abs-Cbn & The Filipino Channel, USA, Kabayan Productions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4DCRf1IxxE

Judge Florentino V. Floro Jr. was televised with anchors, hosts Catherine De Castro, vice-presidential daughter and best actor Albert Martinez, in the prime time channel’s Halloween special: SUMPA or curse upon the judiciary.

MUNDO NG MALIGNO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiWkeIDhI08

ABS-CBN Magandang Umaga Pilipinas: MUNDO NG MALIGNO
05:34 minutes, October 31, 2006, 7:00 a.m., Channel 2, Abs-Cbn & The Filipino Channel, USA,

Judge Florentino V. Floro Jr. was televised with anchor, host Kim Atienza, son of Manila Mayor Lito Atienza, at the Manila North Cemetery: SUMPA or curse upon the judiciary.

DAVIDE Disbarment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUBZV1RUAag

ABS-CBN, Anc News Cable Channel: World Tonight,
00:58 minute, September 10, 2006, 10:30 p.m., Channel 2, The Filipino Channel, USA, with Reporter R.G. Cruz interviewing Judge Floro

SWS survey: Lawyers say judiciary more corrupt

http://news.inq7.net/breaking/index.php?index=1&story_id=25484

First posted 08:31am (Mla time) Jan 26, 2005
By Donna Pazzibugan
Inquirer News Service

"MORE lawyers nowadays complain of corruption in the judicial system compared to 10 years ago, according to the Social Weather Stations. One out of two lawyers knows of a trial judge in their city or province who has taken a bribe but they did not report it because they could not prove it, said the SWS. In a briefing among lawyers Tuesday night, SWS president Mahar Mangahas said the perception of corruption in the various courts -- from the municipal trial courts all the way up to the Supreme Court -- has risen among lawyers in the last 10 years. "Our lawyers are more critical now than before," Mangahas told the lawyers as he presented the survey findings for the first time. The SWS polled 889 trial judges -- or 61 percent of all trial judges in the country -- and 400 lawyers from November 2003 to July 2004 to get their perceptions on various aspects of the judicial system.The last such survey was undertaken by SWS from 1994 to 1996.
"Corruption remains a major problem," the SWS said in a press statement."As in 1995, one-fourth of present lawyers say that many or very many judges are corrupt. Although half or 49 percent say they know a case in their own city or province where a judge took a bribe, only 8 percent said they reported the bribery. The main excuse of those who kept silent is that they could not prove it," the SWS said.Among judges, only 7 percent said that many or very many judges were corrupt.The SWS said the judges' perception of the extent of corruption among court personnel was the same as in 1996."What has increased is the proportion of judges seeing many lawyers as corrupt," it said.
Mangahas said the survey showed that corruption "remains a serious problem in the judicial system but it is not cultural.” "They're saying there's nothing to be done about (corruption) but it's not accepted. There's still the idealism," he said."

Judge Floro timely files on November 3, 2006, the 3rd Appeal or Motion for Partial Reconsideration/Reinstatement and Motion for Reconsideration of Dismissal Resolution of Davide Disbarment Case A.C. No. 7324, respectively.

THE PROPHET

“xxx. A time for Everything.

Everything that happens in this world happens at the time God chooses. He sets the time for birth and the time for death, xxx the time for killing and the time for healing, xxx he sets the time for sorrow and the time for joy, the time for mourning and the time for dancing, xxx the time for silence and the time for talk. He sets the time for love and the time for hate. Xxx. He has set the right time for everything. Xxx” (Ecclesiastes 3:1-12)

JULY 20, 1999 LONGEST PREVENTIVE SUSPENSION: A LIVING CURSE

World-Famous Psychic and Healing Judge Florentino Floro with divine inspiration or guidance through the violet and white lights of the 3 mystic dwarves LUIS (King of Kings of elementals), Armand and Angel, the angels of God, wrote the following dire prophecies.

Electronic and print media Immortality:

http://www.google.com.ph/search?hl=tl&q=judge+floro&btnG=Hanapin+sa+Google&meta=

Pictures of Judge Floro:

http://images.google.com.ph/images?hl=tl&q=judge%20floro&btnG=Hanapin+sa+Google&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

Judge Floro inscribed these predictions in his 1996, 1998, 1999 Mortis Angelus or Angel of Death Predictions-Memorandum, and in his several pleadings, called Motions to Lift Preventive suspension on July 20, 2002, inter alia. THE DATES are pre-cognized not by numerology or coincidence but by the most powerful violet and white lights of LUIS.

