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Bonifacio vs. Regional Trial Court of Makati, Branch 149, 620 SCRA 268, May 05, 2010
Bonifacio vs. Regional Trial Court of Makati, Branch 149, 620 SCRA 268, May 05, 2010
Bonifacio vs. Regional Trial Court of Makati, Branch 149, 620 SCRA 268, May 05, 2010
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CARPIO-MORALES, J.:
Via a petition for Certiorari and Prohibition, petitioners
Wonina M. Bonifacio, et al. assail the issuances of Branch
149 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Makati (public
respondent)—Order1 of April 22, 2008 which denied their
motion to quash the Amended Information indicting them
for libel, and Joint Resolution2 of August 12, 2008 denying
reconsideration of the first issuance.
Private respondent Jessie John P. Gimenez3 (Gimenez)
filed on October 18, 2005, on behalf of the Yuchengco
Family (“in particular,” former Ambassador Alfonso
Yuchengco and
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9 Id., at p. 352.
10 Signed by 1st Assistant City Prosecutor Romulo Nanola, id., at pp. 8-108.
11 Criminal Case Nos. 06-873 – 885, id., at pp. 467-503.
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30 Sarsaba v. Vda. de Te, G.R. No. 175910, July 30, 2009, 594 SCRA
410.
31 Miaque v. Patag, G.R. Nos. 170609-13, January 30, 2009, 577 SCRA
394, 397 citing Chavez v. National Housing Authority, G.R. No. 164527, 15
August 2007, 530 SCRA 235, 285 citing People v. Cuaresma, G.R. No.
133250, 9 July 2002, 384 SCRA 152.
32 Chua v. Ang, G.R. No. 156164, September 4, 2009, 598 SCRA 229,
239.
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“For the guidance, therefore, of both the bench and the bar,
this Court finds it appropriate to reiterate our earlier
pronouncement in the case of Agbayani, to wit:
In order to obviate controversies as to the venue of the criminal
action for written defamation, the complaint or information
should contain allegations as to whether, at the time the offense
was committed, the offended party was a public officer or a
private individual and where he was actually residing at that
time. Whenever possible, the place where the written
defamation was printed and first published should
likewise be alleged. That allegation would be a sine qua
non if the circumstance as to where the libel was printed
and first published is used as the basis of the venue of the
action. (emphasis and underscoring supplied)
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