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BACOLOD CITY — National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) director Marchel Espina was arraigned Thursday (Aug. 27) before the Batangas City Regional Trial Court over an “unjust vexation” charge stemming from an opinion piece published by SunStar Cebu in December 2024.
Espina’s camp filed a motion to quash the case shortly before the scheduled arraignment, but the court denied it and proceeded with the hearing, the NUJP said.
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The case will now proceed to pretrial, with the first hearing set for Sept. 24.
