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>Photos not stolen – Hi! magazine ( RV Related ) >By KAYE VILLAGOMEZ > >++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >NOTE : RV RELATED. WILL BE EXPLAINED SOON.. -mmJun >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > >Magazine editor Jo-Ann Maglipon denied Claudine >Barretto’s >accusations anew that the photos that they printed in >Hi! >Magazine on the occasion of Barretto’s daughter >Sabina’s >Christian offering, were stolen. > > >In a letter to Manila Bulletin, Maglipon’s lawyer >Sandra >Marie Olaso- Coronel from the Yorac, Arroyo, >Chua-Caedo >and Coronel Law Firm, said, "those pictures were given >to Hi! Magazine by Mr. Ronald Carballo, a ninong at >Sabina Barretto’s dedication. They were not, as >Ms. Barretto’s lawyer has indicated on television, >stolen." > >The lawyer also furnished Bulletin a copy of Hi! >Magazine >where the contested pictures appeared in its July 115, >2005 issue. > >We are publishing the letter sent to Manila Bulletin >by Maglipon’s lawyer in full. > >We write as counsel for Ms. Jo–Ann Quimson Maglipon >who was the >subject of your report of 24 July 2005, in the Manila >Bulletin >Entertainment Section. > >Inasmuch as we have not received a copy of the >complaint filed by >Ms. Claudine Barretto, it is premature for us to make >a comment on >the suit. > >However, as Ms. Barretto has made pronouncements both >on television >and print maligning Ms. Maglipon, we are currently >preparing >appropriate legal actions against Ms. Barretto for >these. > >If only to address the report in your newspaper that >Ms. Maglipon is >the executive editor, and where the pictures of the >dedication >ceremony of Ms. Barretto’s daughter appeared. As you >will see for >yourself, the pictures depict Ms. Barretto in either >voluntary poses >for the camera or during the actual ceremony itself. >None of the >pictures are scandalous or offensive and more >importantly, their >treatment, through the captions and accompanying >article, was not >just fair but in fact positive. > >Moreover, those pictures were given to "Hi!" magazine >by Mr. >Ronald Carballo, a ninong at Sabina Barretto’s >dedication. >They were not, as Ms. Barretto’s lawyer has indicated >on >television, stolen. > >Ms. Maglipon has been a professional journalist for at >least 30 >years. In that entire period, she has never used her >writing except >in response to the call of her profession. Ms. >Barretto, for her >part, has voluntarily solicited publicity for herself >as an actress >and product endorser, and is not in a position to >complain when she, >in fact, gets that publicity. > >Aside from being the editor–in–chief of "Yes!" and >executive >editor for "Hi!," Ms. Maglipon us also engaged in >broad >advisory work for "Newsbreak," the Institute for >Political >and Electoral Reform (IPER), and human rights >organizations >with which she has neither the time nor the >inclination to >taint her name by plotting personal attack on anyone, >including Ms. Barretto. > >Thank you for hearing our side. > >Signed: Sandra Marie Olaso- Coronel > >http://www.mb.com.ph/ENTR2005072640345.html

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