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Pia Ranada, Rappler Are Strong Contenders For the 2019 Pulitzer Prize For Journalism

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – It’s time for Rappler and its star reporter Pia Ranada to shine!  Word has it that they are strong contenders for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Journalism for their coverage of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to the Philippines.

She’s been maligned.  She’s been embarrassed by President Duterte (remember the SPO4 issue?). She’s been banned from entering Malacañang.  But now, Ranada is on her way to international fame.

Informed sources told The Adobo Chronicles that Ranada and Rappler are almost a shoo-in for the next Pulitzer Prizes.  They are being honored for their “in-depth, investigative, courageous and comprehensive coverage” of the Chinese leader’s recent visit to Malacañang.

Specifically, Ranada is being cited for her series of Tweets about the state dinner hosted by Duterte for Xi at the Presidential Palace last night.

Here is the series of Tweets that may put the much-coveted Pulitzer in the bag for Ranada and Rappler:

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Tourism Department To Use Coco Martin’s Emperador TV Commercial To Promote The Philippines

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Each year, the Department of Tourism (DOT) spends big bucks to create international campaigns to promote Philippine tourism.

Past campaigns promoted internationally-recognized tourist spots like the Banaue Rice Terraces, Palawan’s Underground River, Bohol’s Chocolate Hills, Albay’s Mayon Volcano, and the miles and miles of white sand beaches all over the islands.

This year, DOT has decided to promote the country’s people — beautiful people.  And it is not going to cost taxpayers a single centavo.

Instead of producing expensive commercials to show on international TV, DOT will use the latest Emperador TV commercial featuring actor Coco Martin.

In this commercial, Martin sings his way through the 30-minute video, surrounded by all good-looking Filipinos — from his friends to traffic police to jeepney drivers to road construction workers.

The message behind the commercial: Philippines is the land of (all) beautiful people.

In a way, the people are among the country’s greatest natural resources.

 

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BREAKING: SEC Clears Rappler, Says It’s Not A Media Company After All (Yellow Edition #3)

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) –  There’s bad news and there’s good news.

The bad news: The Department of Justice has indicted Rappler, Maria Ressa and several others for tax evasion.

The good news: The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has cleared Rappler from charges of violating the Philippine Constitution that prohibits foreign ownership of media companies.

The new SEC order means that Rappler and its parent company Rappler Holdings Corporation can continue to do business with or without foreign investment.

A spokesperson for SEC told The Adobo Chronicles that after careful review of the documents provided by Rappler, as well as tons of its previously published stories, SEC concluded that the online news source is actually not a media company and as such is not coverecd by the Constitutional requirement of 100% Filipino ownership.

“It has become quite clear that the “news stories” published by Rappler over the years are actually personal opinions of Ressa and her corps of Rapplerettes,” the spokesperson said.  Just like personal blogs, published opinions such as those of Rappler’s are not covered by media ownership regulations.”

Champagne flowed at Rappler’s headquarters soon after the SEC news broke.

As for the tax evasion indictment of Rappler? Well that’s a different opinion, uhm, we mean news story.