Local newspaper receives 'cease and desist' order from governor

Description

On August 4, 2023 MetroNEWS Bulacan received a "cease and desist" order from the provincial legal office of Bilacan based on the complaint filed by Gov. Daniel Fernando because of the media outfit's alleged 'defamatory editorial post' titled 'State of Stupidity at the Bulacan Provincial Capitol.'

MetroNEWS, the oldest Malolos-based English language weekly newspaper circulating in the 20 towns and four (4) cities of the Province of Bulacan since 1983.

Information
Number of attacked persons or entities related to media
1
Do they work as freelance or media?
Yes
Position in media
Status of journalists
Gender
Data not collected
Country
Region IV-A – CALABARZON
Full name or name of group
Identified
The name of perpetrator (individual/group)
Governor Daniel Fernando
Gender
Attack mention about gender background/sexual wording?
No
Date of incident
Type of incident
Criminal lawsuit/charge: Other charge