MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Rappler CEO Maria was recently arrested on anti-dummy law charges soon after she arrived at NAIA.  But despite all that airport drama, she was  released after she posted the required P90,000 bail.

Today, however, the Philippine National Police (PNP) re-arrested Ressa and she is now detained at Camp Crame, just meters away from Senator Leila De Lima’s jail cell.

The Adobo Chronicles contacted PNP to clarify matters regarding Ressa’s re-arrest.

Apparently, Ressa posted bail in U.S. dollars (she is a dual citizen). However, her lawyers failed to check on the  U.S. dollar-Philippine peso exchange rate at the time she posted bail. It turned out her dollar bail payment, when converted to PH pesos, was short by P90.

So Ressa is back behind bars.

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – She was out of the country when a warrant of arrest was issued against her and some of the board members of her online news source,  Rappler. The board members were able to post bail.

The arrest warrants were in connection with charges filed against them under the anti-dummy law — for violation of the Constitutional ban on foreign ownership of Philippine media.

Today, Maria Ressa was arrested upon her arrival at NAIA. DEMOCRACY IS DEAD!

But Ressa was expected to post bail immediately and remain free. DEMOCRACY IS ALIVE!

Meanwhile, expect the international media and self-proclaimed human rights organizations to feed on this juicy development in 3-2-1…