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MANILA --- Editor-in-Chief Jo-Ann Maglipon and Deputy Managing Editor Rachelle Siazon of the entertainment website Philippine Entertainment Portal (PEP.ph) submitted their joint counter-affidavit at the Quezon City Prosecutor&#x27;s Office on Friday, July 26. It was their response to  actress and former Film Development Council of the Philippines head Liza Dino-Seguerra, who filed a cyberlibel case against the entertainment website and other personalities for an alleged &quot;attempt to tarnish her reputation by manipulating public opinion.&quot;<ul class="op-related-articles"><li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/5/24/liza-di-o-files-cyberlibel-complaint-against-entertainment-website-pep-1740">Liza Diño files cyberlibel complaint against entertainment website PEP</a></li></ul> According to the <a href="https://www.pep.ph/news/local/181989/pep-counter-affidavit-liza-dino-cyberlibel-a1283-20240726?ref=home_feed_1" target="_blank">official statement</a> of their legal counsel Atty. Ana Alexandra Castro of the Yorac Sarmiento Arroyo Chua Coronel Reyes Law Firm, there was &quot;no malice&quot; in the website&#x27;s nine-part report on issues involving the FDCP and its former chair.  &quot;In their Counter-Affidavit filed on 26 July 2024, the PEP editors argued that the complaint should be dismissed because two elements of the crime of cyber libel are lacking – (1) the allegation by the respondent of a discreditable act or condition concerning the complainant, and (2) the existence of malice on the part of the respondent.&quot;&quot;In particular, element (1) is not present, as the PEP editors did not personally ascribe a discreditable act or condition against the complainant.&quot;&quot;Rather, they merely reported on the information provided by their sources, sans any personal comments or opinions.&quot;&quot;As for element (2), there was no malice in the publication of the subject article, as the same was but a fair and true report, made in good faith, on the issues surrounding the FDCP.&quot;&quot;The said report was also duly supported by relevant documents,&quot; the statement said.<ul class="op-related-articles"><li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/07/07/22/palace-dio-remains-fdcp-chair-in-holdover-capacity">Diño remains FDCP chair in &#x27;holdover capacity&#x27;: Marcos&#x27; press secretary</a></li></ul>

Editor-in-Chief Jo-Ann Maglipon and Deputy Managing Editor Rachelle Siazon of the entertainment website Philippine Entertainment Portal (PEP.ph) submitted their joint counter-affidavit at the Quezon City Prosecutor's Office on Friday, July 26.

Editor-in-Chief Jo-Ann Maglipon and Deputy Managing Editor Rachelle Siazon of the entertainment website Philippine Entertainment Portal ( PEP.ph ) submitted their joint counter-affidavit at the Quezon City Prosecutor's Office on Friday, July 26.

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PEP.ph responds to Liza Diño's cyberlibel complaint

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Published July 26, 2024 11:21 PM PHT

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