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PEOPLE. Vs. Ma. Loren Quizada

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, appellee, vs. MARIA LOREN QUIZADA, appellant.

G.R. Nos. L-61079-81 | 1988-04-15

D E C I S I O N


CRUZ, J.:

It is the interesting combination of double jeopardy and defamation that has brought this case all the way up and directly to this Court.

In three separate complaints filed with the office of the provincial fiscal of Surigao del Sur, Cipriana B. Tranquilan accused Maria L. Quizada of having spoken of her, on the occasions therein mentioned, as follows:

"Si Nanie ka eyat, boring, bardot, kabiga-on, kabit sa aking bana," which words when translated into English mean: "Nanie is a woman of ill repute, she has a love relationship with my husband, she has taken from me my husband that is the reason why she did not...