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Supreme Court: Remarks vs public officials on performance of duty not slander

By Ian Laqui | October 17, 2024 - 1:51pm

Can someone be prosecuted for calling out public officials over their official duties? The Supreme Court ruled that such remarks...

Headlines

PCSO chief files defamation charges vs vlogger Maharlika

By Ian Laqui | August 4, 2024 - 2:10pm

Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) General Manager Mel Robles has filed defamation charges against vlogger Claire...

Headlines

Famed Australian soldier loses war crimes defamation case

June 1, 2023 - 3:15pm

After two years of deliberations, Justice Anthony Beskano said the papers had proven that the bulk of their allegations were...

World

Rachel Williams sues Netflix for defamation over 'Inventing Anna' portrayal

By Kristofer Purnell | September 1, 2022 - 9:28am

Netflix has found itself in the middle of another lawsuit, this time filed by former Vanity Fair photo editor Rachel...

Entertainment

Amber Heard, Johnny Depp to appeal defamation verdict

By Kristofer Purnell | July 23, 2022 - 9:27am

Actress Amber Heard intends to appeal against the decision that heavily favored her ex Johnny Depp in a defamation trial that...

Entertainment

US judge rejects Amber Heard's demand for new Depp trial

By Agence France-Presse | July 14, 2022 - 11:07am

A Virginia judge rejected actress Amber Heard's demand for a new trial in the defamation case she lost to her former...

Entertainment

Esoterica

By SEARCH FOR TRUTH | By Ernesto P. Maceda Jr. | July 7, 2018 - 12:00am

The Philippines, along with a smattering of states in the US (Nevada, Idaho, Georgia), is one of the last remaining bastions where it is a crime to defame the dead.

Opinion

Myanmar journalists stage rare protest

January 7, 2014 - 11:22am

Dozens of journalists have staged a rare demonstration in Myanmar's biggest city to protest against a jail term given to a colleague working on a corruption story.

World

Bayarcal Files motion

September 18, 2009 - 12:00am

After the dismissal of the oral defamation charges that he filed against a lawyer for calling him ignorant of the law, Cebu City Police Traffic chief Andres Bayarcal filed a motion for reconsideration before the...

Cebu News

O.J. Simpson witness, Dr. Phil settle case

April 30, 2009 - 11:45am

LOS ANGELES (AP) – There's a settlement in the defamation lawsuit filed against Dr. Phil by a witness in O.J. Simpson's robbery case.