PHILIPPINES: State of the media
Ronald Hilton - 8/6/03
Bienvenido Macario sent this report on the Philippines: "The Daily Tribune's publisher and editor-in-chief,
Ninez Cacho-Olivares was arrested by the Manila Police on two counts of criminal libel. Seventeen more arrest orders
for Olivares have been issued by the Makati Regional Trial Courts for the same complaint filed by President Arroyo's
personal lawyer F. Arthur "Pancho" Villaraza. Bail was set by the Makati courts at P10,000 per count, with a total of
P190,000 for 19 counts. Olivares is scheduled for arraignment in 19 different salas in the Makati Trial Courts next
month". RH: The major newspapers in the Philippines are The People's Journal. The Manila Times, The Manila
Bulletin, The Philippine Daily Inquirer and Balita. My impression is that The Daily Tribune us left wing, but the
press in general has not enjoyed unrestricted freedom in the Philippines.
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