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Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa was acquitted of a final tax evasion charge Tuesday though she still faces two remaining legal cases she believes the former Philippine President Rodrigo ...
On May 10, the Comelec's en banc, in a vote of 6-0-1, upheld its earlier dismissal of two sets of similar cases—or a total of four appeals or petitions filed as early as November 2021—that sought to bar Marcos from the 2022 presidential race because of his conviction in a 1990s tax case.
Maria Ressa, a journalist who runs a Philippine news website known for its tough scrutiny of President Rodrigo Duterte, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to tax evasion charges, saying the case was ...
People of the Philippines v. Santos, Ressa and Rappler (R-MNL-19-01141-CR), also known as the Maria Ressa cyberlibel case, is a high-profile criminal case in the Philippines, lodged against Maria Ressa, co-owner and CEO of Rappler Inc.. [2] Accused of cyberlibel, Ressa was found guilty by a Manila Regional Trial Court on June 15, 2020. [3] [4]: 36
March 25 – The Court of Tax Appeals releases a March 21 decision dismissing a ₱44.7-million tax evasion case against Janet Lim-Napoles, citing insufficient evidence. [72] March 26–April 5 – A state of calamity is declared in Iloilo City, Cavite and Santa Rosa, Laguna due to outbreaks of whooping cough. [73] [74] [75]
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The Philippines suffers from widespread corruption, [1] which developed during the Spanish colonial period. [2] [3] According to GAN Integrity's Philippines Corruption Report updated May 2020, the Philippines suffers from many incidents of corruption and crime in many aspects of civic life and in various sectors.
In January 2023, the Philippine Court of Tax Appeals acquitted Ressa and Rappler of four tax evasion charges, stemming from the 2018 case. [96] [97] Ressa was acquitted of a fifth tax evasion case in September 2023. [98] Ressa's court conviction for cyberlibel and the Securities and Exchange Commission's order for Rappler to shut down are under ...