CROWNING GLORY OF THE PROPHET: MAGLULUKSA ANG HUDIKATURA / JBC --- Days of Glory and Mourning

12 April, 2006, Atty Luzviminda D. Puno's heart surgery death 6 days
after the release of the cursed Psychosis decision on April 6
(wife of S.C. Justice Reynato Puno)

5 August, 2006 – Lirio Lily Bautista Victorino most painful death,
6 days before the release of the spelled Resolution denying Judge
Floro's Appeal, on August 11, 2006
(wife of JBC Member Justice Raoul Victorino)

17 June, 2006, HILARIO P. Davide Sr., the father of retired Supreme Court Chief Justice Hilario G. Davide Jr., joined our Creator on Saturday, June 17, 2006, the eve of Father’s Day. A native of Colawin, Argao, Cebu Province, he was born on January 14, 1905. After suffering lingering illnesses and pains (together with his son Atty. Jose Davide), for 7 years making parallel the pains of Judge Floro, this MAN DIED 3 months after the release of the cursed decision, waiting for the CURSE thereof,

17 September, 1995, Judge Floro predicted the a) massive first STROKE of JBC Member Atty. Teresita Cruz-Sison, 1996-7, which caused his 7 years suspension and removal from service, b) the cardiac attack at Baguio City of JBC Member Francisco TITO Santiago, wife of S.C. Justice Ynares-Santiago, and c) the 1996 Supreme Court stairs accident of JBC Member Justice Regino C. Hermosisima, Jr. and his December, 2002 prostate treatment plus the enlargement of the prostate of Dr. Sison, husband of Atty. Tesie Sison.

http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2006/06/22/MTNN2006062267456.html

Judge FLORO predicted, inter alia, of the 800 prophecies:

"The essence of prediction is PAIN, and the ultimate goal of prophecy is its FINAL INJUNCTION." --- The ANGEL OF DEATH, Judge Florentino Floro

Unparalleled, unprecedented and unduplicated Death of 11 Judges from Judge Floro's July 20, 1999 Suspension - December 31, 2005, 3 months before the release of the cursed decision:

11 Judges were murdered: Judge Henrick Gingoyan, only 53 years old, of RTC Pasay, who was fatally shot by two motorcycle- riding gunmen near his residence last December 31, 2005.

http://www.negroschronicle.com/final/jan_15/op_4.html

Judge Gingoyan was the tenth Judge to be assassinated within said period. The other nine are: Judge Milnar T. Lammawin, of RTC Branch 25, Tabuk, Kalinga; Judge Voltaire Y. Rosales, of RTC Branch 83 in Tanauan City, Batangas; Judge Paterno G. Tiamson, of RTC Branch 69 in Binangonan, Rizal; Judge Pinera A. Biden, of the Municipal Circuit Trial Court of Kabugao, Apayao; Judge Oscar Gaby M. Uson, of RTC Branch 52 in Tayug, Pangasinan; Judge Eugenio R. Valles, of RTC Branch 3 in Nabunturan, Campostella Valley; Judge Ariston L. Rubio, of RTC Branch 17 in Batac, Ilocos Norte; Judge Hassan T. Ibnohaijil, of RTC Branch 45 in San Jose, Occidental Mindoro; and Judge Celso F. Lorenzo, Sr., of RTC Branch 1 in Borongan, Eastern Samar.

Judge Estrelita Paas suffered multiple stab wounds in her toilet at Pangasinan.

While Judge Guerero was comatose upon hitting the middle barrier near the tollgate at SLEX super highwas, December, 2006.
Fiscal Roldan of Pasay City Shot himself to death, while my branch 73 malabon rtc ex-clerk of court, Fiscal Julio Taloma was murdered at Meycauayan Bulacan, June 26, 2006.

The husband, Victor Padilla, of RTC QC Judge Ma. Luisa Quijano-Padilla was murdered on his birthday on September 6, 2005; while Malabon Mayor Amado Vicencio suffered accident at NLEX on June 7, 2006, with his Ford expedition, a total wreck.

Up to this day, the case folder of each of the above-enumerated murders of Judges has one common marking: CRIME UNSOLVED.

