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SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J.:
For our resolution is the instant Petition for Review on Certiorari assailing the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (Eleventh Division) dated March 15, 2002, in CA-G.R. CR No. 22545.
On October 16, 1992, the Office of the City Prosecutor of Manila filed with the Regional Trial Court, Branch 2, Manila an Information for libel against Manny Pichel and Ogie Diaz (Ogie Frias in real life), petitioner. The Information, docketed as Criminal Case No. 92-1113377, reads:
That on or about December 28, 1991, in the City of Manila, Philippines, the said accused being then the Managing Editor and writer,...
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