Eliseo F. Soriano vs. Ma. Consoliza P. Laguardia G.R. No. 164785, April 29, 2009
Eliseo F. Soriano vs. Ma. Consoliza P. Laguardia G.R. No. 164785, April 29, 2009
Eliseo F. Soriano vs. Ma. Consoliza P. Laguardia G.R. No. 164785, April 29, 2009
LAGUARDIA
G.R. No. 164785, April 29, 2009
FACTS
On August 10, 2004, at around 10:00 p.m., petitioner Eliseo F. Soriano, as host of the program Ang
Dating Daan, aired on UNTV 37, made the following remarks:
Gago ka talaga Michael, masahol ka pa sa putang babae o di ba. Yung putang babae ang
gumagana lang doon yung ibaba, [dito] kay Michael ang gumagana ang itaas, o di
ba! O, masahol pa sa putang babae yan. Sabi ng lola ko masahol pa sa putang babae
yan. Sobra ang kasinungalingan ng mga demonyong ito.
Two days after, before the MTRCB, separate but almost identical affidavit-complaints were
lodged by Jessie L. Galapon and seven other private respondents, all members of the Iglesia ni Cristo
(INC). against petitioner in connection with the above broadcast. Respondent Michael M. Sandoval, who
felt directly alluded to in petitioners remark, was then a minister of INC and a regular host of the TV
program Ang Tamang Daan.[3] Forthwith, the MTRCB sent petitioner a notice of the hearing on August
16, 2004 in relation to the alleged use of some cuss words in the August 10, 2004 episode of Ang Dating
Daan.
RULING
On September 27, 2004, in Adm. Case No. 01-04, the MTRCB issued a decision, disposing as
follows:
WHEREFORE, in view of all the foregoing, a Decision is hereby rendered,
finding respondent Soriano liable for his utterances and thereby imposing on him a
penalty of three (3) months suspension from his program, Ang Dating Daan.