Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido “Benny” Abante Jr. has filed cyber libel and libel complaints against the 18 ex-soldiers and their counsel, lawyer Levi Baligod over allegations that he received cash-filled luggages ("maleta") as payoffs under the flood control projects corruption scandal....
Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong is seriously considering the filing of a libel case against the 18 Marine-bagmen who have accused him of receiving cash-filled luggages or "maleta" as payoffs for anomalous flood control projects. Adiong 's and a collection of other names of...
Iloilo City Rep. Julienne Baronda has filed a cyber libel and perjury case on Wednesday, June 3, before the Department of Justice (DOJ) against lawyer Levito Baligod and 18 former soldiers over accusations that she is one of the recipients of cash deliveries from former congressman Elizaldy Co....
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A doctor arrested for allegedly murdering Lamitan City, Basilan Mayor Rose Furigay in 2022 has been convicted of several counts of cyber libel. Dr. Chao-Tiao Yumol, 42, was found guilty in an April 17, 2026, decision by a Davao City Regional Trial Court and sentenced to 70 years...
No backing off! Yasmine Vargas, the wife of actor-politician Alfred Vargas, is putting her game face on as she files 20 counts of cyber libel against a certain individual whom she accused of making false claims against her, Alfred, and their children via social media . According to Yasmine, she...
The Supreme Court (SC) has reiterated that the crime of cyber libel prescribes in one year from the time the alleged defamatory online post is discovered by the offended party. In a resolution written by Associate Justice Henri Jean Paul B. Inting and made public last April 20, the SC said that...
CEBU CITY – The Department of Justice (DOJ) has upheld a decision dismissing the cyber libel complaint filed by former Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia against her successor Gov. Pamela Baricuatro. The Cebu Provincial Prosecutor’s Officer dismissed the complaints for “lack of prima facie evidence...
ILOILO CITY — Fashion designer Jose Clement “Jet” Salcedo was arrested for 10 counts of cyber libel against Ilongga chef Andrea Valdez Gorriceta. Police Major Shella Mae Sangrines, spokesperson of the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO), confirmed that Salcedo was arrested by the ICPO Mobile...
CEBU CITY – It’s now the turn of Byron Garcia to be at the receiving end of a legal case. Garcia, the brother of former Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia, is facing a cyber libel complaint filed by the son-in-law of Gov. Pamela Baricuatro before the Mandaue City Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday, Dec....
DAVAO CITY – Davao City first district Rep. Paolo Duterte criticized on Friday, Oct. 17, the Department of Justice for its recent decision to dismiss the libel cases against former Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV, calling it a “reward” for political loyalty rather than a genuine act of justice. In...
With so much mudslinging, criticism, and hate proliferating online, one naturally wonders: what does it take for a message to constitute cyber libel? These hate messages often stem from information circulating on social media, some of which proves valid and legitimate, while a significant portion...
ILOILO CITY — Former Aklan Rep. and Gov. Carlito “Lito” Marquez filed a cyber libel complaint against a radio broadcaster after he was accused of receiving kickbacks from flood control projects. “I strongly condemn the malicious and fabricated accusations hurled against me by broadcaster...
