Thursday, August 8, 2013

Guingguing v. CA (2005)

Facts:

·         Cirser Torralba, a radio broadcaster of DYLA and DYFX based in Cebu City, filed a libel complaint against Guingguing and Lim.
·         Lim published a paid article at Sunday Post and published the records and pictures of estafa cases filed against Torralba.
·         Lim said that Torralba makes scurillous attacks against him and his family over his programs, he opted for paid advertisements to answer the attacks.
·         Lower court found the publication libelous

Issue: WON the petitioners is guilty of libel.


Ruling: NO. Cirser Torralba is a public figure as established in the case of Ayer Productions.

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