The libel case is in connection with the blog’s October 21, 2009 entry titled “Aanhin pa ang damo kung patay na ang kabayo? (A special report from a volunteer) [The title is an old Filipino saying, the loose translation of which is: How can the grass be useful if the horse is already dead?]” where the blogger, Ella, claimed that the relief goods meant to be distributed to typhoon victims are “rotting” inside the warehouse of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). This is not the first time that the rich and powerful have used libel to harass and intimidate bloggers.
Hindi dapat pagdudahan ang motibasyon ni Ella noong Oktubre 21 na ipakalat sa pamamagitan ng kanyang blog ang diumanong pananatili ng relief goods sa warehouse ng Department of Social Work and Development (DSWD).