Nobel laureate and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa receives the verdict of the Court of Tax Appeals clearing Rappler of four tax cases on Wednesday, January 18. CourageON DefendPressFreedom HoldTheLine 📸: Rappler
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines’ Court of Tax Appeals on Wednesday, January 18, acquitted Nobel laureate Maria Ressa and Rappler Holdings Corporation of four charges of tax evasion that were filed in 2018 by the previous Duterte government.Duterte government’s charge
The victory ends more than four years of trial of a case filed in March 2018, two months after the Philippines’ Securities and Exchange Commission issued a closure order against Rappler on the basis of the Duterte government’s charge that it broke the law by being foreign-owned. Rappler is a 100% Filipino company, a point asserted by the company in its appeal of the SEC order at the Court of Appeals .
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