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Tag: libel

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    Categories Commentary

    Trillanes vs Nieto case underscores need to decriminalize libel

    By Ellen T. Tordesillas  |  Jul 02, 2018 4:23 AM

    In the press statement of Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV on the indictment of blogger Rey Joseph “RJ” Nieto for cyber libel, he said, “Nieto will now be brought to trial and face a penalty of at least prision correccional or imprisonment from 6 months to one year to 6 years should he be adjudged guilty of libel.”

    Antonio Trillanes IV, libel, RJ Nieto

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    Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Ano ang malisya sa mga kasong libel?

    By VERA Files  |  Oct 02, 2017 9:03 PM

    Ang malisya ay “pangitain ng masamang hangarin o galit” at “nagpapahiwatig ng intensyon” na makasakit, ayon sa Korte Suprema sa isang desisyon noong 2009.

    libel, Mocha Uson, Trillanes

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    Categories FACT CHECK News

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: What is malice in libel cases?

    By VERA FILES  |  Oct 02, 2017 6:49 PM

    It comes in two forms: malice in law and malice in fact.

    libel, Mocha Uson, Trillanes

  • Mocha Uson
    Categories Fact Check Filipino

    ​VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Paggamit ng ‘umano’y’ hindi isang depensa laban sa libel

    By VERA FILES  |  Sep 19, 2017 11:13 PM

    Sa pangkalahatan, ang literal na katotohanan o kabulaanan ng isang nakasisirang-puri na pahayag ay hindi mahalaga sa mga kaso ng libel.

    libel, Mocha Uson

  • Mocha Uson
    Categories FACT CHECK News

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Use of ‘alleged’ not a defense against libel

    By VERA Files  |  Sep 19, 2017 3:51 PM

    PCOO Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson is wrong.

    libel, Mocha Uson

  • Categories Top Stories

    Jailed for libel, broadcaster asks SC to protect free speech

    Oct 01, 2012 9:20 AM

    Text and video by LALA ORDENES

    A radio broadcaster who spent two years in jail for libel is one of several journalists and human rights advocates who have asked the Supreme Court to declare unconstitutional the government’s controversial new law, the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012.

    Alex Adonis, Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012, libel, Republic Act No. 10175

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