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  • 6/19/2025
A Pasig City court acquits Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa and Rappler directors in the anti-dummy case filed during the Rodrigo Duterte administration.

Full story: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/pasig-court-acquits-maria-ressa-board-members-anti-dummy-case/
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00:00A Pasig City court acquits Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa and Rappler
00:07directors in the anti-dummy case filed during the Rodrigo Duterte administration. The court
00:12says the granting of their motion for demur to evidence is tantamount to acquittal. Demur to
00:17evidence motions are filed when the defense believes the prosecution's evidence is weak
00:21enough that it doesn't have to present its own. It is filed after the prosecution's presentation
00:25and has the effect of a motion for an outright dismissal. The anti-dummy case stems from the
00:31National Bureau of Investigation's allegation that Rappler violated the anti-dummy law when it issued
00:36Philippine depository receipts to foreign investor Omidyar Network. Rappler has maintained it is 100%
00:42Filipino-owned and the PDRs were merely legal financial instruments also used by other media
00:47entities for financial transactions. The mother case of the anti-dummy charge is the January 2018
00:53order from the Securities and Exchange Commission revoking Rappler's license on charges that it
00:58violated the constitutional ban on foreign ownership of media. The Court of Appeals junked the SEC order
01:04in 2024. The CA's Special Seventh Division voided the shutdown order, affirming that Rappler is 100%
01:10Filipino-owned.

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