ANTONIO P. CONTRERAS

CARMELA Fonbuena of Rappler could not have picked a worse target when she peddled an unverified hunch using her yellow-colored lens. Apparently assisted by some reports from Pia Ranada, and in possession of a complaint letter from Hyundai Heavy Industries Co, Ltd. (HHI), the winning bidder for the much-delayed Frigate Acquisition Project (FAP) of the Philippine Navy, Fonbuena thought the Rappler formula of smear now, ask later would work.

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