A court in the Philippines ruled in favor of Denmark Valmores, who filed a case against Mindanao State University-College of Medicine (MSU-COM), Dean Cristina Achacoso, and faculty member Dr. Giovannie Cabildo. The petition resulted from the respondents’ incessant denials of the petitioner’s religious rights and for their noncompliance to Section 5 of the Bill of Rights of the 1987 Philippine Constitution which states “the free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed.”
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://spectrummagazine.org/article/2018/02/02/philippine-judiciary-rules-favor-adventist-student