IMPECCABLE WRITTEN PROPHECIES OF WORLD-FAMOUS
PSYCHIC JUDGE FLORO & 3 MYSTIC DWARVES:

20 January 2001, ERAP’S DOWNFALL,

20 November 2001, Comelec Chairman BENIPAYO’s directness Velma CINCO was SHOT DEAD,

20 May, 2002, dawn, LUNG CANCER death of NBI Asst. Dir. Diego GUITIERREZ, husband of S.C Associate Justice ANGELINA SANDOVAL GUITIERREZ,

20 November 2002, our 20th (1982 ATENEO LAW CLASS) ANNIVERSARY, the fire death of the spouse & Marilou, 13-year-old daughter of my classmate, Deputy Customs Com. GIL VALERA , ATENEO class 82,

20 November, 2003, death of Chief Justice PEDRO YAP at Whittier, California, after more than 4 years of vegetative/comatose STROKE after July 20, 1999 SUSPENSION of Judge FLORO; his wife Mrs. Yap suffers from ALZHEIMER’S disease, the dreaded disease that killed U.S Pres. Ronald REAGAN and presently haunts S.C. Justice Alice Martinez; Atty. POL SAN JUAN (8 years CA confidential attorney of Justice Austria-Martinez) informed Judge Floro that: her adopted daughter, Jenny (wife of Michael Austria, adopted son) told him, that Atty. Teresita Cruz-Sison threatened/influenced Justice Austria-Martinez; consequently, the latter was forced to UNLOAD JUDGE FLORO’S case to PONENTE Justice Carpio-Morales; Bryan Austria (adopted son of Justice Martinez), on April, 2005 personally told Judge Floro that her mother Justice Austria-Martinez undergoes daily therapy for severe frozen shoulder pains;
MANNY YAP, the son of C.J. Yap was abducted (DESAPARECIDO) before the ATENEO graduation, 1976, when he was about to graduate summa cum laude; N. B.: Chief Justice Makalintal expired, 2002 and his death was preceded by cancer death of S.C. Justice Ricardo FRANCISCO, 2002; S.C. Justice De Leon was the 3rd casualty that Judge FLORO predicted to have met the KARMA, 2003; N. B. II: Judge FLORO predicted the ascension of Justice De Leon to the High Tribunal at DULCINEA, Greenbelt , 1995; Judge FLORO also predicted the S.C. appointment of S.C. Justice Renato C. Corona against Justice Benipayo’s nomination,

“The mind knows the limit aside from those it accepts.”
(Exh. 21, A.M. No. RTJ-99-1460, Mr. JAIME T. LICAUCO’s Jan. 20, 1999 Letter-Certificate to Judge FLORO, pp. 1-2)

“At present”, xxx “the art of PHSYCHIC PREDICTION is an enigma beyond rational understanding. The accuracy of prediction extends beyond any pseudo-scientific lucky guess.”

(Vide: Mr. JAIME T. LICAUCO, “Era of environment and intergalactic changes”, INNER AWARENESS, p. C7, P.D. INQUIRER, April 18, 2003)

21 February, 2001 ANGIOPLASTY OPERATION of Justice ALFRED L. BENIPAYO, Judge FLORO predicted in 2 June-October, 2000 motions, in A.C. No. 5286,

August to October, 2003, the ANGIOPLASTY OPERATION of (Ret.) Justice PEDRO A. RAMIREZ, OCAD CONSULTANT, Judge Floro’s Investigator; he predicted in 3 motions, in A.M. No. RTJ-99-1460; Justice Ramirez was in the Intensive Coronary Care Unit for 3 weeks, P1.5 million was the medical expenses,

21 December 2002, ANEURYSM death of ATENEO-UP Edmundo Amisola Acuña, 26 years old, who passed the bar exams, in the hands of PGH Director/spouse; his father, Judge Acuña, Branch 123, RTC, Caloocan City was the 9 years Fiscal of Judge Benjamin M. Aquino, Jr., the co-conspirator in the suspension of Jude Floro; ATENEO law graduate student LLAMAS was murdered before he pass the bar exams; as Judge Floro both predicted before the 4th anniversary suspension, July 20, 2003,

