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Filipinas Broadcasting Network, Inc. vs AMEC-Bicol Christian College of Medicine, et al

FILIPINAS BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC., Petitioner, versus AGO MEDICAL AND EDUCATIONAL CENTER-BICOL CHRISTIAN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, (AMEC-BCCM) and ANGELITA F. AGO, Respondents.

G.R. No. 141994 | 2005-01-17

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
FIRST DIVISION
 
DECISION
 
CARPIO, J.:
 
The Case
 
This petition for review[1] assails the 4 January 1999 Decision[2] and 26 January 2000 Resolution of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV No. 40151.  The Court of Appeals affirmed with modification the 14 December 1992 Decision[3] of the Regional Trial Court of Legazpi City, Branch 10, in Civil Case No. 8236. The Court of Appeals held Filipinas Broadcasting Network, Inc. and its broadcasters Hermogenes Alegre and Carmelo Rima liable for libel and ordered them to solidarily pay Ago Medical and Educational Center-Bicol...