(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court on Tuesday, Oct. 15, decided to “severely reprimand and issue a stern warning” to a Manila Times reporter over his 2016 story alleging SC justices were offered P50 million each to disqualify Senator Grace Poe as a presidential candidate.
The SC said the en banc voted “unanimously” to level the sanction on Jomar Canlas, who had cited unnamed sources in making the allegations.
Canlas said in his story that the magistrates refused the offer.
On March 8, the SC ,voting 9-6, allowed Poe to run for President, overturning a Commission on Elections decision that cancelled her certificate of candidacy.
