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

[gcc4426]

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gi doling lng to. hangtud karon kung maminaw mos arangada. paminawa gud nas leo kung makahisgut ni gwendoling

[kobe24]

mao na dha doling2 lng na cya...pero claro na kaau kinsa gipasabot ana.

[Ekim Amar]

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

Nagpasalamat ang lawyers bi gwen nga si Lito Astillero & Rory Sepulveda sa nag ingon dri sa thread nga si Gov. Gwen mao si doling kay ila diay gamiton sa kaso. Gi print nila kini nga thread unya i present kuno sa court.

[Buzz Killington]

Nagpasalamat ang lawyers bi gwen nga si Lito Astillero & Rory Sepulveda sa nag ingon dri sa thread nga si Gov. Gwen mao si doling kay ila diay gamiton sa kaso. Gi print nila kini nga thread unya i present kuno sa court.

whoa tinood ni?.... admissible diay sa korte ang gipang post sa members dinhi?.... next thing we know basin ipatawag na mos korte pra mo testify nga si gov. gwen gyud si "doleng"....

[Ekim Amar]

whoa tinood ni?.... admissible diay sa korte ang gipang post sa members dinhi?.... next thing we know basin ipatawag na mos korte pra mo testify nga si gov. gwen gyud si "doleng"....

Yes kay ang depensa ni leo dili kuno si gov gwen si doling kawatan. Under the Libel Law, the person need not be identified but at least identifiable. So ila ni gigamit to prove nga si doling kawatan is identifiable with Gov. Gwen kay daghan man ni ingon nga indeed doling kawatan is gwen. So its clearly libelous.

[kobe24]

pag chure oi...murag maglisod raba cla ni dvd ron electiona kay ang barug ni lingkod na..

[tylerdurden]

Yes kay ang depensa ni leo dili kuno si gov gwen si doling kawatan. Under the Libel Law, the person need not be identified but at least identifiable. So ila ni gigamit to prove nga si doling kawatan is identifiable with Gov. Gwen kay daghan man ni ingon nga indeed doling kawatan is gwen. So its clearly libelous.

HAHAHA!!!! Kanindot gud ani! Para nako, si Doling kay si BOBBY NALZARO!

[bossdak]

gidakop naman sad kuno si leo las ganinang buntag?

[Ekim Amar]

gidakop naman sad kuno si leo las ganinang buntag?

sus ayaw intawon kay idol nako na si leo. nag hearing ganiha sa libel case ni testify si leo. ingon gyud si leo dili si gov. gwen iya gipasabot pero daghan man dri nag ingon nga si gwen mao si doling. ila lang gyud gidoot si leo looy intawon kung mapriso

[Tirong-say]

Unsaon man pag-prosper anang kaso nga daghan man tingale nganlan ug doleng
maorag harassment ra man tingale na.