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A Restrictive Mindset: First Law Since 2000 Affecting Cyberspace Communication

Republic Act No. 10175, or the Cybercrime Prevention Law of 2012, is the first law affecting communication through cyberspace that has been passed in this country since the eCommerce... Read more

License to kill

INTRODUCED IN the House of Representatives by Congressmen Angelo B. Palmones of AGHAM Party list and Lord Allan Jay Velasco of the lone district of Marinduque, House Bill 6391... Read more

Libel suit against journalist dismissed

The City Prosecution Office of General Santos City dismissed last June 29 a libel suit filed by a former public official against a journalist. Read more

Local electric cooperative exec files libel charges against correspondent

The Masbate City Prosecutor’s Office has recommended the filing of libel charges against a journalist accused of maligning an official of the provincial electrical cooperative. The journalist claimed he... Read more

Despite UN declarationPacquiao sues journalist for libel

STILL A criminal offense in the Philippines despite the October 2011 UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) declaration that it is incompatible with human rights law, libel suits are still... Read more

Columnist, editor post bail re libel case

A newspaper editor and a columnist posted bail of Php10, 000 (approximately USD 234) each for their temporary liberty after the Iloilo City regional trial court (RTC) issued... Read more

Town mayor sues broadcaster for libel

The mayor of a town in Cagayan province filed a libel complaint last March against a radio broadcaster for a report on the alleged “kidnapping” of an anti-mining... Read more

Police try to arrest editor out on bail

CMFR/Philippines – Despite being released on bail, an editor of a Bohol-based newspaper was nearly arrested by the Guindulman town police last 17 March 2012 in connection with a... Read more

Boxer-politician, former anti-smuggling official sue journalist for libel

CMFR/ Philippines - A General Santos-based journalist is facing two libel suits filed separately by world boxing champion and Sarangani province Congressman Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquaio and a former Philippine... Read more

Decriminalizing libel Towards true self-regulation

THE CONVICTION for libel in 2007 of Davao broadcaster Alexander Adonis, for which he was sentenced to a prison term of two years to four years and six months,... Read more