Category: Surviving libel, other complaints
Handcuffing journalists arrested for libel: How else must media be treated?
Handcuffing journalists arrested for libel: How else must media be treated? PACHICO A. SEARESFirst published under Media’s Public in SunStar June 19,…
Gov’t. will give legal aid to journalists but they have to qualify as indigent and apply. Not as tough as you may think.
Announcement of the Aug. 20, 2025 panel discussion conducted by CCPC and Cemla. Gov’t. will give legal aid to journalists but they…
Three ‘blockbuster’ libel cases, separately filed against broadcasters Leo Lastimosa and Choy Torralba and SunStar, involving two judges and a governor as offended parties, which Supreme Court ultimately all decided in favor of media
Three ‘blockbuster’ libel cases, separately filed against broadcasters Leo Lastimosa and Choy Torralba and SunStar, involving two judges and a governor as…
Suing, being sued for libel: At times, public officials sue other public officials, sparing media. Journalists generally don’t sue back, or one another.
Suing, being sued for libel: At times, public officials sue other public officials, sparing media. Journalists generally don’t sue back, or one…
A newspaper column, not a broadcast, set off governor’s lawsuits.
1. A newspaper column, not a broadcast, set off governor’s lawsuits PACHICO A. SEARESMay 3, 2023 The governor won the libel case…
Seares: Leo Lastimosa’s defense
Seares: Leo Lastimosa's defense October 08, 2016 IT seemed odd that two Cebu broadcasters were sued for libel because of columns they…
Seares: What Judge Yrastorza used to convict Leo Lastimosa
Seares: What Judge Yrastorza used to convict Leo Lastimosa September 6, 2013 THE stories reporting the news that Regional Trial Court Judge…
Seares: Supreme Court overturns broadcaster Leo Lastimosa’s conviction in lower courts. ‘No libel’ committed against Governor Garcia in 2007 column; ‘Doling’ not identifiable as Gwendolyn.
Seares: Supreme Court overturns broadcaster Leo Lastimosa’s conviction in lower courts. ‘No libel’ committed against Governor Garcia in 2007 column; ‘Doling’ not…
Supreme Court ‘defamed’ Cebu’s Vicente Sotto in punishing him for contempt
Supreme Court ‘defamed’ Cebu’s Vicente Sotto in punishing him for contempt PACHICO A. SEARESMay 3, 2023 The Tribunal said it was not…
Surviving libel, other complaints
Surviving libel, other complaints How Bobby Nalzaro and his lawyers beat off Tomas Osmena’s libel complaints Not many people offended by what’s…