MANILA (AFP) -- The Philippine government has filed charges of incitement to sedition against a newspaper publisher and two of her columnists for their attacks on President Gloria Arroyo, the publisher said Saturday.

The charges were filed against Ninez Cacho-Olivares, publisher of the Daily Tribune newspaper, and columnists Ike Seneres and Herman Tiu-Laurel, the newspaper reported on its front page.

Justice Department officials confirmed that charges of incitement to sedition had been filed against officials of the Tribune but would not give details.

Cacho-Olivares said in her newspaper that Arroyo was merely "sore" at her for her criticism of the government.

The government had posted policemen at the Tribune last week after Arroyo declared a state of emergency to forestall an alleged coup attempt against her government.

Arroyo lifted the state of emergency on Friday after deciding that the threat against her government had receded. The policemen posted at the Tribune have been withdrawn.

However a leftist congressman was arrested, three police and military commanders have been relieved of their posts and more than a dozen opposition figures are still being hunted for their alleged role in the plot.