Sobrepeña libel case vs. BCDA thrown out

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has dismissed the libel case filed by William Russell Sobrepeña, older brother of Camp John Hay Development Corp.’s (CJHDevCo) Chairman and Chief Executive Robert John Sobrepeña against officials of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) for lack of probable cause.

The resolution singed by associate provincial Prosecutor Christian Gregorio Follosco and approved by provincial Prosecutor Danilo Bumacod of La Union state that, “In the beset articles, it is effortless to decipher that the publication is a progeny of the lease agreement entered into by BCDA and CJHDevCo over a portion of lot at Camp John Hay.”