21 February, 2005, 3:00 p.m., JBC, 2nd FLR. CENTENNIAL Bldg.: Judge FLORO pleaded to Mr. Justice REGINO C. HERMOSISIMA, JR., RE-5 8/12 years suspension; Judge FLORO conveyed to Justice Hermosisima his GABAY’s vision/ message of 3 horrible PAINS / deaths before July 20, 2005; Judge FLORO appealed to Atty. Pol ALVAREZ (Attorney in the office of Justice Azcuna) regarding REQUEST for audience with Justice Azcuna to convey the GABAY’s Message; Judge FLORO also appealed to the Chairman and President of the ATENEO ALAFI, Atty. LEIGHTON SIAZON and S.C. Justice RENATO CORONA,

Death of ATENEO STUDENT --- ONE BURGUNDY PLACE : from the 23rd FLR. Down to the 20th (Office of ATENEO ALAFI President LEIGHTON SIAZON, who denied Judge FLORO’s request for AUDIENCE) the young STUDENT fell to DEATH, 4 weeks before Justice GARCHITORENA’s death, as pre-cognized by Judge FLORO; Judge FLORO announced to the executive assistant of the JBC Member, the filling of the DISBARMENT CASE, OCA IPI NO. 05-2219-RTJ And JBC 2nd OPPOSITION versus JUDGE BARZA’s candidacy for CA, IN VIEW OF Judge FLORO’s impeccable PROPHECY of Judge BARZA’s disappointment to have been appointed CTA/CA Justice, at that time,

22 July, 2000, Judge FLORO’s first year suspension anniversary, MALABON FIRE that destroyed all MALABON HALLS OF JUSTICE except his sala,

22 April, 2005, the prologue diverticulosis hospitalization of COMELEC Chairman Benjamin ABALOS (kickers of GMA’s campaign kitty) before the May 11, 2004 elections was followed by TWIN family tragedies:

E. Coli mysterious death of daughter of Cong. Benhur ABALOS, and fatal ambush of Dr. Nicolo Echiverri,

These tragedies were preceded by the April 3rd week, 2005, brutal murder of Pasig City Cong. HENRY LANOT (JBC ex-officio Member)

24 April – 3 men broke into and strangled to death Assistant Foreign Secretary DFA, Alicia RAMOS, at 552 Boyle St. , Brgy. Palanan, Makati .

24 June, 2003, 4 hours after Justice De Leon’s (died of ANEURYSM) immaculate white casket was lowered to dust, JBC Ex-Officio MEMBER Senator COMPAÑERO Cayetano died of liver cancer which was predicted by Judge Floro on October 2002,

25 April, 2005, Dr. Nicolo Echiverri “(in-law of VOMELEC Chairman Benjamin ABALOS, and husband of daughter of Arsenio, brother of the Chairman, and relative of Judge Floro’s classmate, Caloocan City Mayor Enrico “RECOM” Echiverri) was ambushed, 7:45 a.m.,

25 February, 2005, Sanduganbayan Presiding Justice Francis GARCHITORENA died of brain tumor (diagnosed on 17 January, 2005; verbally predicted by Judge Floro before Justice Hermosisima on March 26, 2005 p.m., JBC, 2nd Flr.),

“xxx. Then I looked again at all the injustice that goes on in this world. The oppressed were crying, and no one would help them, because their oppressors had power on their side. I envy those who are dead and gone; they are better off than those who are still alive. But better off than either are those who have never been born, who have never seen the injustice that goes on in this world. Xxx” (Ecclesiastes 4:1-4)

13 April, 2005, Atty. TING ANAMA (husband of 3rd in rank, Atty. Felipa "PEPAY" ANANA, Office of the Clerk of Court, S.C.) texted to me, at 9:46 a.m.: "I saw Justice CORONA in a wheelchair just now." I verified this text from Ms. Gemma Castillo, Private Secretary of S.C. Justice SANDOVAL GUTIERREZ; she said that Justice CORONA visited his apo, and "natapilok siya", and his leg bandaged, thus he was in wheelchair,

Judge Floro predicted to his classmate Antonieta Brion, wife of DOLE Secretary Arturo Brion, the 2 spinal cord operations of Justice Renato Corona, at St. Luke's thru Dr. Jane Gaston, their endocrinologist, and abroad, and last month, Justice Corona was treated abroad for the 3rd time,

15 April, 1996, the Lung Cancer Death of my classmate, ATTY. EFREN DE LEON (FACTORAN, TRIA AND DE LEON LAW OFFICE, who, despite repeated demands failed to pay me P 300,000.00 attorney's fees in the Blanco case, which he misappropriated; in the 1996 Angel of Death prophecy, this prediction was principally foretold),

