Gwen Garcia, siya ba si Doling Kawatan sa column ni Leo Lastimosa?

[ed168III]

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hehe, ongoing pa ba ang kaso ani? i think on going pa kay hadlok pa man c leo

[jorjie]

Naay possibilidad nga mao na iyang gipasabot kay kontra baya na sila.

[jumper_stage]

wala nay lain

[bukiluki]

yehey dghn n nasuko ni duling

[FAQ]

Asta ang kadaogan sa pagka Brgy Captain , gi protestahan pa ! Looooooool ...

[tormentor_jack]

bisag kinsa patong tawhana iyang gipasabot basta halos tanan politician, kawatan man jud.negosyo naman ang politics sa pilipinas.

[pepponeskie]

CEBU Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia told the court during yesterday’s hearing on the libel case she filed against broadcaster-columnist Leo Lastimosa that she is the character referred to in his 2007 newspaper column.

“That column refers to me,” she said while being cross-examined by Lastimosa’s lawyer, Celso Espinosa.

The governor took the witness stand in the sala of Regional Trial Court Branch 14 Judge Raphael Yrastorza Sr.

She sued Lastimosa after the latter wrote a piece in the Freeman newspaper in 2007 titled, “Si Doling Kawatan,” which talks about the life of a fish vendor who became rich after she became a barangay captain.

Doling

The character depicted by Lastimosa was ill-tempered and foul-mouthed.

In the cross-examination, Espinosa asked Garcia if her nickname is “Doling.”

Garcia, who remained calm, said that when she was a child, her playmates called her “Doling.” She then mimicked a child singing: “Doling, Doling, Doling.”

When Espinosa asked her if she was a fish vendor who later became a village chief, Garcia said she was in the car business before joining government. But she said Lastimosa’s column was “allegorical.”

“I have not misunderstood a single word,” said Garcia.

Her lawyer, Rory John Sepulveda, asked her to identify Lastimosa in court. The broadcaster stood up from the court gallery.

Espinosa also asked Garcia where she will get the P500,000 attorney’s fees due to private prosecutors Sepulvada and Lito Astillero.

Garcia said she will use personal funds to pay her lawyers. She added that there was nothing wrong with them representing her because they are not regular government employees.

Elements

Sepulveda is also the governor’s legal consultant.

The lawyer said his line questioning was meant to establish if Doling’s identity fits Garcia.

According to the Revised Penal Code, the elements of libel are accusation of a
discreditable act or condition to another, publication of the accusation, identity of the person defamed and existence of malice.

Garcia said she read Lastimosa’s Doling Kawatan column after being tipped off by family and friends.

Inaccessible

Garcia filed another libel case against Lastimosa in 2009, but this was dismissed by the court.

She said Lastimosa once complained that she was “inaccessible” so she gave him her cell phone numbers. She also gave Lastimosa documents related to the construction of the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC), which was the subject of the columnist’s commentaries.

But even then, she said, Lastimosa “still attacked” her.

Lastimosa said he has nothing personal against the governor, adding that he also criticizes Garcia’s political rivals.

“That’s my role as a broadcaster,” he said. “If a public official erred, I will attack him.”

In a separate interview, Garcia said Lastimosa’s column damaged her reputation as well as that of her children and grandchildren.

Published in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper on July 14, 2012.





source: Cebu Governor Gwen Garcia says she

[angelicax]

daghan gyud ni cla ug sapi na.
asa kaha gikan cyag 500K pang bayad?
ka dumdum sad ko atong 600K filing fee for libel case against Sonny Osmena.

daghan gyud sapi si Tita oi.

[pepponeskie]

^daghan oi...dugay na baya cya nga na gobernador.

[extrajoss]

dili nman na bag-o... almost tanan naman cguro sa mga politicians kay mga corrupt! hahaayyyyy