MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – She was bashed, ridiculed, made fun of — all because she tried to defend her network which was shut down for an expired broadcast franchise.
Kim Chiu’s video on the law in the classroom went viral and became a favorite topic of conversation among quarantined Filipinos.
Responding to her critics, Chiu issued a statement defending her video while at the same time releasing an algorithmic explanation of what she said about ABS-CBN:
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Many see it as a colossal blunder for this once-upon-a-time Person of the Year. Yes, we’re talking about that 11 Million gaffe which has put Maria Ressa on the receiving end of the ire and ridicule of the Filipino nation.
So, in the interest of fair coverage, The Adobo Chronicles sat down with Ressa to get her side of the ABC Australia’s fake news, courtesy of the Rappler CEO and ex-employee of ABS-CBN.
AC: How’s it going since that infamous ABC interview aired?
Ressa: I’ve been on the receiving end of hate mail, threats to my life — and virginity — and all sorts of out-of-this-world expletives one can ever imagine.
AC: Your critics call you a fake news monger. What do you say to them?
Ressa: The only thing fake about me are my truthfulness, activism, and integrity.
AC: You issued a Twitter apology to ABC News Australia, to ‘The World’ host Beverley O’Connor, and ABS-CBN regarding your 11 Million employees gaffe, saying, and we quote: “My mind raced ahead to market cap when I was there, which was in hundreds of millions of dollars.” Do you mind elaborating?
Ressa: Advanced lang ako mag-isip.
(end of interview)
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – ABS-CBN Network, forced off the air last week due to its expired broadcast franchise is in for more trouble, thanks to Rappler CEO Maria Ressa!
After being shut down by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), the Philippines’ largest broadcasting network now faces fines and sanctions from other government entities like the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), Social Security System (SSS), PhilHealth and the Home Development Mutual Fund (Pag-ibig Fund).
In a television interview with The World’s Beverley O’Connor, Ressa revealed that ABS-CBN had 11 Million employees that are affected by the shutdown, contrary to the network’s earlier claim of 11,000.
That means that ABS-CBN had defrauded the government of what could be Billions of pesos in potential taxes and contributions. By law, employers are mandated to deduct income taxes and Social Security contributions from their employees’ paychecks, not to mention automatic deductions for PhilHealth premiums and Pag-ibig fund contributions. In effect, the network owes the government money which would have been collected from the remaining 10,989,000 employees.
Speaking with The Adobo Chronicles, spokespersons of the different government agencies said that they have no reason to not believe Ressa who is among the country’s and the world’s most truthful and trusted journalists, having been previously named Time magazine’s Person of the Year.
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