G. R. No. L-!66" #a$ "%& '62 (acts) The case relates to the exposure of Arsenio H. Lacson, then Mayor of the City of Manila, to public hatred and ridicule by one Isauro Santiago, in the course of a political speech in Quiapo, Manila on the th of !ctober "##. $efendant, through an a%pli&er syste% and in the presence of a cro'd of around a hundred persons called out (Arsenio Hayop Lacson, pinakawalang hiyang Alkalde, Mayor Lacson raped a woman at the Aroma Cafe and another City Hall employee in Shellborne Hotel) in 'hich the plainti* &led an infor%ation for libel against the defendant on August "", "#+,. $efendant, through his Motion to Quash Infor%ation, clai%ed that the charge is not libel, but oral defa%ation, and the &ling of infor%ation of the latter has already prescribed. Issue) -hether or not the cri%e charged in the infor%ation is oral defa%ation, under Article ./ of the 0e1ised 2enal Code, or libel, under Article ., in relation to Article .., of the sa%e Code. *el+) The Supre%e Court, 3n 4anc, held that the facts alleged in the infor%ation constitute the cri%e of oral defa%ation, under Article ./ of the 0e1ised 2enal Code. The grounds by 'hich the infor%ation for libel 'as &led is the erroneous co%parison of the %edia radio and a%pli&er syste%. According to Su%%it Hotel Co. 1s. 5ational 4roadcasting Co. 62A7"89 A.L.0. #+.:, the rules governing such oense were declared inapplicable to e!temporaneous remarks of scurrilous nature, made ad libitum in the course of a radio broadcast by a person hired to read a prepared te!t, but not appearing thereon"# The state%ents, 'hich 'ere heard through an a%pli&er syste%, though defa%atory, are exte%poraneous such that no %anuscript or prepared text 'as read.
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