The Supreme Court reiterated in the recent case of Causing v. People (GR 258524, April 8, 2026) that cyber libel prescribes one year from the time it is discovered. In December 2020, Cotabato Second ...

HEALTH reform advocate Dr. Tony Leachon has filed a cyber libel case against congressman and former Health secretary Janette Garin over allegedly defamatory statements she made online. In a statement ...

The SC also affirms that prescription starts upon the discovery of the offense, not when the libelous post was published MANILA, Philippines – With a vote of 8-7, the Supreme Court (SC) ruled that the ...

DAGUPAN CITY — The cyber libel and slander complaints filed by a vlogger from Mapandan town against a barangay chairman in San Jacinto, Pangasinan, and a local media personality from Mangaldan town ...

MANILA, Philippines — Complaints of cyber libel must be filed within one year from the time the victims discovered the libelous online posts, according to the Supreme Court. Voting 8-7, the SC ...

THE Supreme Court (SC) has affirmed its 2023 which declared that the crime of cyber libel prescribes in one year from the time it is discovered by the offended party. In its 29-page resolution written ...

CEBU, Philippines — The Department of Justice (DOJ) has dismissed the cyber libel complaint filed by Byron Garcia against Cebu Governor Pamela S. Baricuatro and ordered the withdrawal of charges ...

PLANTERS Products, Inc. (PPI) on Wednesday said it filed a criminal complaint for cyber libel and oral defamation against two farmers’ groups over alleged malicious statements concerning the company’s ...

CEBU CITY — Former Capitol consultant Byron Garcia, brother of former Cebu governor Gwendolyn Garcia, submitted himself to court jurisdiction and secured temporary liberty after posting bail in a ...

MANILA, Philippines — Alfred Vargas and his wife Yasmine have filed 20 counts of cyber libel following a dispute linked to an alleged bullying incident involving their child.