Arturo Fortich

Arturo Fortich was a guerilla fighter during World War II. In the late 1940s, he served as grandmaster of the Dagohoy Lodge No. 84 of the Freemasons. He served as the municipal treasurer of Bohol and Zamboanga del Norte. On March 24, 1970, he and 34 provincial employees filed a libel suit seeking P8.75 million in damages against the Mindanao Observer -- the biggest libel suit ever filed in the Philippines.

Resources

• "Battle against corruption 42 years ago". The Mindanao Observer, 26 March 2012. http://www.mindanaoobserver.com/2012/03/26/battle-against-corruptio.... Date accessed: 02 July 2013.
• Fernandos, Pio B. "The Bohol guerillas in action". Tagbilaran: Our Press Inc., 1981. Page 202. http://bit.ly/1axDaGQ. Date accessed: 02 July 2013.
• Galarosa, Geminiano. "Bohol's post-war Freemasons". Dagohoy Lodge No. 84, 26 September 2007. http://geminianogalarosajr.blogspot.com/2007_09_01_archive.html. Date accessed: 02 July 2013.
• Maslog, Crispin C. "The Dragon slayers of the countryside". Manila: Philippine Press Institute, 1989. Page 70. http://bit.ly/15cUxJ0. Date accessed: 02 July 2013.