This means that any gossiping and tittle-tattle is shall not be tolerated at any level. The amendment of the bill has raised from P200 up to P50,000. If the offender is found guilty, he or she may face prison time of up to 6 months or 12 years depending on the severity.
Senator Loren Legarda explained this and said “Whether it is the simple deed of spreading intrigues against a person, or the more serious act of implicating someone in a crime that he has not committed, incriminatory machinations blemish an individual’s character and may eventually ruin a person’s life,”
Here is the difference between Intriguing Against Honor and Slander:
- Intriguing Against Honor is the act of spreading talk or rumors about a certain individual without confirming the truth which is mostly heard of from another individual.
- While Slander is the act of passing the information to another person which can be determined and pinpointed which is most often called gossiping.
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