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(Eagle News)–Rappler was not physically allowed to cover President Rodrigo Duterte simply because it failed to meet the requirements for media accreditation. This is according to the Office of the Solicitor General, which issued a statement a day after it filed before the Supreme Court on Wednesday, Sept. 25, a consolidated comment to the petition for certiorari and prohibition filed by Rappler reporter Pia Ranada, eight other reporters and Rappler; and the petitions-in-intervention by some […]
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court has ordered the government to answer Rappler’s petition challenging the Palace’s ban on the outfit’s coverage of President Rodrigo Duterte. In its July 30 resolution, the High Court also allowed two groups — one led by director Bart Guingona and another composed of 41 journalists–to intervene in the case. The SC specifically gave the Office of the President, the Office of the Executive Secretary, the Presidential Communications Operations Office, the Media […]
(Eagle News) — Rappler CEO Maria Ressa’s cyber libel trial opened Tuesday, July 23, in a case which stemmed from a 2012 article that claimed that a wealthy businessman had shady deals linked to illegal drugs and human trafficking even if there was no evidence that pointed to this. The cyber libel case arose out of a story published by Rappler and written by former researcher and writer Reynaldo Santos in May 2012, and […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Prominent rights lawyer Amal Clooney has said she will join the legal team defending Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, whose news site has repeatedly clashed with President Rodrigo Duterte. Ressa, who was named a Time Magazine “Person of the Year” in 2018 for her journalism, faces several criminal charges along with her website Rappler, in what press freedom advocates have branded an act of “persecution”. “Maria Ressa is a courageous journalist […]
(Eagle News)—Rappler on Wednesday, May 8, slammed the Palace anew, after it released matrices tagging the media outfit anew in what it said was an ouster plot against President Rodrigo Duterte. “We’ve long moved from laughable to farce. These moves are insidious and dangerous,” Rappler said. According to Rappler, “as technology has proven, a lie told a million times becomes the truth.” “More so when it’s a concerted campaign from social media, government co-opted media, […]
(Eagle News)—Rappler on Monday, April 22, dismissed as an “example of how not to write an investigative report” the matrix article that detailed a supposed plot to oust President Rodrigo Duterte. The matrix article written by Manila Times chair emeritus Dante Ang which was published in the newspaper today. “The Manila Times under Dante Ang, appointed special envoy for international public relations by President Rodrigo Duterte, is the reason why journalism schools and newsrooms in […]
(Eagle News)–A Manila court has junked the motion to quash the cyber libel charge filed against chief executive officer Maria Ressa and a former Rappler reporter. In junking the motion to quash of Ressa and Reynaldo Santos, Branch 46 Judge Rainelda Estacio-Montesa ruled the Department of Justice was able to “sufficiently establish” the elements of cyber libel in the Rappler article on businessman Wilfredo Keng which was published in 2012 and edited in 2014. The […]
(Eagle News)– Some Rappler reporters and correspondents have asked the Supreme Court to lift what they said was President Rodrigo Duterte’s coverage ban against them. In filing the petition for certiorari and seeking for a writ of preliminary mandatory injunction for the lifting, Rappler reporters Pia Ranada, Mara Cepeda, Camille Elemia and Ralf Rivas, and regional correspondents Bobby Lagsa, Frank Cimatu, Mauricio Victa and Raymon Dullana said their ban from covering specific events was a […]
(Eagle News) – Rappler CEO Maria Ressa pleaded not guilty on Wednesday, April 3, to four tax evasion cases stemming from the failure of Rappler Holdings Corporation’s to reflect the total gains in its 2015 tax returns. “This is my first arraignment of the 11 legal cases filed against us in 14 months. Posted bail 8 times. Each of the 4 tax charges today carry max 10 yrs in prison. That’s 40 yrs! But […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Saturday, March 30, slammed Rappler chief executive officer Maria Ressa anew, and accused her of wanting special treatment since she was a journalist. “She wants her profession to shield her from accountability of a wrongdoing that she could be guilty of,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said after a US State Department spokesperson called on the Philippine government to allow Ressa to “operate freely.” According to Panelo, Ressa “cannot forever hide behind […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Friday, March 29, urged Rappler’s chief executive officer Maria Ressa to stop using press freedom as an excuse to attack the administration and to just defend herself in court. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo issued the statement after Ressa called her arrest for the charge of violation of the Anti-Dummy Law a type of “harassment.” “She’s charged of a crime and there is a determination of probable cause hence a […]
(Eagle News) — Rappler’s chief executive officer Maria Ressa was arrested on Friday, March 29. Ressa was apprehended upon her arrival at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport at 6:30 a.m. Ressa had been allowed to attend several conferences abroad despite her pending cases. The arrest was by virtue of a warrant of arrest issued by Branch 265 of the Pasig Regional Trial Court in connection with her alleged violation of the Anti-Dummy Law. Apart from […]
