MANILA, Philippines – The Supreme Court has affirmed the libel conviction of broadcast journalist Raffy Tulfo and the publisher and editors ofover a column he wrote in 2003 that accused a businessman of seeking help from a government official over an alleged tax fraud investigation.publisher and editors have to pay in connection with the case – from P700,000 to P1.71 million.
The complainant, businessman Michael Guy, had appealed to be paid P5 million in damages but the SC denied this claim. In his column, Tulfo alleged that Guy sought the help of then-finance secretary Juanita Amatong as he was supposedly being investigated for tax fraud. Tulfo further alleged that Amatong had called the Revenue Integrity Protection Service and asked that all documents related to Guy be surrendered to her."published the libelous article without verifying the truth of the allegations against petitioner.
“The protection afforded by the Constitution to the press is not carte blanche that allows journalists to abandon their responsibility for truth and transparency. It is incumbent upon them to exercise a high degree of professionalism in their work, regardless of rhe subject of their stories,” the SC said.
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