# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1901-philippines-us-colonial-libel-act-el-renacimiento)
- Source: A relic of colonial rule. https://cmfr-phil.org/inmediasres/luis-teodoro/a-relic-of-colonial-times-2/
- 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.

Source page: https://thewaronnews.com/claims/975. The War On News, CC BY 4.0.