here's an update re that libel suit filed by Cheryl Ouano against radio dyHP anchorman Joash Dignos for allegedly maligning her in his program, “Birada”:
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Monday, July 31, 2006
‘I want that broadcaster to take back what he said’
By Aledel Gonzalez-Cuizon
Sun.Star Staff Reporter
AFTER figuring in issues on unliquidated cash advances at City Hall and the Southeast Asian Games, Mandaue City Sports Commission Chairperson Cheryl Ouano is facing yet another hurdle.
Cheryl, daughter-in-law of Mandaue City Mayor Thadeo Ouano, recently filed a libel suit against radio dyHP anchorman Joash Dignos for allegedly maligning her in his program, “Birada”.
She was reportedly portrayed as a “whore and shameless woman, having sexual intercourse with my own father-in-law.”
“Ikaw kaning gikaingon nga chief executive nga ni jerjer og umagad (You are this chief executive who had *** with his daughter-in-law),” Dignos said in his July 17 commentary allegedly referring to Cheryl and Mayor Ouano.
She said the statements affected her as well as her family.
She was able to handle the previous issues because they were connected to her duties as a government employee.
This one, however, is tougher because it is personal.
Radio personalities Teban and Goliat, who admitted coining the term jerjer, said they didn’t mean *** when they came up with the word.
Teban, who is actually former board member Julian Daan, said the people gave meaning to the word.
Cheryl, however, thinks otherwise, saying even three-year-olds know what it means.
Now that her case is being talked about, she hopes it will serve as warning for commentators to be careful about what they say on air.
Three days after the complaint was filed, Sun.Star Cebu talked with Cheryl, who looked forward to a short trip with her kids to a northwestern town.
Although she was a little relieved, the 35-year-old mother of two said she still needs a break
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