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Republic of The Philippines Manila en Banc: San Juan, Africa, Gonzales & San Agustin Law Offices For Private Respondents by Norie De los Reyes is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This document is a Supreme Court of the Philippines ruling on a libel case filed by several sugarcane planter associations and individuals against Newsweek magazine over an article published in 1981. The Supreme Court rules that the complaint fails to state a valid cause of action for libel. Specifically, the Court finds that the article did not identify any of the individual plaintiffs and was not directed at them in a way that caused individualized harm. The Court also notes that references to public offi

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Norie De los Reyes

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