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Manila Bulletin vs. Domingo

MANILA BULLETIN PUBLISHING CORPORATION AND RUTHER BATUIGAS, PETITIONERS, VS. VICTOR A. DOMINGO AND THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 170341 | 2017-07-05

DECISION
 
MARTIRES, J.:
 
Through their petition for review under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, petitioners plead that the Court nullify and set aside the 30 March 2005 decision[1] and 25 October 2005 resolution[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA), Eighteenth Division in CA-G.R. CR. No. 19089 affirming the joint decision[3] of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 6, Tacloban City, in Civil Case No. 91-02-23 and Criminal Case No. 91-03-159.
 
THE FACTS

Petitioner Ruther D. Batuigas (Batuigas) was a writer of the widely circulated tabloid Tempo, published by the Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation (Manila Bulletin).

On 20 December 1990,...