“It’s a bad call by the PDI management, a setback for press freedom and a sad day for Philippine journalism.”
Statement | Retired editor deplores PDI compromise with ‘dismissible’ libel case of TV personality
Tags: libel
Campaign for legal defense of journalists launched
“Today, we renew our commitment to defend press freedom by serving the people’s right to know. Let our vow be: A free press for free people.”
Drop libel suit vs broadcast journalist, NUJP tells Duterte’s adviser
“The libel suit against ABS-CBN’s Ted Failon and members of his staff again underscores how onion-skinned government officials wield the antediluvian criminal libel law as a bludgeon in their vain hope to cow critical journalism into silence.” — NUJP
Online journo nabbed for libel
“This is an attack on the rights of Elmer James Bandol and on the freedom of the press.”
Libel raps vs Baguio editors junked
By ARTEMIO A. DUMLAO Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY — The libel case filed against the publisher and the editor in chief of Baguio Midland Courier was recently dismissed. In a 13-page decision Tuesday morning, Regional Trial Court branch 61 Judge Antonio Reyes acquitted Cecil C. Afable, editor in chief and Charles Hamada, publisher of libel…
Sued for Libel, Journalist Receives Death Threat
Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility March 23, 2010 After a Supreme Court justice filed 13 counts of libel against her in connection with an article she wrote last year, journalist Marites Dañguilan Vitug received death threats she believes to be connected with her book on the judiciary. Vitug, editor of the media organization Newsbreak…
Kasinungalingan bilang Patotoo
Ang kasinungalingan ng estadong Arroyo ay patotoo sa mapanupil na imperialismong US. Ginagawang katanggap-tanggap ang pagmamangmang sa mamamayan. Ang kasinungalingan ay iniwawasto ng progresibong kilusan, inilalatag ang maskara ng paghuhunghang. Ang kasinungalingan ay pinapatay dahil ito ay nilalayong makamatay ng estadong Arroyo. At ang kasinungalingan ay nag-uudyok ng alternatibong pagtatanong at imahinasyon. NI ROLAND TOLENTINO…
Gov’t Workers Urge Court to Junk Libel Raps vs Leader
Government employees belonging to the Confederation for Unity, Recognition and Advancement of Government Employees (Courage) asked the Pasay City Regional Trial Court on Oct. 3 to once and for all junk the libel case filed by Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) president and general manager Winston Garcia against their national president Ferdinand Gaite. BY NOEL…
42 Journalists Face Libel Raps from Arroyo’s Husband
First Gentleman Mike Arroyo has filed a total of 42 libel charges against several journalists, research from the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) revealed. The presidential spouse has been “fighting back” against journalists and media outfits publishing articles criticizing him by filing libel suits. BY Bulatlat.com Mike Arroyo, husband of President Gloria…