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| Without Fear, Without Favor | |
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 Front page print edition on October 30, 2018 | |
| Type | Dailynewspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Concept and Information Group, Inc. |
| Publisher | Concept and Information Group, Inc. |
| President | Willie Fernandez |
| Editor | Chito Lozada |
| Associate editor | Manny Angeles John Henry Dodson |
| Managing editor | Dinah Ventura |
| Founded | February 1, 2000; 25 years ago (2000-02-01) (9,427 issues) |
| Political alignment | Centre-right |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Makati,Philippines |
| Country | Philippines |
| Website | tribune |
TheDaily Tribune is anEnglish-languagebroadsheetpublication in thePhilippines. Itsoffice is in the 3450 Concept Building, Florida Street,Makati,Metro Manila,Philippines.
The Daily Tribune, as it was called then, was founded on February 1, 2000, by a group of journalists from the then-defunctThe Philippine Post led by then-Editor-in-Chief and Founding ChairmanNinez Cacho-Olivares. On June 1, 2018, Concept and Information Group, publisher of the onlineConcept News Central, acquired the paper from Cacho-Olivares.[1] With the change of hands, "The" fromThe Daily Tribune has been dropped.
On February 24, 2006, theTribune was raided by thePhilippine National Police at the height of theState of Emergency imposed by PresidentGloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The police presence remained in the paper's office until the State of Emergency was lifted on March 4, 2006. The paper continued to publish normally, making defiant statements throughout. Ninez Cacho-Olivarez, the paper's publisher, claimed that some of her reporters were practisingself-censorship, but her own publishing decisions were unaffected. She received substantial publicity and her circulation expanded significantly during the crisis; however, she lost many advertisers who were intimidated by the unstable political situation.[citation needed]
Judge Winlove Dumayas of Regional Trial Court Branch 59,Makati on June 5, 2008, found Cacho-Olivarez, publisher ofThe Daily Tribune, guilty oflibel and sentenced her to a minimum of six months and a maximum of two years imprisonment. She was also ordered to pay₱5 million (US$ 113,636) in moral damages and ₱33,732.25 in civil damages, including a libel fine of ₱4,000, for writing a June 23, 2003 column that accused then-OmbudsmanSimeon V. Marcelo ofcolluding with the supposedly influential law firm, Villaraza, Cruz, Marcelo & Angangco in theNinoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 deal.[2] Villaraza, Cruz, Marcelo & Angangco (colloquially known as 'The Firm') stated that it will prosecute 47 more libel suits against the publisher ofThe Daily Tribune.[3]
On February 24, 2021,Ramon Suzara, the president ofPhilippine National Volleyball Federation, and former COO of the Philippine SEA Games Organizing Committee, sued 17 staffers of the paper, including its owner Willie Fernandez and managing editor Aldrin Cardona, for cyber libel.[4]
On January 29, 2024, the Philippine Consul-General inMilan, Elmer Cato, sued Willie Fernandez and other employers and reporters of the paper for cyber libel for alleging that he had failed to assistoverseas Filipino workers who had been victimized by a fraudulent business scheme.[5]
