Intramuros Learning Sessions episode no. 38
- Guest Speaker: Elisa R. Sarmiento-Flores
- Moderator: Jeffrey Yap
About the Speaker: Elisa R. Sarmiento-Flores
Judge Elisa R. Sarmiento-Flores is the Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 71, Pasig City where she handles various criminal, civil, special proceedings, land registration, and special civil action cases. She is also the Acting Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 69, Taguig City, a Family Court where she handles cases involving women and children either victims or children in conflict with the law.
Prior to her appointment in the judiciary, Judge Sarmiento-Flores was a Prosecutor of the Office of the City Prosecutor, Muntinlupa City, Department of Justice. For her consummate service as a prosecutor, she was awarded Outstanding Prosecutor of the Philippines in September 2009 by the Department of Justice. She also served as a Public Attorney in the cities of Makati and Muntinlupa. In both capacities, she was specially trained to handle cases involving women and children.
Aside from numerous local trainings, she had attended a number of international trainings in Thailand, China and in the United States of America, particularly the International Visitor’s Leadership Program (IVLP) on Women and Juvenile Justice, the Academic Criminal Justice Seminar and Model Law Workshop at the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) and the 2018 Global Freedom Exchange: A Hilton and Vital Voices partnership leveraging leadership to end human trafficking, wherein she was the sole representative of the Philippines, joining 14 other women fellows who have been selected out of nearly 500 applicants from all around the world.
About the moderator: Rancho Arcilla
John Paul Escandor Arcilla, known professionally as Rancho Arcilla, is the author of the Intramuros Register of Styles (2021). He served as Chairperson of the Intramuros Technical Committee on Architectural Standards (TCAS) from June 2022 to May 2024. As TCAS Chairperson, Arcilla oversaw the review of all development, including new constructions, in the Walled City.
Arcilla was also the first Archivist of the Intramuros Administration. With a mandate from Atty. Guiller Asido, Administrator of Intramuros from 2017 to 2022, Arcilla established the Administration’s Archives and Central Records Section, serving as its first Section Head from July 2019 to June 2024.
He has an MA in Philippine Studies from UP Diliman and a BA in Asian Studies from the University of Santo Tomas. Arcilla specializes on colonial architecture.
In 2021, Arcilla was instrumental in the development of the Revised 2021 Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Presidential Decree No. 1616, the main framework and legal instrument in the management of Intramuros District. The architectural provisions of the IRR and the Intramuros Register of Styles (2021) is based on his MA thesis Walls within Walls: The Architecture of Intramuros (2021).
About the Intramuros Learning Sessions
The Intramuros Learning Sessions (ILS) is the educational lecture series of the Intramuros Administration (IA). The IA is an attached national government agency under the Department of Tourism.
Topics are interdisciplinary and cover themes related to Intramuros and Manila studies, Philippine studies, as well as cultural heritage studies. Pursuant to IA’s charter, the ILS aims to contribute to the strengthening of the Filipino’s national identity and sense of belonging and pride.
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