#Pura Luka Vega

[arkipelagic]

pura luka vega, the drag queen who caused controversy for their portrayal of jesus christ, has been arrested. according to the philippine star, the charges were “immoral doctrines, obscene publications and exhibitions, and indecent shows” with a bail set at PHP72,000.

persecuting drag queens for such silly charges when much bigger issues regarding the church and other houses of faith plague the philippines is a ridiculous waste of time. once again, this country is all appearances and self-righteousness.

[elfilibusterismo]

everything that's happening to pura luka vega is just textbook political persecution. cities are declaring her as a persona non grata for daring to use to christian themes in her art. the city of manila being one of those cities as if the national museum located IN MANILA isnt full of transgressive artwork that uses catholicism and christianity to critique the status quo. the fuck ever happened to separation of church and state? it makes me sick.

[iscariotmilf]

cute namin dito teehee

[celestialmazer]

Loved this moment from Barbie-Q 🤣💗

[cedrickjuans]

Drag Den presents Manila By Night

[tellmewhatchuuwant]

I just want to inform you that after years and years and years of searching, I finally found it

MANILA LUZON

Drag Den Trailer | DRAGDAGULAN NA!

[buntong-h1ninga]

Angas ng poster!!! Nakakasabik! Congrats to everyone involved! 🫶💕

[psychopomping]

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[onenettvchannel]

LATE-BREAKING NEWS: Zamboangueño Drag Artist 'Pura Luka Vega' is arrested for multiple nationwide counts of Persona Non Grata and other specific criminalities in Arrest Warrant

(Written by Mitch Williams & Sasha Elizabeth Waybright / Bailley Mass Communication news intern for OneNETnews and Freelance News Editor & Intern for WEAZEL News)

SANTA CRUZ, NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION -- It all comes down to this after 3 straight months, a 33 y/o male Zamboangueño LGBT drag artist individual named Pura Luka Vega (who is real name as Amadeus Fernando Pagente) is arrested for multiple counts of 'Persona Non Grata' in selected cites; including Western, Central and Eastern Visayas (excluding Dumaguete City & Negros Oriental -- which are currently not listed yet).

(CONTRIBUTED PHOTO COURTESY via FB and the X Network PHOTO / In the 1st image above, a piece of Subpoena letter with Pura Luka Vega, but was failed to come forward. And the 2nd bottom image from one X Network user, a long-posted image in status update was released.)

This was after failing to receive or partially reading a Subpoena letter, and even he did not come forward to attend himself a preliminary investigation of a criminal case or in court, as obtained exclusively to OneNETnews.

By late Wednesday afternoon (October 4th, 2023 at exactly 4:10pm -- Manila local time), per the exclusive radio report of Super Radyo: Manila DZBB-AM 594khz with Manny Vargas… He was enlisted for an arrest warrant and was issued by honorable Czarina Encarnacion Samonte-Villanueva, presiding judge of the Manila-Regional Trial Court: Branch 36 (M-RTC), due to numerous multiple charges that Mr. Amadeus face in for a criminal punishment in the whole country.

Unfortunately, in a possible theory, drag artist is prohibited completely by the Philippine national law (regardless of illegal fashion, more reasons for homophobic, and those situations of LGBT like Mr. Amadeus himself), since our news team of OneNETnews cannot independently verify them. You may remember last Sunday night (July 9th, 2023) after a video surprisingly but brazenly went viral online on his own social media account during a new, unreleased gospel rock remixed song of ’Ama Namin’ (or the Lord's Player).

Aside from these national charges, local government units (LGUs) in Western, Central and Eastern Visayas affecting the areas of Persona Non Grata are in Palawan; Toboso town in Negros Occidental; Mandaue City in Province of Cebu, Cebu City, Bohol and Dinagat Islands.

But here in Dumaguete City and Negros Oriental alone as according to Dumaguete City Councilor named Joe Kenneth Arbas during a local radio interview of DWFH-FM 97.7mhz's Radyo Bandera: Sweet FM Dumaguete… The LGU officials decided not to declare the aforementioned Persona Non Grata in the entire province of Negros Oriental including Dumaguete City for Mr. Amadeus and was silently approved by a disclosed local resolution at the Dumaguete City session hall, next beside at the end of City Central Elementary School (CCES) in Santa Catalina Street.

So as that, Mr. Amadeus (known as one drag artist 'Pura Luka Vega') was now arrested at his temporal residence via the Manuel Hizon Street, Brgy. 339, Santa Cruz, National Capital Region in Manila; after travelling and moving originally from Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte. He was charged with multiple violations of a nationwide Persona Non Grata in some cities & regions, in relation to Article #201: Sections 2b.2, 2b.3, 2b.5 & 3 or Revised Penal Code and the Republic Act #10175: Section 6 or The Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012, with a recommended bail behind bars of PHP72,000 (or roughly U$D1,270) at the Manila Police District (MPD) jail in Santa Cruz, the said NCR.