16 December, 1999, the horrible murder of Atty. Pasamba, husband of RTC Judge Herminia Pasamba, at Dakila, Malolos City ,

The one-week VERTIGO of RTC Judge Benjamin M. Aquino, Jr.,

The one-week hospitalization of C.A. Justice Bienvenido Reyes,

16 July, 2002, Carotid Operation of Chief Justice Hilario G. Davide, Jr. by Dr. Jorge Garcia, who operated FVR in 1997. (Carotid endarterectomy, to remove anthero sclerotic plaque from the wall of the carotid artery to prevent ischemic stroke),

ATTY. JOSE DAVIDE, his brother, suffered massive STROKES and still painfully suffers at COLAWIN, CEBU, after C.J. DAVIDE’S another brother painfully died abroad; C.J. DAVIDE, JR’s. 100-year-old father
Hilario, Sr. was being tortured in pain by Judge Floro's Gabays at Colawin, Cebu,

The OMEN --- the Argao, Colawin, Cebu, 2 days

HOSPITALIZATION (circa December 16, 2004, February - March, 2005/sinulog festival) of C.J. DAVIDE, JR. for allegedly kicking a wood/nail at his house, and/or the falling of a frame towards his DIABETIC FOOT; thereafter, like Justice Renato Corona, C.J. Davide, Jr. was 3 days in wheelchair at his office; for 4 months he wore tsinelas due to the incurable wounds,

16 December, 2004, the FIRE that gutted Speaker Jose de Venecia's 2288 Magnolia, Dasmarinas' house and roasted alive KC de VENECIA, 17, daughter,

16 July 2003, 10:00 p.m., 4 days before my July 20, 2003 4 years anniversary suspension, Ex-President FVR's 3rd daughter Carolina Ramos-Sembrano was COMATOSE (hit by Elf) despite 3 brain operations at Asian Hospital, whose President is Dr. Rodrigo Bordador Floro, cousin of author,

17 December, 2002, GALL BLADDER complications of Judge Floro ATENEO PROF. NANI PEREZ, DOJ Secretary, Judge Floro predicted (his political downfall) in the OCT., NOV. & DEC., 2002 MOTIONS TO LIFT SUSPENSION; Nani Perez lost in the 2004 Gubernatorial Batangas elections,

17 September, 1997, Atty. Floro, Jr. predicted beside Atty. Jose D. Bordador, the September 22, 1997 Comatose and first Friday, 10:30 a.m. demise, 1997, October, of CA Justice Maximiano Asuncion, President of the Guillotine Judges,

18 July, 1999, Judge Floro saw the vision of 73 &, Plaridel, clearly signifying his SUSPENSION &, the FIRE of Malabon,

18th Fall of Atty. Tesie Sison at the Holiday Inn Elevator,
rescued by Com. "Munding Reyes" &, J. Lazaro, about April, 2003,

19 September 1995, 11:45 a.m., Judge Floro predicted the 1996-1997 MASSIVE STROKES of the MASTERMIND of his suspension, ATTY. TERESITA CRUZ-SISON, JBC MEMBER, the death (cardiac arrest) of JBC Member, Atty. Francisco "Tito" Santiago, husband of Justice Ynares-Santiago, and the accident of another officer, The unprecedented 3rd term re-appointment of Atty. Teresita C. Sison as JBC Member, and the resultant incarceration of Atty. Edward Serapio for plunder, about the 2nd week of June, 2000 uttered (exclaimed) before Justice R. Hermosisima, Jr. & J. Alfredo Marigomen, .2:00 p.m. JBC corridors,

2000, Judge Floro PREDICTED the abdominal operation of S.C. JUSTICE Minerva GONZAGA-REYES,

