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...
ILOILO CITY – The Iloilo Media-Citizen Council (IMCC) renewed the call for ethical journalism following the recent conviction for cyber libel of broadcast journalist Salvador “Jun” Capulot Jr. “The struggle for press freedom must go hand-in-hand with a deep commitment to ethical...
ILOILO CITY – Broadcaster Salvador “Jun” Capulot Jr. was found guilty of three counts of cyber libel filed by contractor Shariko Salcedo, three days after losing in the elections for councilor here. The Iloilo City Regional Trial Court Branch 39 on Thursday, May 15, found Capulot guilty. He...
CEBU CITY – The representative of the second district of Bohol has filed a string of charges for what she deemed as below-the-belt tirades launched against her by three individuals. BOHOL Rep. Maria Vanessa Aumentado (middle, standing) files a complaint-affidavit against a gubernatorial candidate...