By soliciting monetary donations to free Mr. Amadeus, everyone else could be committing a cheating offense by using expensive cold-hard cash, electronic wallets like GCash & Maya, and traditional or digital banks like Landbank and CIMB Bank, leaving completely refuses to pay all the damages in taxpayer's money or criminal funds, according to the MPD.

Even one human right's lawyer named Raphael Lorenzo Aguiling Pangalangan cannot fully control his unlawful issue with its disturbingly scandalous biblical trend.

Now the drag artist completely under attack in the online world of social media, his journey of "The Lord's Prayer" in LGBT drag artist career ends here with a bigger damages for a simple retirement of fashion. The 'Fake Jesus in Northwest Mindanao' is calling it quits, despite still a shameful individual character.

EDITOR's NOTE (from Mitch Williams): As I slowly discovered on my own hearing, while I am writing for my news article during my intern job via our headquarters at Hinobi newscenter, this was to be turned out an Evangelion-based anime punk rock genre. I can tell you with this sketchy cover song and I really love it for this LIVE church music, but not on this delinquent Filipino guy, nor of my type. Wish we can release on a music streaming platforms, since this one is a SPICY HOT track. For real as usual, i'm just a gamer here right off the bat on my casting production of Glitch Techs. 17 out of 10 is the final score. I'll buy a song track for, you know… personal reasons.

PHOTO COURTESY: Manila Police District via FB PHOTO BACKGROUND PROVIDED BY: Tegna

SOURCE: *https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-66541089 [Referenced News Article via BBC News] *https://www.facebook.com/1179522129/posts/10227766121156719 [Referenced FB Captioned PHOTO #1 via Pura Luka Vega] *https://www.facebook.com/1179522129/posts/10227647162782834 [Referenced FB Captioned PHOTO #2f via Pura Luka Vega] *https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/artandculture/884171/story/ [Referenced News Article #1 via GMA News] *https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/artandculture/884228/story/ [Referenced News Article #2f via GMA News] *https://balita.net.ph/2023/10/04/pura-luka-vega-inaresto-sa-sta-cruz-manila/ [Referenced News Article via Balita Tabloid] *https://philstarlife.com/news-and-views/979244-pura-luka-vega-has-been-arrested-in-manila [Referenced News Article via The Philippine Star] *https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2023/10/4/Pura-Luka-Vega-arrested-.html [Referenced News Article via DXXX-TV 5's CNN Philippines: Zamboanga] *https://www.facebook.com/100071812950815/posts/336004365469993 [Referenced FB News Article via DWFH-FM 97.7mhz's RBSFM: Dumaguete] and *https://abogado.com.ph/pangalangan-explains-why-viral-ama-namin-drag-performance-cant-be-held-criminally-liable/ [Referenced News Article via Abogado News Bureau]

-- OneNETnews Team

[pannaginip]

DZRH News on Twitter @dzrhnews:

JUST IN: Drag artist na si Amadeus Fernando Pagente o mas kilala bilang Pura Luka Vega, muling inaresto ng MPD

RH29 @/boy_gonzales

2024 Feb. 29

Bahaghari on Facebook: Pura Luka Vega's rearrest highlights LGBTQI's non-enjoyment of freedom of expression and artistic freedom

After months of being released on bail, drag artist Pura Luka Vega has been arrested again, this time by a different court but with the same complaint.

Bahaghari once again condemns the weaponization of the law against Pura and their right to freely express their relationship with faith through art. Evangelical groups have allotted resources to further marginalize an LGBTQI+ person in the court of law. Similarly, many city councils across the Philippines have declared them "persona non grata," following a viral video where they, dressed as Jesus Christ, performed Ama Namin remix in a bar.

It has not gone unnoticed to Bahaghari the double standards at play in this case. Pastor Apollo Quiboloy of the mega-church Kingdom of Jesus Christ was indicted by FBI for alleged crimes against women and children but none of the city councils who have declared Pura "persona non grata" are mum on this issue. Until now, Quiboloy is in hiding even with summons from the Senate in their investigation on the abuse allegations against him. Furthermore, the complainants for the case are all affiliated with the Philippines for Jesus Movement (PJM) founded by Eddie Villanueva, the father of Senator Joel Villanueva, whose office has deployed disgusting tactics to delay the SOGIESC Equality Bill.

The art of drag and other similar acts of expression by LGBTQI+ people are under attack around the world. In the United States, legislations have been passed to criminalize people based on gender identity and expression. In the Philippines where a national anti-discrimination law is absent, LGBTQI+ individuals are subject to gender-based violence.

Pura Luka Vega's case is an attack on LGBTQI+ people's expression on their relationship with faith and religion and the expression of their artistic freedom. LGBTQI+ individuals have different expressions on their faith. Many are still practicing their religion. Some have abandoned it altogether due to the trauma and marginalization they felt in the presence of their religious leaders.

