#RansomedbyLove
ATM ready for the book launch of #RansomedByLove! Diamond and Platinum orders come with upcyled bags custom made by the Batibot community of women in Olandres, Marikina.
November 29, 2024 at 7:17 AM
Four gestures, in gratitude for a life #RansomedByLove.

Laban. Umibig. Manalangin. Pumuri.
December 2, 2024 at 10:27 PM
Happy to count 3 generations of Burgos women as friends.

Thanks Edith & Peachy for coming to the book launch of #RansomedByLove.

Thanks Bern for reviewing the first draft of my memoir to see if it would appeal to Gen-Z readers & thanks for reading excerpts about our (Titay and me) love story.
December 11, 2024 at 12:55 PM
Yay Prof. Adelle Chua, former student and my Manila Standard editor whose writing style I have always wanted to emulate, and climate justice comrades Bea Talusan and Pecier Decierdo. Thanks for coming to the book launch of #RansomedByLove.
January 6, 2025 at 6:03 AM
"Tony showed me the dignity of public service..."

Touching words from Maria Socorro Manguiat, Deputy Executive Secretary of the Montreal Protocol, on mentorship and environmental protection in #RansomedByLove.
Join us on Nov 29!

Pre-order: bit.ly/RansomedByLove
November 26, 2024 at 2:02 AM
More pictures from the book signing of #RansomedByLove. Many walked into Mt Cloud Bookshop to attend the event.
January 12, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Koyang Jess Santiago and me! Grateful for these portraits. In the digital version of #RansomedByLove, we will have pictures and include these.
December 12, 2024 at 6:56 AM
ATM at Gabriela’s office. Some of the proceeds of #RansomedByLove will be set aside to support medical and other needs of women political prisoners.
December 16, 2024 at 5:31 AM
ATM happy to give Klima colleagues free copies of #RansomedbyLove, in addition to copies they ordered.
I also signed 60 books bought by Manila Observatory for its partners.
November 27, 2024 at 10:38 AM
ATM Klima present in Philippine Book Fair! Proud of you Anj Cayabyab! Mas mahaba linya at books mo kay sa akin at #RansomedByLove! Next year, Bernardine de Belen!
March 16, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Happy Feast Day of the Immaculate Conception! Lets say yes, like Mary, to God’s call. In letting it be done according to the Word, we will all be #RansomedByLove.
December 8, 2024 at 2:28 AM
ATM lunch meeting in Davao City with colleagues from the Union of Peoples Lawyers of Mindanao (UPLM). They all
got copies of #RansomedByLove so they can contribute to my medical fund.
March 13, 2025 at 6:33 AM
More pictures from the book signing of #RansomedByLove yesterday. It was amazing that we have had 20+ batches of students in Rome already - from ALSE singie digit batches, all of whom I taught, to batch 140+.
June 18, 2025 at 7:56 AM
ATM at the book signing of #RansomedByLove in UP Cebu. I honored Chad Booc by reading excerpts from my memoir where I write about my experience with him. I was honored that her mother and sister Nico Booc attended.
February 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM
ATM just done with lunch, treated to authentic Japanese food by Ray Gatmaytan. Ray and wife Donna Feliciano-Gatmaytan were my classmates in UP Law students, as Ray recalls.

Donna, you are mentioned in #RansomedByLove as one of the great diplomats I have worked with.
June 18, 2025 at 1:06 PM
ATM signing copies of #RansomedByLove at the Philippine Book Festival. No worries, if you did not catch me there, get your copy in Fully Booked or in Shopee, or to me through Messenger or via Viber, Telegram, or Signal at 09989994115.
March 16, 2025 at 6:51 AM
ATM happy to meet Sarah Elago and her Gabriela colleague Kat! It was also in UP Town where I first met Sarah in 2019, when she asked for my help to fight the redtagging of Kabataan and other youth groups. I write about that in #RansomedByLove.
April 1, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Happy to sign copies of #RansomedByLove for these DENR legal eagles: Atty Ipe Arevalo who works for QC Legal Office, Prosecutor Conrado Rosario, and law practitioner Pancoy Saavedra. I personally recruited them to join my office in 1996-97 and was happy when they joined.
January 29, 2025 at 7:35 AM
2 DAYS TO GO! 📚

““This is a must-read for human rights defenders and social justice advocates.

Honored to share this heartfelt endorsement from Former Senator @senleiladelima on #RansomedByLove! Join us for the launch on November 29 and be part of this meaningful journey.
November 27, 2024 at 1:14 AM
#RansomedByLove landed in shores of Bohol. Thanks Dr. Ben Malayang, former president of Siliman University & DENR Undersecretary, & Dean Ma Vic Daray, former RTC Judge, for ordering book. You will find your names in book but mentions do not justify long friendships with you.
December 22, 2024 at 5:43 AM
Earlier: happy doctor & patient. Thanks Dr Jojo for being best urologist in universe. You are in several chapters of #RansomedByLove; you were God’s instrument in transforming my cancer from a burden into a gift!

And thank you for waiving your professional fees “para sa bayan”.
February 11, 2025 at 11:03 AM
ATM just done - talk on human rights for a forum sponsored by an NCPAG class. I shared lessons from 50 years as an activist and 35 years as a human rights lawyer, which I have memorialized in detail and reflected on in #RansomedByLove.
December 7, 2024 at 9:01 AM
ATM just done with my Laudato Si and the law class at Don Bosco Theological Seminary. I ended as always with hope as the last word. I read from the last pages of #RansomedByLove, in particular the paragraphs on Kintsugi and Moses in the Red Sea.
March 22, 2025 at 10:36 AM
TY Atty Teddy Rigoroso! In #RansomedByLove, I write about you several times: In De Lima case, referring to you as brilliant lead counsel of Senator Leila. And in the Albasin case, which you agreed to take on, I describe you as “a legal genius in addition to being a good person.”
February 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
If you are still looking for a Valentine’s Day gift for your jowa, babe, mahal, bff, soul mate, nanay, tatay, kuya, ate atbp bili na ng #RansomedByLove!

Happy to know the love stories of all my colleagues in Klima and LVZ, voluntarily shared to me in good bonding moments.
February 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM