Maria Ressa is happy about the CTA’s decision Rappler CEO and Nobel Prize Awardee Maria Ressa said “truth wins” after the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) acquitted her and her media company Rappler Holdings Corporation (RHC) for four tax evasion charges. On Wednesday, the CTA First Division released a decision in favor of the famous journalist. … Read more
Maria Ressa Cyber Libel Case Update Maria Ressa Cyber Libel – The Court of Appeals denied the motion for reconsideration that Rappler CEO Maria Ressa and former researcher Reynaldo Santos Jr. regarding the guilty decision that the Manila Regional Trial Court released against them. CA supports Manila RTC’s decision dated June 15, 2020, stating that … Read more
Bongbong Marcos was asked about Maria Ressa and Rappler President Bongbong Marcos shared his stand on the cyber libel case against journalist Maria Ressa and the issue faced by the social media news site Rappler. To recall, back in July, the Court of Appeals upheld Ressa’s cyber libel conviction. The Manila Regional Trial Court Branch … Read more
CA found Maria Ressa guilty of cyber libel The Court of Appeals (CA) released a decision on cyber libel case against Rappler CEO Maria Ressa and news site’s former researcher and writer Reynaldo Santos. To recall, businessman Wilfredo Keng filed the said case against Ressa and Santos following Rappler’s article alleging his connection with former … Read more
Ping Lacson stressed that he resigned as chairman and member of Partido Reporma Presidential aspirant Senator Ping Lacson slammed the headline of social media news company Rappler regarding the decision of Partido Reporma to endorse Vice President Leni Robredo. On Thursday, Lacson announced his decision to be an independent candidate. It was later on found … Read more
Rappler reacted to the suspension of its partnership with Comelec Online news company Rappler released a statement as a response to the decision of Commission on Elections (Comelec) acting chairman Socorro Inting to suspend their fact-checking deal. On March 8, the day when Inting took oath as the acting chairman of the Commission, a memorandum … Read more
Comelec-Rappler partnership was suspended The Commission on Election (Comelec) has “held in abeyance the implementation of the provisions of the MoA (memorandum of agreement)” with social media news site Rappler for fact-checking duties on Election Day. Based on the report from The Manila Times, Comelec acting chairman Socorro Inting stated in a memorandum dated March 8, … Read more
Columnist shared that this will happen after the Comelec Rappler Partnership Vice President Leni Robredo will benefit the result of the Comelec Rappler Partnership, Manila Times columnist Rigoberto Tiglao said. In his column published on February 28, Tiglao explained what he believes to be the “hidden” agenda of the social media news site, headed by … Read more
Twitter users are making hashtag “Rappler Fake News” trend The Rappler Fake News hashtag trended on Twitter on Wednesday afternoon, January 19, because of this reason. Rappler, the popular social media news site in the Philippines, went through criticisms several times already. Its CEO, Maria Ressa, faced tax evasion cases, and President Rodrigo Duterte is … Read more
Bongbong Marcos reacted to the online survey that Rappler conducted Social media news company Rappler allegedly manipulated the result of its presidential online survey for 2022 presidential candidates and this received a reaction from former Senator Bongbong Marcos. In the said survey, certain reaction emoticons were assigned to specific presidential aspirants. Based on the article … Read more
