ILOILO CITY—A former provincial administrator of Iloilo, already facing arrest for a libel conviction, has again been convicted of libel by the Pasay City Regional Trial Court (RTC).
In a 28-page decision on Jan. 25, Judge Wilhelmina Jorge-Wagan, of the Pasay RTC, ruled Manuel “Boy” Mejorada, former Iloilo provincial administrator, as guilty of four counts of online libel for Facebook posts that accused Sen. Franklin Drilon of corruption in infrastructure projects in the province, including the Iloilo Convention Center and several road projects.
Wagan sentenced Mejorada to a prison term of at least two years and five months to a maximum of four years and five months.
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