Rappler, Maria Ressa acquitted of tax evasion charge
The case was filed in 2018 by the Department of Justice over the failure of Ressa and Rappler to declare P162.41 million profit in 2015.
The case was filed in 2018 by the Department of Justice over the failure of Ressa and Rappler to declare P162.41 million profit in 2015.
The court meted two life terms to Patrolman Jefrey S. Perez for the planting of evidence in addition to “perpetual disqualification from any public office”.
“We just don’t recognise it because the premises have not been laid out properly”, said the Justice Secretary.
Nimfa Lanzanas was among the six people arrested on March 7, 2021, in the so-called Bloody Sunday operation of the police and the army in the Calabarzon Region.
The fishing boat was rammed by a Chinese vessel on June 9, 2019 near Recto Bank, within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone.