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 S LA N D E R :
[Rogelio Pader v. People of the
Philippines (2000)]:
GR NO 139157, FEB 8, 2000
 What is SLANDER?

It is the action or crime Serious slander is punishable

by imprisonment of arresto
of making a false spoken mayor in its maximum period
statement damaging to to prision correccional in its
a person's reputation. minimum period or 4 months
and 1 day to 2 years and 4
months while simple slander is
punishable by arresto menor or
1 day to 1 month or a fine not
exceeding P200.
 EXAMPLE for SLANDER
Lawyer Larry Gadon insults Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno.

“MGA
BOBO!”
 Justifying SLANDER

1. Crime, Vice, Defeat, Act, 3. Made maliciously

Omission, Condition, Status or
Circumstances. 4. Against a natural or juridical
person or one who is dead.

2. Orally and publicly 5. Cause dishonor, discredit or

contempt of a person or tends to
blacken the memory of one is
who dead.
TOPIC: SLANDER
(Rogelio Pader v. People of the Philippines
(2000): GR NO. 139157, Feb. 08, 2000)

FACTS of the case related to Defamation Law.

On April 20, 1995, at about 8:00 p.m., Atty. Benjamin C. Escolango was
conversing with his political leaders at the terrace of his house at Morong, Bataan
when petitioner appeared at the gate and shouted “Putang ina mo Atty. Escolango.
Napakawalanghiya mo!” The latter was dumbfounded and embarrassed.

On June 16, 1995 Atty. Escolango filed with the Municipal Trial Court,
Bagac, Bataan a complaint against petitioner for grave oral defamation, to which
petitioner pleaded "not guilty."
FACTS of the case related
to Defamation Law.
Accordingly and in view of all the foregoing, the
court finds accused Rogelio Pader guilty beyond
reasonable doubt of the crime of Grave Oral Defamation
as defined and penalized under Article 358 of the Revised
Penal Code and considering the extenuating circumstances
of drunkenness hereby sentences him to an imprisonment
of one (1) month and one (1) day to one (1) year
imprisonment 6 and to indemnify the private offended
party in the amount of P20,000.00 as moral damages,
considering his social standing and professional stature.
ISSUES related to Defamation Law
The issue is whether petitioner is guilty of slight
or serious oral defamation. In resolving the issue, we
are guided by a doctrine of ancient respectability that
defamatory words will fall under one or the other,
depending not only upon their sense, grammatical
significance, and accepted ordinary meaning judging
them separately, but also upon the special
circumstances of the case, antecedents or relationship
between the offended party and the offender, which
might tend to prove the intention of the offender at the
time.
 RULING/DECISION of the Court on the case
Defamatory words will fall under one or the other, depending
not only upon their sense, grammatical significance, and accepted
ordinary meaning judging them separately, but also upon the special
circumstances of the case, antecedents or relationship between the
offended party and the offender, which might tend to prove the
intention of the offender at the time.

The trial court failed to appreciate the fact that the parties were
also neighbours; that petitioner was drunk at the time he uttered the
defamatory words; and the fact that petitioner’s anger was
instigated by what Atty. Escolango did when petitioner’s father
died.
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