2000, S. C. Justice Buena's CATARACT/ GLAUCOMA OPERATION,

2003, Death of MTC, Baguio City , Judge Benjamin BUENA,

2003, June, 2x a week EPILEPSY seizures of GELAY, the daughter of Atty. Esmeralda G. Dizon, branch clerk of Court of Judge Floro, Jr.; she fabricated the false charges; the prophecy was specifically written on p. 27, par. 9 of the MORTIS ANGELUS (Angel of Death) - Memorandum: Luces Video, handwritten by Judge Floro, Jr.’s red-hot right hand at 8:45 p.m. Good Friday, April 1, 1999, Las Vegas Restaurant, Ifugao, Banaue; Atty. Emily Reyes (classmate of Judge Floro, and officemate of the husband of Atty. Dizon) pleaded for mercy on behalf of GELAY (at the ATENEO Alumni Meeting); Judge Floro denied her plea,
And the chemotheraphy for mysterious ailment of Judge Floro's classmate, Atty. Emily Reyes, the severe diabetes of Mayor Jerry Trenas, Judge Floro's classmate,

2003, last week of February, KIDNEY removal at the NATIONAL KIDNEY CENTER , of S. C. Justice CONSUELO YNARES-SANTIAGO,

2004, March, & November, 2004, TWIN FAILED SPINAL SURGERIES (St. Lukes', headed by Dr. Jane Gaston &, U.S.A. ) of S.C. Justice RENE CORONA,

2004, March, ALZHEIMER's Disease with complications, of S.C. Justice ALICIA AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, the former PONENTE of Judge Floro's 6 years suspension case; (this information was stated to Judge Floro by Judge Oscar Herrera, Jr. in the presence of Justice Cesar Casanova) she unloaded his case to the present PONENTE, S.C. Justice CONCHITA "Chit" CARPIOMORALES, due to influence by Atty. TESIE CRUZ SISON,

2004, the "alleged" SUICIDE/accidental shooting of "A.R" SANTIAGO, the son of Sen. MYRIAM SANTIAGO, JBC Member, who threw all Judge Floro's pleas to the can; he failed in PERSONS (Prof. Melencio Santa Maria) and finally he flunked in POLITICAL LAW (Ateneo Asst. Dean SEDFREY CANDELARIA), and the incurable sickness of Sen. Myriam Santiago, 2006 for ANOREXIA,

2004, March, the ANEURYSM, Baguio and Makati triple BRAIN Operations of PCSO Chairman OLIVIA "Honey GIRL" Singson, who masterminded the election cheats by selling Phil Health Cards,

2004, May, the Diverticulosis operation of COMELEC Chairman Benjamin ABALOS, the KICKER of GMA’s Campaign kitty,

March – April, 2005

Cong. Henry LANOT’s (JBC ex-officio Member’s) brutal murder was followed by series of deaths: (3rd week of April)

2004, January, the removal of a BREAST of Caloocan City RTC Judge, Br. 123, VICTORIA PAREDES,

2004, June 10, the horrible MURDER of a Tanauan, Batangas RTC Judge, VOLTAIRE ROSALES, ATENEO Class '81, (Judge Floro's 1981, Ateneo classmate in TAX II) ,

2004, Vice-President Doy Laurel, the co-architect of EDSA I, died of cancer of the blood,

6 August, 1993, Judge Floro predicted in writing the brutal murder of TEODORA L. FLORO, his aunt,

8 April, 1998 (Holy Monday), Atty. Floro, Jr. predicted the Calvario, Meycauayan, Bulacan FIRE that killed his 3 relatives,

9 October, 1998 the BRAIN/BONE METASTASIS IV/Carcinoma of S.C. Chief Justice/Sen. Pres. Marcelo Fernan,

The Liver Cancer of Speaker RAMON MITRA when the latter crossed (sudden) path of Atty. Floro, Jr. at San Lazaro Hippodrome, about 9:00 p.m. race,

The 1999 stroke of OCAD Administrator Justice Benipayo's secretary CHING,

The illnesses of Justice RAMIREZ's wife and his secretary Emy Fabricante,

The election defeat of Rizza Oreta (daughter of Sen. T. Aquino Oreta) to Cong. Ricky Sandoval,

The March 11 Senate Testimony of Judge Floro, Jr. vs. the confirmation of Com. Ch. A. L. Benipayo put to FINIS his ambition by the June 11, 2002 newspaper publication of Comelec Chairman Abalos' appointment,

The Lung Center hospitalization of the wife of Justice ROMULO S. QUIMBO (Ret.) Investigator (Acting) of Judge Floro, Jr.'s case (gas pain, only),

The P 100 Million fire gutted the Eastern Tanning Corporation of Mr. Mariano P. Blanco, who lost the 1998, 2001&, 2004 elections, and whose brother TINOY BLANCO was disqualified by the S.C. in a 9-11 decision utterly predicted by Atty. Floro, Jr.,

