The media body tasked to investigate an associate editor of a local paper was under fire for conducting an investigation saying that it was arbitrary and malicious.
At the receiving end of extortion charges filed by Antonieto Pernia, head of the Bohol Poverty Reduction Management Office (BPRMO), Alfredo Amora, the embattled associate editor, questioned the authority of the Bohol Tri-Media association (BTMA) investigating him.
Pernia accused Amora of extortion attempts after he demanded "cover up money" in exchange for a favorable press arising from alleged misuse of cooperatives funds managed by the BPRMO.
He zeroed in on BTMA's lack of authority emanating from any adopted and ratified BTMA constitution and by-laws.
In a grand display of defiance to a duly constituted authority, Amora dismissed in bold letters the letter of Dejaresco as "rejected". This word was found at the tailend of Dejaresco's letter to Amora.
In his letter to Amora, Dejaresco twitted the mediaman for his uncalled text messages to members of the Bohol media a few hours after the initial meeting of the committee.
Apparently, in his haste to be cleared of the charges, Amora, even if the investigation is still going on, was already texting friends in media that Pernia's accusation was a result of a "silly pride"
These remarks did not sit well with the BTMA president.
Dejaresco said that gave Amora the opportunity to reply to the alleged complaints of Mr. Pernia when he sent text messages to his colleagues. Amora also hyped to media friends through a text message that the probe was settled amicably and the whole thing was just silly pride.
According to Dejaresco, Amora's comments were an act of disrespect and a serious breach of "our agreed rules on the conduct of the investigation".
In discrediting BTMA, it appears that Amora put in a bad light the same media organization that elected him vice president for print. It also in effect put questionable instance the award given by BTMA to Amora as "best writer of the year"
Not only was Amora castigated Dejaresco when the BTMA president echoed the investigative body's demand for a written apology for this serious breach of the committee's rules on confidentiality.
Putting Dejaresco in a tight spot, Amora accused the BTMA president of ignorance of the law citing Republic Act 8792 otherwise known as the E-Commerce Act.
Quoting a provision of the law about texting, Amora said that electronic message is a private communication medium and all messages are intended for the recipient only. - Sunday Post
At the receiving end of extortion charges filed by Antonieto Pernia, head of the Bohol Poverty Reduction Management Office (BPRMO), Alfredo Amora, the embattled associate editor, questioned the authority of the Bohol Tri-Media association (BTMA) investigating him.
Pernia accused Amora of extortion attempts after he demanded "cover up money" in exchange for a favorable press arising from alleged misuse of cooperatives funds managed by the BPRMO.
He zeroed in on BTMA's lack of authority emanating from any adopted and ratified BTMA constitution and by-laws.
In a grand display of defiance to a duly constituted authority, Amora dismissed in bold letters the letter of Dejaresco as "rejected". This word was found at the tailend of Dejaresco's letter to Amora.
In his letter to Amora, Dejaresco twitted the mediaman for his uncalled text messages to members of the Bohol media a few hours after the initial meeting of the committee.
Apparently, in his haste to be cleared of the charges, Amora, even if the investigation is still going on, was already texting friends in media that Pernia's accusation was a result of a "silly pride"
These remarks did not sit well with the BTMA president.
Dejaresco said that gave Amora the opportunity to reply to the alleged complaints of Mr. Pernia when he sent text messages to his colleagues. Amora also hyped to media friends through a text message that the probe was settled amicably and the whole thing was just silly pride.
According to Dejaresco, Amora's comments were an act of disrespect and a serious breach of "our agreed rules on the conduct of the investigation".
In discrediting BTMA, it appears that Amora put in a bad light the same media organization that elected him vice president for print. It also in effect put questionable instance the award given by BTMA to Amora as "best writer of the year"
Not only was Amora castigated Dejaresco when the BTMA president echoed the investigative body's demand for a written apology for this serious breach of the committee's rules on confidentiality.
Putting Dejaresco in a tight spot, Amora accused the BTMA president of ignorance of the law citing Republic Act 8792 otherwise known as the E-Commerce Act.
Quoting a provision of the law about texting, Amora said that electronic message is a private communication medium and all messages are intended for the recipient only. - Sunday Post
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