The Department of Tourism coordinated with PNP-CIDG in finding the chief of the agency’s Legislative Liaison United and UP law professor Ryan Oliva who went missing on Saturday.
“The Department urges everyone who may have any information on the whereabouts of Atty. Oliva, to coordinate with the PNP- CIDG Chief Major General Joel Napoleon Coronel through number +63 920 905 1987,” the tourism agency said.
“The DOT also requests for prayers for successful search efforts and appeals for respect for the privacy of the Oliva family,” it added.
DOT said it is in constant communication with Ryan Oliva’s family and likewise appealed for the public’s help in finding the missing DOT official and lawyer.
Oliva’s family is calling for any information on his whereabouts. He was last seen leaving their house in Commonwealth, Quezon City, last November 21.
His brother, Randy, said leads may be sent to +63 906 300 1009.
Oliva is a professor at the UP College of Law, teaching legal history and the law on agency and partnership.
PNP-CIDG leads in finding missing UP law prof Ryan Oliva
Ryan Oliva is working at the Legislative Liaison Unit (LLU) of DOT as per the agency’s website.
According to his profile at UP Law, Oliva obtained his B.A. in Journalism (2006) and J.D. (2011) from the
University of the Philippines. He was a recipient of the UP Law Dean’s Medals for academic excellence and leadership and was cited by the UP Office of Legal Aid as one of its outstanding law interns.
Before joining the law faculty, Ryan Oliva was associated with Castillo, Laman, Tan, Pantaleon, and San Jose Law Firm. His practice focused on arbitration, commercial and securities litigation, family, labor, and criminal law.
Ryan is the youngest consultant of Belo Gozon Elma Parel Asuncion & Lucila (
BGEPAL) Law Offices, a venerable Philippine law firm.
He was previously associated with Castillo Laman Tan Pantaleon & San Jose, one of the country’s top law firms. Before becoming a lawyer, Ryan Oliva worked in
Starcom MediaVest Philippines, a media agency, a media planner/buyer trainee, and in the Philippine Congress as a Political Affairs Officer III of a Party-List Representative.
