Businessman Benjamin Bitanga is transferring his privately-held 31.2 percent take in online media platform Rappler Holdings Corporation to his publicly-listed MRC Allied Inc. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), MRC said it will buy the 31.2 percent interest in Rappler from...
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Maria A. Ressa and Rappler Holdings Corporation (RHC) were acquitted of tax evasion charges by the Pasig City regional trial court (RTC) in a decision handed down on Tuesday, Sept. 12. RTC Judge Ana Teresa T. Cornejo-Tomacruz of Branch 157 ruled that “RHC and Ms. Ressa...
Canada and the Netherlands, two countries pushing for media freedom worldwide, heaved a sign of relief after the Philippine Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) acquitted embattled journalist Maria Ressa and her company, Rappler, of tax evasion charges. In a statement, the two countries, which co-chair the...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday, January 18 hailed the acquittal of journalist and Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa and her news outlet Rappler of tax evasion charges as a “win for free and defiant journalism in the Philippines.” Hontiveros issued the statement after the first division of the...
The University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication (UPCMC) released a statement on Thursday, June 30, expressing its concern over the recent actions done by the government to "restrict the operations" of legitimate media institutions. (UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES DILIMAN FACEBOOK)...
Outgoing Senator Leila de Lima on Thursday, June 30 expressed her belief that the Securities Exchange Commission's revocation order against Rappler was part of the sinister plan of President Rodrigo Duterte. "The maliciously timed order to shutdown Rappler has Duterte’s vengeful imprint," de Lima...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday, June 29 slammed the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) shutdown order against Rappler calling it a “truly deplorable” act. “It is truly deplorable that this administration continues to find new ways of threatening legitimate news organizations...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has affirmed the revocation of the certificates of incorporation of Rappler, Inc. and Rappler Holdings Corporation (RHC) for their violation of constitutional and statutory restrictions on foreign ownership in mass media. In a statement, the SEC said...
The Commission on Election's (Comelec) temporary suspension on its partnership with news website Rappler is an "attack on press freedom" a group said Saturday, March 12. On March 8, the poll body halted its partnership with Rappler, a day after the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) filed a...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will still defend its Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Rappler. Comelec/MB This, despite the decision of the poll body to suspend its implementation. "Nothing has changed. The Comelec is still going to defend its position on the Rappler MOA," Comelec...
Online news website Rappler found the decision of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to suspend the implementation of its memorandum of agreement (MOA) with them to be "regrettable". Comelec and Rappler logos In a statement on Tuesday, March 8, Rappler said that they found no legal obstacles on...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will answer the petition filed by the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) before the Supreme Court (SC) to defend its forged memorandum of agreement (MOA) with news website Rappler. Acting Comelec Chairperson Socorro B. Inting said the MOA entered into by the...
