CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia will be filing a libel complaint against a Cebu-based reporter of a national news website, who posted on Facebook a query asking the
Garcia, during her meeting with the ECQ violators from Talisay City, today, April 13, 2020, also showed screenshots of the posts of Rhea Ruth Rosell.
Garcia, 64, holds an almost daily press briefing since the start of the enhanced community quarantine in Cebu province on March 30, 2020. In her Executive Order No. 5-L-1, Garcia prohibited “all persons from entering the vicinity of private and public beaches and other bodies of water such as waterfalls and rivers.” The EO also prohibited swimming in the beaches and other bodies of water.In a series of posts, Rosell questioned this action of the provincial government considering that there were communities in the hinterlands that depended on the rivers for their daily water needs.
In a separate post, Rosell also said that the EO now prohibits fishing since the entry to all bodies of water was probited there.“Ako ba gud nang gibawal? O basin lain pod na siya nga gubernadora nga naghimo og executive order…Wa [ka] kasabot, Rhea Ruth Rosell? Kanus-a man tawon giprohibit nato ang pagpanagat, ang pagpanguha ug uban nga kalan-unon gikan sa dagat? Basa gud diha. Kahibawo ka mobasa? Reporter man unta ka,” Garcia said.
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