August 16, 2017
The libel suit against ABS-CBN’s Ted Failon and members of his staff again underscores how onion-skinned government officials wield the antediluvian criminal libel law as a bludgeon in their vain hope to cow critical journalism into silence.
Failon and his three colleagues posted bail Tuesday after they were ordered arrested by a Tagaytay City court for the case filed by then Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairman and now presidential political adviser Francis Tolentino.
The charge stems from an episode of “Failon Ngayon” that looked into the allegedly irregular purchase by the MMDA under Tolentino of second hand motorcycles for Pope Francis’ visit to Manila in 2014, which the Commission on Audit had questioned.
Regardless of the merits of the case, there can be no doubt Failon had taken on a subject of public interest and significance and sought accountability from a government official sworn to uphold the law and promote the general welfare.
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Yet there are some NGO's like the MTYC (Mindanao Tripartite Youth Corps)headed by Ms. Jana Jean GD and Staff Volunteers cooked foods and gives fresh foods to them, but because EC's are massive it can not be accommodated all!
The main resource of buying foods are cash. Since the Iligan City Marketplaces are abundant of fresh foods. Yet sponsors brought them (the NGOs) truckloads of goods and dry goods.