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Philippine Nobel laureate Maria Ressa and her news site Rappler were acquitted by a court of tax evasion charges on Wednesday, a judge said, handing Ressa a ...

A brazen abuse of power," she said. "These charges... "This acquittal is not just for Rappler.

MANILA: Philippine Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa and her online media company Rappler were on Wednesday (Jan 18) acquitted of all four charges of tax ...

"We were able to prove that Rappler is not a tax evader." "Today, facts win. Advertisement

(3rd UPDATE) An emotional Ressa says after the verdict: 'Today, facts win, truth wins, justice wins'

[there remain only three active court cases](https://www.rappler.com/nation/223968-list-cases-filed-against-maria-ressa-rappler-reporters/) against Rappler and Ressa: the appeal of Ressa and former researcher Reynaldo Santos Jr. “This case exemplifies how the power of taxation can be used as a tool to cause a thousand cuts to our democracy. The CTA’s acquittal of RHC and Ressa is expected to affect a related case that was filed by the Duterte government against the two before the Pasig City Regional Trial Court, which handles tax cases involving less than P1 million. Rappler is a 100% Filipino company, a point asserted by the company in its appeal of the SEC order at the Court of Appeals (CA). The plaintiff therefore failed to prove the guilt of accused beyond reasonable doubt,” said the CTA decision. Guevarra charged Ressa and RHC at the CTA in November 2018.

A former police captain in New Hampshire has been acquitted by a jury of filing a false income tax return deriving from profits earned from selling ...

He was not charged with any other offenses. Wagner’s lawyers said the verdict validated the defense’s central theme that the Internal Revenue Service investigation was disorderly and unfairly targeted Wagner because he was a police officer. [indicted in 2020](https://apnews.com/article/f868572a628859342228acbf81e50e98), accused of buying 36 assault rifles using his police discount from Sig Sauer Academy in Epping in 2012 and 2013 and reselling them at a profit that was omitted from his tax return.

A man whose murder conviction was thrown out by the judge overseeing his first trial was recently acquitted of all charges at his retrial.

Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) reports that the three men accused of attacking, beating and stripping an elderly Christian woman in the village of ...

Mrs Thabet, who was 72 years old at the time, was attacked, beaten, and stripped in public by a mob on 20 May 2016 after her son was accused of having a relationship with a divorced Muslim woman. An appeal against that decision was rejected in January 2021, and this latest verdict from the Court of Appeal is final. The Court of Appeal issued its verdict on 9 January 2023, acquitting the men of the charges levelled against them.

Journalist and Nobel laureate Maria Ressa has been acquitted on 4 counts of tax charges filed against her and Rappler Holdings Corporation in 2018.

"We were able to prove that Rappler is not a tax evader." "Today, facts win. The Department of Justice, which filed the charges in 2018, had said that RHC allegedly failed to file value-added tax (VAT) returns for the 3rd and 4th quarter and income tax return in 2015, in violation of Section 255 of the Tax Code.

The charges had been filed against the journalist and her Rappler news site by the administration of former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte.

The son of a late dictator who ruled the Philippines for two decades, Marcos was powered to victory by a campaign that was rife with Wednesday’s legal victory is the first handed to Ressa and Rappler since President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. [2020 conviction for cyber-libel.

Rappler and its co-founder Maira Ressa on Wednesday lauded their acquittal from tax evasion cases as a "triumph of facts over politics."

“Maria Ressa and RHC may have won today. “This is brazen harassment and abuse of power. (RHC) of four counts of tax evasion. “An adverse decision would have far-reaching repercussions on both the press and the capital markets.” The Philippine Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has acquitted Ressa and Rappler Holdings Corp. [DOJ files tax evasion charges against Rappler and its president](https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1058616/doj-files-tax-evasion-charges-against-rappler-and-its-president)

A Philippine court has acquitted Maria Ressa and her news outlet Rappler of tax evasion charges, which press advocates had previously branded as judicial ...