The S.C. dismissal of Malolos RTC Judges Camilo Montesa & Carlos Ofilada (who died of diabetes),

The twin cancer deaths of Judge Floro, Jr.'s uncle/aunt, Simeon & Angelina FLORO (pancreas & breast),

The pancreas CANCER death of the next of kin of Mr. Jimmy Abad, JBC Secretariat,

The cancer death of Bulacan Register of Deeds Elenita E. Corpus and the twin dismissals of Dep. Reg. of Deeds, Bulacan, Atty. Artemio Cana & Atty. Alfredo Santos,

The election loss of Cong. Manuel Andaya (Mindoro), The FIRES that gutted the houses/offices of Fiscal Chiong & Atty. Manuel Punzalan, and the Register of Deeds, Malolos, Bulacan & the corrupt Malolos RTC offices,

Justice Alfredo L. Benipayo will never ascend the Supreme Court Golden Throne.

*** The foregoing/ more than 800 pains and predictions were prophesied with flawless accuracy by Judge Florentino V. Floro, Jr., inscribed in his ANGEL OF DEATH book/memorandum, 1996, 1998 8s 1999 editions, and inserted in more than 20 MOTIONS TO LIFT JULY 20, 1999 SUSPENSION.

This prophecy was first published per e-mail to 2 institutions that impressed the author: a) to Sen. RENE AX. SAGUISAG (defender of human rights; he is the PRO-BONO counsel of the author) and b) Mr. JAIME T. LICAUCO (an institution older than Psychic Phenomena; he testified before the SUPREME COURT that Judge FLORO is the sole HEALING JUDGE worldwide).

This PROPHECY as first released was prefatory warning to the corrupt JUDICIARY (the SUPREME COURT twice commissioned Dr. Mahar Mangahas, SWS; it twice'' surveyed that the judiciary is perceived to be very corrupt).

PSYCHIC PHENOMENA is perceived by the writer as the sole MEDIUM to traverse EVIL. Judge FLORO advances the theory that the GIFT OF PROPHECY (as distinguished from inner mind development, ESP. etc.) is utterly SUPREME because of the GABAY'S intervention.

The 27th day of April, Wednesday, 2005 at Malolos City , Bulacan

Judge FLORENTINO V. FLORO, JR.,

123 Dahlia, Alido, Malolos, 3000 BULACAN,
Tel/#(044) 662-82-03; # 0916-5762247, (0927-3440957, belen),
(Presiding Judge, Branch 73, RTC, MALABON, NCJR, M.M.)
[I.D. Number: RTCJ-317 / EDP Number: 38676300;
ROLL OF ATTORNEY’S NO. 32800, Pg. No. 60, Book No. XIV]

N.B.

13 April – Atty. TING ANAMA (husband of 3rd in rank, Atty. Felipa “PEPAY” ANANA, Office of the Clerk of Court, S.C.) texted to me, 9:46 a.m.: “I saw Justice CORONA in a wheelchar just now.” I verified this text from Ms. Gemma Castillo, p.s. of S.C. Justice SANDOVAL GUTIERRES; she said that Justice CORONA visited his apo, and “natapilok siya”, and his leg bandaged, thus he was in wheelchair.

2006-10-06T22:36:00.000-07:00

PSYCHIC JUDGE'S PHILIPPINE SENATE COA C.J. DAVIDE OPPOSITION &
DOCKETED LANDMARK ADMINISTRATIVE CASE: SPANISH CARD READING
AT THE PHILIPPINE SUPREME COURT CONFERENCE ROOM

I. Philippine Psychic Judge Floro’s C O A, Senate Opposition versus C.J. DAVIDE

On October 6, first Friday, 2006, 4:11 p.m., Healing Judge Floro timely filed his Verified Complaint-Opposition against (Ret.) Chief Justice Davide, Jr. to block his nomination by the powerful Philippine Senate Commission on Appointments Chaired by Sen. Myriam Defensor Santiago (former JBC, Supreme Court Member, now gravely ill and could not normally take foods due to a mysterious ailment).

Judge Floro's Opposition is the 3rd, since the filing of the other 2 by Senator Francisco Tatad and suspended lawyer Allan Paguia.

