SC dismisses Mike A’s petition vs journalists 05/15/2010

SC dismisses Mike A’s petition vs journalists

05/15/2010 The Supreme Court has junked a petition filed by First Gentleman Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo which sought to dismiss the damage suit filed against him by a group of journalists. The high tribunal, in a minute resolution, ruled that the Court of Appeals did not commit a reversible error in sustaining the ruling of Judge Zenaida Galapate-Laguilles of the Regional Trial Court of Makati City Branch 143. Galapate-Laguilles had previously denied Mr. Arroyo’s motion to dismiss the P12.5-million class suit. The First Gentleman cited the failure of the journalists to immediately answer the written interrogatory within the prescribed extended period. “The court resolves to deny the petition for failure of petitioner to sufficiently show that the Court of Appeals committed any reversible error in the challenged decision and resolution,” the SC stated in a resolution dated March 10, 2010 but released only recently. The class suit against the presidential spouse was filed in December 2006 by the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, The Daily Tribune, Ninez Cacho Olivares.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100515hed4.html

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