Land mark twin cases vs. media repression

It can be recalled that Manila-based journalists after the Manila Pen incident filed on Jan. 28 two cases against government agencies for the continuing media repression. One case filed at the Supreme Court seeks for Prohibition, Injunction with Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) while another class suit against government agencies was filed at the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Makati which prays for damages and TRO.

The Baguio journalists who signed as petitioners-in-intervenors are Pablito Sanidad (Midland Courier), Renato Samuel Bautista (Baguio Sunstar Daily), Desiree Caluza and Frank Cimatu (Philippine Daily Inquirer), Artemio Dumlao and Fernando Zapata (Philippine Star), Dhobie De Guzman (ABS-CBN Northern Luzon), Thomas Picana (Manila Times), Martina Sales, Rimaliza Opina, and Ernesto Olson Jr. (Baguio Sunstar Daily), Brenda Dacpano, Cyrene Reyes, Elina Velasco-Ramo, and this writer (Northern Dispatch).

The petition-on-intervention was signed by the Baguio journalists on Feb. 19 at the Laperal Building, Session Road of this city.

Lawyers of the Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG) of the Baguio-Cordillera chapter serve as counsel for the Baguio journalist. Northern Dispatch / Posted by Bulatlat

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