Information for Libel

INFORMATION

The undersigned, _____________, accuses _____________ of the crime of LIBEL, committed as follows, to wit:

That on or about _____________, at about _________ (a.m./p.m.), in the City/Municipality of _____________, Province of _____________ and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the said accused, being then the Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of the newspaper _____________, which is a newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines, did then and there, voluntarily, unlawfully, feloniously, and with the intention to cause dishonor, discredit, contempt and ridicule on the person of one _____________, write, compose, print, and publish in the _____________ issue of the said newspaper a highly defamatory article in words as follows:

(Quote the Defamatory Article)

Contrary to law.

_____________, Philippines, __Date__.

PROSECUTOR

Witnesses:

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(Certification of Preliminary Investigation)