Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, December 13 announced she has filed a bill to decriminalize libel, citing how current libel laws have been used and abused to suppress press freedom. “Our libel laws have been weaponized to stifle very basic fundamental rights. These laws have been used to...
Senator Robinhood ‘’Robin’’ C. Padilla today Dec. 6 today said malicious disinformation should not go unpunished as it violates the rights of others. As chairman of the Senate committee on public information and mass media, Padilla said the constitutional right to freedom of expression...
Senator Robinhood "Robin" C. Padilla on Monday, November 28 said fake news, especially if it is used to malign or extort, should be punished and not "protected" under the provisions of the Philippine Constitution on the right to freedom of the press and of freedom of expression. The Senate...
Vice President Sara Duterte has this to say over accusations by former Akbayan Partylist Rep. and vice presidential candidate Walden Bello that she was behind his arrest over libel charges: “Stop obsessing over me.” Vice President Sara Duterte (left) and former lawmaker Walden Bello (right)...
The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) objected to a proposed legislation at the House of Representatives which seeks to decriminalize libel, a move that is seen to draw mixed reactions from lawmakers. (PIXABAY / MANILA BULLETIN) The bill, House Bill (HB) No....
ACT-Teachers Rep. France Castro has refiled a House Bill (HB) seeking the decriminalization of libel. This, after the Court of Appeals (CA) affirmed a cyber libel conviction versus Nobel Peace Prize awardee, journalist, and Rappler Chief Executive Officer Maria Ressa and former Rappler researcher...
Outgoing Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi has withdrawn the libel and cyber libel suits that he filed against seven media outlets in November last year relating to the controversies linked to the sale of the Malampaya deep water gas-to-power venture to businessman Dennis Uy. In a statement to the...
Lawyer Barry Gutierrez, the spokesman of Vice President Leni Robredo, has filed a cyber libel case against a Manila-based news organization for the supposed intentional publishing of a defamatory news article against him and the Vice President. Lawyer Barry Gutierrez, the spokesman of Vice...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto on Tuesday, March 22, contested the cyber libel case filed against him by Vice Mayor Iyo Bernardo, denying that his comments were libelous. “Obviously I don’t think I said anything libelous...I didn’t post anything online, say anything online. That was...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has filed a cyber libel complaint against Anakalusgan party-list Rep. Mike Defensor over the accusations he posted on social media platforms, which have crossed the boundaries of freedom of speech. Belmonte’s complaint, which she filed on Feb. 24, stemmed from two...
ILOILO CITY — Mayor Ronnie Dadivas of Roxas City is eyeing to file cyber libel against Capiz Provincial Administrator Edwin Monares for the latter’s post on Facebook. Mayor Ronnie Dadivas of Roxas City (left) and Capiz Provincial Administrator Edwin Monares. (Facebook) “Ang iya malisyoso,...
Hours before the deadline of her lawyer's demand for a public apology from showbiz scribe Cristy Fermin on Feb. 16, dancer-actress-TV host-influencer Dawn Chang issued different tweets. The 33-year-old former "Pinoy Big Brother" housemate did so in an effort to answer some of her follower's...
