Publisher-editor arrested for libel

MAPANDAN—The police reported the arrest of a newspaperman for the crime of libel in Barangay Aserdan here at 10:00 a.m. of June 20.

Arrested by virtue of a warrant of arrest issued by Regional Trial Court Judge Elizabeth Bernal of Branch 47 in Urdaneta City was Jaime Aquino.

Aquino was accused of libel docketed as Criminal Case No. 18135 with a recommended bailbond of P10,000. But the report did not indicate who filed the libel against case against Aquino.

The accused was temporarily detained at the Mapandan Police station jail for his failure to post the required bail bond.

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