Walden Bello

(1st UPDATE) The former VP candidate has been brought to the Quezon City Police District Station 8 in Project 4, Quezon City.

Under the Philippine laws, cyber libel is a bailable offense. “We have been anticipating the arrest warrant because of the indictment of the Davao Prosecutor. It’s a bailable offense and counsel is on the way to assist him.” “The resolution for his indictment was released last June 9.

Bello is facing charges filed by former Davao city information officer Jefry Tupas in March this year after Bello called her a "drug dealer."

Former vice presidential candidate Walden Bello was arrested in his house in Quezon City Monday, according to his staff Leomar Doctolero.

It was then implemented in Quezon City on the same day. It's a bailable offense and counsel is on the way to assist him,” he added. “The resolution for his indictment was released last June 9. Both campaigned in Davao City despite the libel and cyber libel complaints Bello was facing and even entered the Davao City Council’s office despite the persona non grata declaration. He asked the Davao City Prosecutor's Office to junk the cyber libel case against him but it decided to file the case in court instead. Tupas filed the cyber libel case against Bello in March this year after the then-VP candidate accused Tupas of being a drug dealer and of being involved in a drug raid in a TV interview.

Tupas filed the cyber libel case against Bello in March this year after the then-VP candidate accused Tupas of being a drug dealer and of being involved in a ...

The resolution for his indictment was released last June 9. We filed for a Motion for Reconsideration with the Prosecutors' Office which was subsequently denied. Tupas filed the cyber libel case against Bello in March this year after the then-VP candidate accused Tupas of being a drug dealer and of being involved in a drug raid in a TV interview.(Read More Here).

DEFEATED vice presidential bet Walden Bello was arrested on Monday by the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) reportedly in connection with cyber libel ...

Bello was the running mate of presidential candidate and labor leader Leody de Guzman in the May 9, 2022 elections. The human rights activist was arrested on the basis of a warrant issued by Judge Retrina Espe-Fuentes of the Davao City Regional Trial Court's Branch 10. A former member of the House of Representatives from 2010 to 2015, Bello was arrested past 5 p.m. at his residence.

Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Director Brigadier General Remus Medina said Bello, who was a “human rights activist,” was arrested in his home in Barangay ...

Tupas had left the party before the police came for the conduct of a raid where 17 people were arrested. This came after Tupas attended a birthday party in which police found P1.5 million worth of illegal drugs. Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Director Brigadier General Remus Medina said Bello, who was a “human rights activist,” was arrested in his home in Barangay Holy Spirit, Quezon City around 5 p.m. during the service of an arrest warrant issued by Davao City Regional Trial Court Branch 10 judge Retrina Espe Fuentes.

Former Vice Presidential candidate Walden Bello was arrested on Monday in connection with a cyber libel case a former Davao City officer filed, ...

Thank you," OVP spokesman Reynold Munsayac said. Police said the bail set for each count of the case was P48,000. Former Vice Presidential candidate Walden Bello was arrested on Monday in connection with a cyber libel case a former Davao City officer filed, the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) has said.

Vice President Sara Duterte denied Tuesday that she is behind the cyber libel charges faced by longtime activist and her former opponent for the ...

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DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 08 August) – Police arrested former vice presidential candidate Dr. Walden Bello at his house in Quezon City on Monday, ...

Bello’s post that led to his indictment reads in part: “Mayor Duterte’s Press Information Officer, Jefry Tupas, was nabbed at a beach party where she and her friends were snorting 1.5 million pesos worth of drugs on November 6, 2021. (Antonio L. Colina IV / MindaNews) “The cyberlibel case against Dr. Bello is clearly a proxy harassment with no less than Vice President Sara Duterte as the real protagonist. In a statement released November 9, 2021 via the city government’s Facebook page, then mayor Sara Duterte referred to Tupas as “the former City Information Officer” who was “involved in a drug raid” in Mabini, Davao de Oro where 1.5 million pesos worth of party drugs were seized in a buy-bust operation. It said that there was “a clear malicious imputation of a crime” in Bello’s online content “considering the manner how the statements were conveyed.” In a seven-page resolution dated June 9, the Office of the City Prosecutor found “defamatory” Bello’s statement, delivered during a live interview and later posted on his verified Facebook account last March 1, 2022, alleging that Tupas and her friends were “snorting P1.5 million worth of drugs” and describing him as a “drug dealer.”

Former vice presidential candidate Walden Bello on Tuesday slammed the camp of Vice President Sara Duterte in connection with a cyber libel case filed ...

“Flowery rhetoric will not disguise Sara Duterte's assault on a fundamental democratic right. —With a report from Giselle Ombay/KG, GMA News I never shared my spotlight with Walden Bello despite the offensives he launched against me. “The cyber libel charge against me was a vindictive response to questions I raised about Vice President Duterte's performance as mayor of Davao that she was expected to answer as a candidate for higher office,” he said. “[I]t was clearly derision of and an insult to the Prosecutors and the time and effort they put in to uphold the rule of law,” she said. “Arrested late afternoon Monday on silly charge of cyberlibel posted by the camp of Sara Duterte. These people are mistaken if they think they can silence me and suppress my exercise of free speech,” Bello said in a tweet.

Vice President Sara Duterte has this to say over accusations by former Akbayan Partylist Rep. and vice presidential candidate Walden Bello that she was ...

Duterte was responding to accusations hurled by Bello that she was behind his arrest for libel and cyber libel. Duterte slammed the former lawmaker for calling the charges against him “silly” since this was an “insult to the Prosecutors and the time and effort they put in to uphold the rule of law.” Even during the 2022 campaign, the Vice President and concurrent Education secretary stressed that she did not share her spotlight with Bello “despite the offensives he launched against me” because she was focused on her campaign.

Former vice presidential candidate Walden Bello has been released on bail, his team confirmed on Tuesday.

She said the arrest would do little to silence Bello and called on lawmakers to decriminalize libel. Bello said his arrest was connected to Vice President Duterte and his previous challenges during the election campaign. No deprivation of physical liberty, only imposition of civil liability, if accused is adjudged guilty," De Lima said.

Former vice presidential candidate Walden Bello has been released from Camp Karingal, his executive assistant and Laban ng Masa spokesperson Leomar ...

His motion for reconsideration was also denied by the office. Bello is facing two counts of cyber libel. Bello has been at Camp Karingal since Monday afternoon after he was apprehended at his residence in Quezon City in connection with a cyber libel case filed by former Davao City chief information officer Jefry Tupas.