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Cardinal Tagle To Sue Juana Change For Libel

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BED8E83B-D6D2-4DD0-8C99-0FE3CBA42122MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Libel suits seem to be in fashion these days.  There’s Senator Antonio Trillanes suing R.J. Nieto, a.k.a. Thinking Pinoy.  Then there’s The Adobo Chronicles suing Rappler and Maria Ressa.  Now even the Catholic Chrurch is joining in the fray.

Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle, the highest church official in the Philippines is suing Juana Change for comparing him to President Rodrigo Duterte.FDC93424-0C08-4CB6-BC06-16321E739F77

“I am a man of God,” Tagle said. “Duterte is, well, a man.  There’s a big difference there.”

Tagle added:  “Duterte and I are both sinners, but the President is more sinful.  He has even cursed our god!”

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Senators Aquino And Hontiveros Want Stiffer Penalties For Fishing

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DAA65C9C-B04B-4CB0-8692-4A1F0AA9B4ACMANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Reacting to a recent public advisory from the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT), Opposition Senators Bam Aquino and Risa Hontiveros jointly filed a bill that would impose stiffer penalties for illegal fishing in the country and in South China Sea territories claimed by the Philippines.

”We thank PLDT for reminding us and the Filipino public to continue fighting against this illegal acivity,” the Senators said.

But it was all a case of “lost in translation.”

PLDT’s advisory had to do with ‘phishing’ not ‘fishing.’  (Phishing is a cyber crime where potential targets are contacted by scammers via email, text or phone to ‘fish out’ sensitive data to be used in identity theft and other crimes.)33832D7F-47BF-402A-8AB9-E78388078C8C

But rather than suffer embarrassment, Aquino and Hontiveros said they will still pursue their proposal to give more teeth to the country’s anti-illegal fishing law.

 

Law Enforcement, Media, News Satire, Politics, Social Media

Adobo Chronicles To Sue Rappler For Cyber Libel

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Now that the Pasay City Prosecutor’s Office has given the go signal to indict “Thinking Pinoy” blogger Rey Joseph “RJ” Nieto for calling opposition Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV a “narco” in one of his posts on social media, yet another lawsuit is brewing.

The Adobo Chronicles will file tomorrow, a complaint against online news source, Rappler and its CEO, Maria Ressa, for “false and baseless defamatory imputation” against the popular satire news site.

The complaint stemmed from an opinion piece previously published by Rappler and re-tweeted by Ressa, accusing The Adobo Chronicles of not knowing the difference beween ‘fake news’ and ‘satire.’

”In effect,” the complaint stated, “accusing The Adobo Chronicles of being ‘fake news’ as opposed to satire is tantamount to cyber bullying and spreading inaccurate information.”

This lawsuit just adds to Rappler’s legal issues — from the revocation of its media license by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to tax evasion charges slapped against it by the Bureau of Internal Revenue.

Ressa could not be contacted for comment because she blocked The Adobo Chronicles from her Twitter account.