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

[4/4] 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

Footnotes

1. Rollo, p. 34.
2. Rollo, p. 31.
3. Rollo, pp. 15-16.
4. Rollo, p. 216.
5. Said article runs as follows:

"TINGTING Cojuangco, who is now governor of Tarlac but was a private citizen at the time, sued for libel on Nov. 4 that year. Though Ms. Cojuangco failed to prove that Vitug's article was false and written with malice, the prosecutor ruled that the article was malicious.

On April 10, 1990, the Department of Justice reversed the prosecutor and directed him to withdraw the Information, finding that 'There is no evidence to prove that the questioned publication was prompted by ill-will or spite. . .'

But a year or so...