MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – The Philippines’ Court of Appeals (CA) has just about had it with Rappler’s manipulation of its recent decision denying the online news source’s petition for a reversal of the SEC ruling revoking its media license.
Since the Court issued its ruling, Rappler has been publishing headlines and stories claiming that the Court has sided with Maria Ressa’s company, that the Court has said that SEC was wrong in revoking Rappler’s license, and that SEC was ordered to reconsider its revocation order — all of which are farthest from the truth.
So today the CA has issued a restraining order for Rappler to shut up and stop misinterpreting the 72-page Court decision.
Will the Court also issue another order for Rappler to shut down?
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – After all the misinformation that Rappler has been publishing regarding the Court of Appeals (CA) decision denying its petition to reverse the SEC’s revocation of its media license, one thing stands out: CA is actually siding with the online news source.
In arguments before the court, Rappler insisted that it is not a media company and is therefore not subject to the Constitutional provision regarding 100% Filipino ownership.
So, in a separate but still unpublished ruling, the CA said that it agrees 100% with Rappler that it is not a media company. “Therefore,” the Court said, “Rappler must now wrap up its online news operations, shut down for good and concentrate on whatever non-media business it is operating.”
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – The Philippines’ Court of Appeals has DENIED Rappler’s petition for a reconsideration of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) revocation of its media licence for violation of the Constitution.
In its decision, the Court clearly stated that Rappler is liable for violating the Constitution in as far as the 100% ownership provision of the law regarding media ownership.
But a desperate Rappler chose to to re-interpret (or misinterpret) the ruling, saying that the Court says the license revocation is wrong.
Clearly, the very first paragraph of the decision says the opposite.
So today, the Court issued a gag order to Rappler to stop it from making false interpretations of its decision.
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – The Philippines’ Court of Appeals (CA) has just about had it with Rappler’s manipulation of its recent decision denying the online news source’s petition for a reversal of the SEC ruling revoking its media license.
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – The Philippines’ Court of Appeals has DENIED Rappler’s petition for a reconsideration of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) revocation of its media licence for violation of the Constitution.
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