Claim

Claim 975

Ocampo's 100,000 peso fine crippled El Renacimiento and its sister paper Muling Pagsilang, and both stopped publishing.

Published 2026-09-26. Last reviewed 2026-09-26. 1 source.

Statement: Ocampo's 100,000 peso fine crippled El Renacimiento and its sister paper Muling Pagsilang, and both stopped publishing.
Field: effect_on_reporting
Value: Fine forces the paper to close
About: incident 1901-philippines-us-colonial-libel-act-el-renacimiento
Source: A relic of colonial rule
Publisher: Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-26
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2014-02-24

Quotation from the source

Ocampo had to pay the then huge amount of P100,000 in fines, which so crippled the paper and its sister newspaper Muling Pagsilang both ceased publication.