Davide faces rough sailing at CA on UN posting

By Angie M. Rosales, 10/05/2006 , The DAILY TRIBUNE

http://www.tribune.net.ph/20061005/headlines/20061005hed3.html
http://www.tribune.net.ph/20061005/index.html

"The shoe is now in the other foot.
There is an apparent vacancy in the ambassadorial post for the permanent representative to the United Nations, and Davide wants it, except that neophyte Sen. Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada is making sure that Davide will not get confirmed for the post, which is currently being held by Ambassador Lauro Baja.
Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago who sits as chairman of the Commission on Appointments screening committee for Malacañang-designated diplomats yesterday disclosed that Davide will be facing rough sailing in his confirmation of an ambassadorship in New York.

She pointed out that President Arroyo’s ambassador-designate Davide’s appointment drew numerous objections, one which happens to come from a colleague, Senator Estrada, who reportedly said that as long as he remains a senator of the republic, he will ensure that the Davide appointment is blocked.
Under Senate rules, a senator who opposes the confirmation of the presidential appointee can block that confirmation by simply saying two words” Section 20,” and does not have to explain why he resorted to the Section 20 rule.

A book written by now Chief Justice Artemio Panganiban. Reforming the Judiciary, also wrote about the decision made by Davide to swear in Mrs. Arroyo as president, after he cut the bible, even when the justices knew that there was no vacancy in the presidential office, as Estrada had not resigned.
Besides the objections and manifestations by Sen. Jinggoy Estrada to question Davide, Santiago said there are at least two sworn oppositors who have manifested their objections to the confirmation of Davide.
“The committee has the power to reject the oppositions filed but Sen. Jinggoy Estrada has the power to veto the confirmation under Section 20 of the rules of the CA,” she said.
Hearing on Davide’s appointment is next in line scheduled for consideration by the CA."

http://www.comappt.gov.ph/default.html
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II. PSYCHIC SPANISH CARD READING AT THE SUPREME COURT CONFERENCE HALL: WHO WILL BE THE 22nd CHIEF JUSTICE?

A.M. No. 2006-24-SC, “Judge Florentino Floro vs. Mrs. Marilyn Puno Santiago and Mrs. Jasmin Mateo”

On August 11, 2006, The Philippine Supreme Court prohibited Judge Floro from filing any pleading regarding his separation from service, inter alia. However, due to the twin deaths and double mournings (ATTY. LUZVIMINDA PUNO and LIRIO BAUTISTA VICTORINO, spouses of S.C. Justice Puno and JBC Justice Raoul Victorino, respectively), inter alia, it blinked:

http://www.supremecourt.gov.ph/jurisprudence/2006/august2006/A.M.%20No.%20RTJ-99-1460.htm

“WHEREFORE, premises considered, Judge Floro’s Partial Motions for Reconsideration as well as the Supplements thereto are hereby DENIED WITH FINALITY there being no merits. No other pleading, however denominated, shall henceforth be entertained by this Court.”

On September 26, 2006, the Philippine Supreme Court, En Banc, with full authority, promulgated a Resolution (released on October 5, 006), giving DUE course and DOCKETING as full-blown ADMINISTRATIVE CASE, Judge Florentino Floro’s August 30, 2006 Verified Complaint against MRS. MARILYN PUNO SANTIAGO, sister of Senior Supreme Court Associate Justice Reynato PUNO and Dep. Ed. Higher Education Chair Carlito PUNO.

Judge Floro’s verified complaint principally deals with his accusation of SPANISH CARD PSYCHIC READING inside of and abusing the Supreme Court Conference Room, the second highest tabernacle of the Temple of Justice. The subject of the card reading by Judge Floro is Marilyn Puno’s request for the Psychic Judge to predict the appointment (on December 9, 2006), as 22nd Chief Justice, of her brother, Acting Chief Justice Reynato PUNO. The latter suffered 2 setbacks and pains: disappointment to be appointed 21st Chief Justice and painful death of his spouse Atty. Luzviminda D. Puno on April 12, 2006, 6 days after the High Tribunal released the world famous PSYCHOTIC DWARF DECISION on April 6, 2006:

The (Ponente, Justice) Minita Viray Chico-Nazario 75 pages Psychotic Decision, March 31, 2006 ---
http://www.supremecourt.gov.ph/jurisprudence/2006/mar2006/A.M.%20No.%20RTJ-99-1460.htm