Prominent local couple sued journalist, editorial staff, and media owner

Description

Manila Times personnel were charged with libel and violation of the cyber crime law based on a report authored by Otordoz entitled “Prominent couple, journalist in hot water” published on March 4, 2022.

Information
Number of attacked persons or entities related to media
6
Do they work as freelance or media?
Yes
Position in media
Other
Status of journalists
Data not available
Gender
Other
Age
Data not collected
Country
NCR – National Capital Region
Full name or name of group
Identified
The name of perpetrator (individual/group)
Jaime G. Aquino
Background (state actor or non state actor)
Non-state actors (Political party, intolerance group, religious group, individual, private organization, private company, etc)
Gender
Male
Attack mention about gender background/sexual wording?
No
Date of incident
Year of incident
2022
Type of incident
Criminal lawsuit/charge: Other charge