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[1/4] Marites Danguilan-Vitug Vs. Court Of Appeals, Et Al.

[1/4] MARITES DANGUILAN-VITUG, petitioner, vs. THE COURT OF APPEALS, HON. RAMON MABUTAS, JR., Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court of Manila, Branch XLII, Manila, and MARGARITA R. COJUANGCO, respondents.

G.R. No. 103618 | 1994-05-20

D E C I S I O N


ROMERO, J.:

Petitioner, Marites Danguilan-Vitug, wrote an article entitled "Why Cory is Soft on Her Relatives" which was published on October 2, 1988 in Focus: A Chronicle Magazine, a Sunday supplement of the Manila Chronicle. The pertinent portion of the article reads as follows:

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In a meeting with the President in Malacañang, a group of traders from Zamboanga City complained about her sister-in-law, Tingting Cojuangco and her dominant role in the barter trade. She was referred to, in that meeting, as the 'barter trade queen.' Cory Aquino listened and asked for evidence.

A Malacañang aide...