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Rappler To Forgo Appeal On SEC Order, Reconstitutes as BBON

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6EFBF8AD-A0F7-4A1C-8911-A0E0582B828A.jpegMANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Faced with diminishing support and funding, Rappler has made the difficult decision to forego with a court appeal challenging the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) decision to revoke its license for violation of the Constitution.

In an emotional statement issued today, (former) Rappler CEO Maria Ressa said that she would rather focus her energy and money on reorganizing and reviving her online news source.

“This time, the new company will be 100% Filipino-owned” she promised.

During a quickly-called press conference held at her garage, Ressa revealed her new company’s name and logo:

BBON – Bola Bola Online News

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SEC Revokes Media License Of The Adobo Chronicles

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5E47E981-716E-4DA5-851C-135B375B0429MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – First, it was Rappler.  Now, it’s The Adobo Chronicles.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has cancelled the media license of The Adobo Chronicles (AC) effective immediately.

In issuing the revocation order, SEC said that AC has misrepresented itself for claiming it was a satire site.

”As a matter of fact,” SEC said, ‘most of its news stories are not only factual or based on truths, it has consistently predicted news developments that the legitimate news media would later report.”

SEC also clarified that unlike Rappler, AC has no issue about foreign ownership, since it is based in California and is therefore not subject to the restrictions of the 1987 Philippine Constitution.

SEC gave AC 30 days to refile its Philippine license application and revise it from satire to legitimate news, based overseas.

 

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Senator Risa Hontiveros Proposes Major Constitutional Amendment On Qualifications To Be President

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B06211B8-CB8C-400E-8561-1063E99671FDMANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – It is written in the Philippine Constitution: No person can become president unless he or she is a natural-born citizen (Section 2, Article VII).

Senator Risa Hontiveros, a known advocate for the rights of women and children, says that qualification is unfair, and wants to change it.

Today, Hontiveros proposed an amendment to the 1987 charter that would eliminate the clause, “natural-born citizen.”

The senator believes that this provision is unfair to Filipinos who were born in the Cesarean Section (C-Section).

”Hindi kasalanan nino man na ang isang tao ay ipinanganak sa C-Section,” she said (It’s nobody’s fault that a person was born in the C-Section).4584561A-109F-4D5F-836F-E6C068523BAB

”As long as a person’s birth certificate shows that he or she was born IN the Philippines, I think that would suffice to fulfill the intent of the Constitution,” Hontiveros pointed out.