FACT CHECK: Sara Duterte did NOT sue GMA News for libel
A YouTube video claims that Vice President Sara Duterte sued GMA News for libel weeks after its report on alleged millions of pesos delivered to her. This is false.
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Trillanes vs Nieto case underscores need to decriminalize libel
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.”
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Ano ang malisya sa mga kasong libel?
Ang malisya ay "pangitain ng masamang hangarin o galit" at "nagpapahiwatig ng intensyon" na makasakit, ayon sa Korte Suprema sa isang desisyon noong 2009.
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: What is malice in libel cases?
It comes in two forms: malice in law and malice in fact.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Paggamit ng ‘umano’y’ hindi isang depensa laban sa libel
Sa pangkalahatan, ang literal na katotohanan o kabulaanan ng isang nakasisirang-puri na pahayag ay hindi mahalaga sa mga kaso ng libel.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Use of ‘alleged’ not a defense against libel
PCOO Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson is wrong.
Jailed for libel, broadcaster asks SC to protect free speech
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.