#DragIsNotACrime #FreePuraLukaVega

2024 Mar. 1

[halkonensis]

ANG LABAN NG ISA AY LABAN NG LAHAT! HINDI KRIMEN ANG DRAG!

"Wala nang pagkakaiba ang Judio at ang Griego, ang alipin at ang malaya, ang lalaki at ang babae. Kayong lahat ay iisa na dahil sa inyong pakikipag-isa kay Cristo Jesus." (Ga 3:28 MBBTAG)

Una, bilang mga Kristiyano, kailangan nating tingnan ang ating paligid. Oo nga at nakikita natin ang kawalang-pakundangan sa imahe ni Jesu-Kristo, at balidong makaramdam tayo ng ngitngit, ngunit binigyan ba natin ng oras na tingnan ang mga signos ng panahon? (Mt 16:1-4) Kung bakit nagtanghal si Pura Luka Vega in the first place? Dahil sa laganap na pang-aabuso, hindi lamang sa gender minorities, kundi sa sambayanan! Kung tutuusin, mas blasphemous at makasalanan pa ang tahasang pang-redtag, intimidasyon, pag-torture, at pagpatay ng administrasyong Marcos-Duterte sa ating mga nag-aasam at kumikilos para sa pagbabagong panlipunan. Kinikitilan ng karapatan at buhay ang mga taong nilikha ayon sa wangis ng Diyos! Hindi ba mas kahindik-hindik iyon?

Ikalawa, kahit ano pang sensibilidad ng mga Kristiyano ang na-offend sa performance ni Pura Luka Vega, hindi dapat maparusahan sa batas ang ganitong ekspresyon ng sining. Kailangang mabatid nating lahat na sa hinaba-haba ng kasaysayan, ginamit na armas ang relihiyon para sa represyon ng mga komunidad LGBTQIA+. Isa itong kolektibong ekspresyon ng trauma, grief, at pagbawi ng espasyo mula sa sakit at abuso! 

Tingnan natin kung sino ang mga may pakanang nagposas at nagkulong kay Pura. Sila rin ang mga kagawad ng pulisyang pumatay kay Jude Thaddeus Fernandez, isang 67-taong gulang na organisador ng mga manggagawa. Sila rin ang mga nagsinungaling sa mamamayan nang dinakip nila sina Jhed Tamano at Jonila Castro, mga kabataang taong-simbahan at environment advocates para sa Manila Bay. Sila rin ang naghahasik ng mga bomba sa isla ng Masbate at nagdudulot ng matinding takot sa mga residente. Sila rin ang nakikinabang sa confidential and intelligence funds na balon ng katiwalian.

Mga kapwa-Kristiyano, sa panahon ng malalang represyon sa ating saligang karapatan para sa buhay, kailangan na nating bumuklod sa malawak na mamamayang Pilipino. Kasama rito ang komunidad ng LGBTQIA+ at iba pang mga uri at sektor na araw-araw binibiktima ng pang-aapi at pagsasamantala. Tinatawagan tayo na sundan ang mga yapak ni Kristo patungo sa pagkilos para sa kapayapaan dito sa lupa na nakabatay sa katarungan. Ang laban ng isang nagdarahop para sa kanyang karapatan ay laban ng lahat ng nagdarahop para sa karapatan ng lahat, sapagkat tayong lahat ay iisa na sa pakikipag-isa natin kay Jesu-Kristo!

FREE PURA LUKA VEGA! JUSTICE FOR ALL VICTIMS OF STATE REPRESSION!

KRISTIYANO AT MAMAMAYAN, MAGBUKLOD PARA SA KAPAYAPAANG BATAY SA KATARUNGAN!

[celestialmazer]

This Pura Luka Vega performance made me laugh so much 🧠💗😂

(also love that hair)

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[elfilibusterismo]

i hope everyone involved in the arrest of pura luka vega DIES and EXPLODES and GOES TO HELL

[tellmewhatchuuwant]

PURA LUKA VEGA • DRAG DEN WITH MANILA LUZON 01.05 drag mafia kasalang bayan

[catdotjpeg]

Bahaghari UP Baguio Chapter held a lightning performance today, October 6, 2023 at Malcolm Square, Baguio City to condemn the illegal arrest of Pura Luka Vega. [The Alliance of Concerned Students] UPB is united in expressing its strong condemnation of the arrest of Pura Luka Vega. That's why our campaign to pass the SOGIESC Equality Bill in our country plus other policies that safeguard the welfare of all Filipino citizens grows stronger. Let's continue to fight for greater safe spaces for all genders. Free Pura Luka Vega! Fight for the right to liberating art!

-- ACS UPB, 6 Oct 2023

[caimitos]

sorry for being raised catholic but ama namin (our father) and all the remixes kinda slap.....obsessed w that vid of pura luka vega in a jesus cosplay surrounded by ppl yelling the lyrics at a bar i love filipino drag