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There should be a “more partial arbiter of truth,” Roque says (Eagle News) — The Palace on Monday, April 16, cried foul over Facebook’s choice of Rappler and Vera Files as fact-checkers tasked to weed out fake news and misleading content in the platform. According to Roque, there should be a “more partial arbiter of truth” that will review stories on Facebook that have been flagged as dubious. In January, the Securities and Exchange Commission revoked […]
(Eagle News) — Rappler on Friday slammed the administration for its alleged use of government resources to go after the media entity. “The Duterte administration is mustering state resources at the risk of grave embarrassment and accusations of arbitrariness and brazen harassment. What is this government so afraid of?” Rappler said in a statement posted on its site. The statement came after the National Bureau of Investigation filed a cyber-libel complaint against Rappler executive editor […]
(Eagle News) — The National Bureau of Investigation has filed a cyber-libel complaint against Rappler in connection with an article it published in 2012. Included in the complaint filed before the Department of Justice on March 2 were Reynaldo Santos, writer; Maria Ressa, Rappler editor in chief; and Rappler directors Manuel Ayala, Nico Jose Nolledo, Glenda Gloria, James Bitanga, Felicia Atienza, Dan Alber de Padua and Jose Maria Hofilena. The complaint stems from the article […]
Also charged was accountant who certified Rappler financial statements “despite clear omission, misstatement,” BIR says (Eagle News) — The Bureau of Internal Revenue has sued Rappler Holdings Inc. for tax evasion. In a statement on Thursday, the BIR said the criminal complaint against RHC, its president Maria Ressa, and treasurer James Bitanga was filed before the Department of Justice. The complaint was in connection with RHC’s alleged “willful attempt to evade or defeat tax” and […]
Adds “relevant parties” should observe sub judice rule and “refrain from making unnecessary pronouncements through media” (Eagle News) — The act of converting Omidyar Network’s $1.5-million investment in Rappler into a donation should be coursed through the Court of Appeals, the Securities and Exchange Commission said on Thursday. In a statement posted on its website, the SEC said this was because its decision to revoke Rappler’s license to operate on the basis it violated constitutional […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang said that the donation of a US-based investment firm to controversial online news site Rappler of its investments amounting to $1.5 million would “not remove the fact that Rappler breached the Constitution.” In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said this “act” by Omidyar Network in donating the Philippine Depository Receipts (PDRs) that Rappler had earlier issued to the foreign firm was “nothing but a circumvention of the law.” He […]
(Eagle News) – The foreign investor group Omidyar Network announced on Wednesday that it “has donated the Philippine Depository Receipts it held to 14 managers of Rappler Inc.,” led by its chief executive officer Maria Ressa. This was to address what the US-based Omidyar claimed was an “unwarranted ruling made by the Philippines Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against Rappler, Inc., and Rappler Holdings Corporation.” The Omidyar Network’s investments in Rappler are said to […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday stood by the order to ban Rappler reporter Pia Ranada from covering Malacanang events, saying her organization was “not a legitimate agency according to the (Securities and Exchange Commission)” in the first place. The President was referring to the SEC’s January decision that revoked Rappler’s license on the grounds it violated the constitutional provision that bars foreign ownership of media, among others. “So I am now invoking […]
No cyber libel committed in 2012 article, Ressa and Santos claim (Eagle News) — Rappler Chief Executive Officer Maria Ressa and former Rappler reporter Reynaldo Santos Jr. on Thursday said that the complaints for cyber libel against them in connection with a Rappler article published in 2012 should be dismissed. In both their counter-affidavits submitted to the National Bureau of Investigation, Ressa and Santos alleged this was because Article 90 of the Revised Penal Code […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service Rappler on Monday asked the Court of Appeals to nullify the Securities and Exchange Commission’s decision revoking its corporate registration. In a 68-page petition for review, Rappler Inc. alleged that their rights to due process were violated with the SEC’s move. “Without an administrative action, surely, no administrative action, including the suspension or revocation of the corporation’s franchise, could have been imposed by the SEC,” Rappler said. According to Rappler, because […]
(Eagle News) — The Rappler case does not involve the issue of press freedom. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Friday said that allegations that it involved such were therefore merely “fake news.” “(It’s) about avarice for money that violates the (Constitution) and the laws of the land,” he said. Roque noted that the decision to revoke Rappler’s registration was made by the Securities and Exchange Commission “manned by (former President Noynoy) Aquino appointees.” “(I will give) […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The National of Bureau of Investigation gave Rappler chief executive officer Maria Ressa 10 days to answer the cyber-libel complaint filed by businessman Wilfredo Keng. The NBI issued the directive on the day Ressa and her lawyer went to its headquarters after she was subpoenaed in connection with the complaint filed over a Rappler story published in May 2012. The Rappler report written by Reynaldo Santos said the businessman […]
