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Two of the Philippines biggest media groups have yet to move on from a 2004 incident wherein ABS-CBN’s live feeds of an arriving overseas Filipino worker Angelo dela Cruz who was kidnapped by Iraqi militants aired on GMA-7. Warrants of arrest over libel charges that GMA-7 filed against ABS-CBN chair Gabby Lopez and 12 other former and current ABS-CBN executives and employees led to the posting of bail before the Quezon City Regional Trial Court on February 18. GMA7 sued ABS-CBN following accusations of “stealing” and “pirating” the live feeds aired in a news show. The Court of Appeals dismissed the case in 2011, but Justice Secretary Leila De Lima ordered prosecutors to file the libel charges against ABS-CBN in January 2012.
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