Martin Delgra III

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Martin Belleza Delgra III (born November 11), nicknamed "Chuckbong", [1] is a Filipino lawyer who previously served as chairman of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board from 2016 to 2022. A self-affirmed "loyalist" of former president Rodrigo Duterte, [2] Delgra served as his legal counsel during his 2016 presidential campaign, and was among the few people who accompanied Duterte at Villamor Air Base when he was arrested by police authorities in March 2025.

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Early life and education

Martin Delgra III was born to Martin V. Delgra Jr. (1921–1977), a lawyer, and Carmen "Bebe" B. Delgra (1928–2021), and has six siblings.

Delgra passed the Philippine Bar Examination in 1988. [3]

Career

Delgra initially began his private law practice in the island province of Basilan, working for three years alongside Spanish Bishop José María Querejeta. [4] After returning to Davao City, he worked at Delgra, Lanzona and Quilatan Law Offices, based in Ecoland, Davao City. [4] [2]

LTFRB chairman

Delgra served as chairman of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) from 2016 to 2022. [5] [6] [7] In 2017, upon president Duterte's issuance of an executive order banning portraits of himself in government offices and replacing them with national heroes, [8] [9] Delgra put up a picture of Lapulapu on his office wall alongside the presidential portrait of Duterte, reasoning that he considers both to be his heroes. [2]

Post-government activities

Delgra continued to serve as Duterte's legal counsel after stepping down as LTFRB chairman in 2022. [10]

On March 11, 2025, Delgra accompanied Duterte and his family at the Villamor Air Base when Duterte was served an arrest warrant by police authorities led by General Nicolas Torre III, chief of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG). [11] [12]

Personal life

Delgra is a resident of Davao City. [13] He is an avid mountain climber and scuba diver, and has advocated for environmental protection in the face of climate change. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Yap, Jerry (November 9, 2016). "LTFRB sanhi ng traffic sa East Ave., QC! (Ano ang ginagawa ni Martin "Chuckbong" Delgra III!?)" [LTFRB the cause of traffic along East Ave., QC! (What is Martin "Chuckbong" Delgra III doing!?)]. Hataw! D'yaryo ng Bayan (in Filipino and English). JSY Publishing. Retrieved March 25, 2025. [...]Chairman Martin 'Chuckbong' Delgra III[...]
  2. 1 2 3 4 TribuneNOW (June 14, 2022). Atty. Martin Delgra III | Straight Talk. YouTube (in English and Filipino). Google LLC. Event occurs at 2:16, 18:10, 32:28, 32:40. Retrieved March 25, 2025. [...]kaya nga tuloy maraming nagsasabi ay talaga raw loyalist ka [Martin Delgra] ni president Duterte. Any comment on that?
  3. ↑ "480 out of 2,682 pass bar examinations". Manila Standard . Standard Publications, Inc. April 19, 1988. p. 9. Retrieved March 25, 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Press Briefing by Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella with Chairperson Martin Delgra III Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB)". Presidential Communications Office . Kalayaan Hall, Malacañang Palace. August 22, 2017. Retrieved March 25, 2025.
  5. ↑ "The Duterte Cabinet: All the President's men". ABS-CBN News . ABS-CBN Corporation. May 22, 2016. Retrieved March 25, 2025. A Davao City-based lawyer, [Martin] Delgra was part of Duterte's legal team during the elections.
  6. ↑ Romero, Alexis; Romero, Paolo (July 1, 2016). "Rody finalizes Cabinet". Philstar.com . Davao City, Philippines: Philstar Global Corp. Retrieved March 25, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Former PAL president Jimmy Bautista is Marcos' pick for DOTr chief". Philstar.com . Manila, Philippines: Philstar Global Corp. June 23, 2022. Retrieved March 25, 2025. Veteran journalist and lawyer Cheloy Garafil was nominated Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board Chairman-designate, the position currently held by lawyer Martin Delgra III.
  8. ↑ Macas, Trisha (July 18, 2017). "Duterte wants to ban portraits of himself, other officials from gov't offices". GMA News Online . GMA Network Inc. Retrieved March 25, 2025.
  9. ↑ Reganit, Jose Cielito (September 27, 2017). "Duterte bans portraits of public officials in gov't offices". Manila. Philippine News Agency . Retrieved March 25, 2025.
  10. ↑ Panti, Llanesca T. (October 21, 2024). "Duterte to skip QuadComm probe on Oct. 22". GMA News Online . GMA Network Inc. Retrieved March 25, 2025.
  11. ↑ Bajo, Anna Felicia (March 13, 2025). "CIDG: Medialdea also arrested, cuffed hours before Duterte taken to The Hague". GMA News Online . GMA Network Inc. Retrieved March 25, 2025.
  12. ↑ Bolledo, Jairo (March 22, 2025). "It took a Nicolas Torre to haul Rodrigo Duterte to The Hague". Rappler . Rappler Inc. Retrieved March 25, 2025.
  13. ↑ "Almanac". Asiaweek . Asiaweek Limited. September 22, 1993. p. 18. From Martin B. Delgra III of Davao City, Philippines[...]
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