Vietnam TV broadcaster drops foreign channels
A Vietnamese satellite television broadcaster said Thursday it had stopped airing foreign channels including CNN, BBC and Star World to comply with a new media law that came into effect this week.
A Vietnamese satellite television broadcaster said Thursday it had stopped airing foreign channels including CNN, BBC and Star World to comply with a new media law that came into effect this week.

The Quezon City prosecutor’s office filed in court, on Tuesday, a libel case against 10 tabloid officials and editors for allegedly maligning the reputation of veteran actress Amalia Fuentes in an article where she was identified as the subject of blind tweets made in 2012 by actress Ruffa Gutierrez.

With a summons of a Quezon City court going unanswered, an P8.5-million lawsuit against TV network talent Sarah Lahbati might just end up archived.

The Court of Appeals has reinstated the charge of reckless imprudence resulting in homicide against actor Richard Gutierrez in connection with the May 2009 car accident in Silang, Cavite province, that resulted in the death of Gutierrez’s aide.

LOS ANGELES—The doctor charged in Michael Jackson’s death has asked a judge to sequester jurors in the physician’s upcoming involuntary manslaughter trial, citing coverage of the Casey Anthony case and the threat of information leaks posed by Twitter and Facebook use. Attorneys for Dr. Conrad Murray, in a motion filed Thursday, cited widespread media coverage [...]