3, 2022](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/29/power-corruption-and-fury-the-killing-of-percy-lapid), a veteran journalist reporting on rampant corruption was shot dead while driving on his way home. In 2018, the Philippines’ Securities and Exchange Commission ordered Rappler to shut down after revoking its operating license, but the news website carried on [doing business as usual](https://time.com/6192142/rappler-maria-ressa-shutdown-philippines/). [ranks the Philippines](https://rsf.org/en/philippines-rsf-calls-future-president-restore-press-freedom-and-end-impunity-crimes-against#:~:text=Since%20the%20beginning%20of%20Rodrigo,World%20Press%20Freedom%20Index%202022.), a Southeast Asian nation of 110 million, 147th among 180 in the world, noting that at least 34 journalists have been killed there between 2012 and 2021. [Squeeze in More Steps Every Day](https://time.com/6246812/how-to-walk-10000-steps-a-day/?utm_source=roundup&utm_campaign=20230105) ['Beige' and Aesthetic Took Over TikTok](https://time.com/6247338/tiktok-beige-aesthetic-videos/?utm_source=roundup&utm_campaign=20230105) [Congress Doesn't Raise the Debt Ceiling](https://time.com/6247877/what-is-debt-ceiling-congress/?utm_source=roundup&utm_campaign=20230105) “to hit reset on his predecessors’ vast campaign of media repression.” [said in a statement](https://cpj.org/2023/01/hold-the-line-coalition-welcomes-acquittal-of-maria-ressa-and-rappler-calls-for-all-remaining-cases-to-be-closed/) on Wednesday: “We hope we are seeing the beginning of an end to the previous administration’s strategy to instrumentalize the courts as a means to undermine independent news organizations and damage journalists’ credibility. She is out on bail pending her appeal. Rappler also produces investigative coverage of disinformation online and is one of Meta’s The ruling represents Ressa’s latest victory against what press freedom advocates have branded as judicial harassment. [reported](https://www.rappler.com/nation/philippine-tax-court-clears-nobel-laureate-maria-ressa-rappler-of-4-cases/).

Duterte's government said it had nothing to do with any of the cases against Ressa.

"We were able to prove that Rappler is not a tax evader." Rappler was among the domestic and foreign media outlets that published shocking images of the killings and questioned the crackdown's legal basis. The 59-year-old has been battling a series of cases that media advocates say were filed due to her vocal criticism of former president Rodrigo Duterte and his drug war, which claimed thousands of lives. Truth wins," a defiant Ressa told reporters outside the Manila courtroom shortly after the court ruled on government charges that she and Rappler dodged taxes in a 2015 bond sale to foreign investors. "Today, facts win. Manila: Philippine Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa and her online media company Rappler were on Wednesday acquitted of all four charges of tax evasion filed against her, a court said.

Ressa, who shared the Peace Prize with Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov in 2021, still faces three other cases, including a cyber libel conviction now under ...

In a statement, Rappler said: “An adverse decision would have had far-reaching repercussions on both the press and the capital markets… It is for every Filipino who has ever been unjustly accused. Ressa and Muratov were awarded the Nobel for their efforts to “safeguard freedom of expression”. It is also a ray of light, hope,” Ressa said, calling the charges “politically motivated”. Truth wins,” a teary-eyed and defiant Ressa told reporters outside the Manila courtroom after the ruling on four government charges that she and her online media company Rappler had dodged taxes in a 2015 bond sale to foreign investors. Philippine Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa was on Wednesday acquitted of tax evasion, among a slew of charges she has long maintained are politically motivated, calling the verdict a victory for “truth”.

Nobel Peace laureate facing numerous charges she said were launched by former President Rodrigo Duterte to stifle criticism of his deadly anti-drug ...

Ressa is a former CNN journalist and one of Time magazine’s persons of the year in 2018 when it celebrated journalists around the world, including murdered Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi. An emotional Ressa told reporters outside the courtroom that “facts win, truth wins, justice wins,” and that the verdict represents “hope.” Rappler posted a statement saying the decision was “the triumph of facts over politics.” The Court of Tax Appeals ruled that prosecutors failed to prove “beyond a reasonable doubt” that Ressa and the parent company of her news site Rappler failed to pay taxes on an investment made by U.S.-based Omidyar Network, a philanthropic investment firm founded by billionaire Pierre Omidyar, the founder of the online shopping site eBay.

The Court of Tax Appeals on Wednesday acquitted Nobel Laureate and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa and the Rappler Holdings Corporation of four tax evasion charges ...

“Maria Ressa and RHC may have won today. This is what also fired our vision when RHC sought to increase capital and grow the business through Philippine Depository Receipts in 2015. Rappler welcomed the development in a statement, calling out the BIR for alleged politicizing under the Duterte administration. —KG, GMA Integrated News [was arraigned](https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/747941/maria-ressa-pleads-not-guilty-to-tax-evasion-charges/story/) at the Pasig Regional Trial Court on charges of failing to report sales receipts from the issuance and sale of Philippine Depositary Receipts (PDRs) in the second quarter of 2015. The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) on Wednesday acquitted Nobel Laureate and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa and the Rappler Holdings Corporation (RHC) of four tax evasion charges that were filed under the Duterte administration.

"Today, facts win" declared a defiant Ressa, who still faces other charges in a long-running legal battle with the government she calls "a brazen abuse of ...

In a statement, Rappler said: "An adverse decision would have had far-reaching repercussions on both the press and the capital markets... Omidyar Network later transferred its Rappler investment to the site's local managers to stave off efforts by Duterte to shut it down. So I'm optimistic about it," Ressa said. But right will win," Ressa said. Ressa, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov in 2021, still faces three other cases, including [a cyber libel conviction](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/maria-ressa-rey-santos-convictions-of-cyber-libel-upheld/) now under appeal that could mean nearly seven years in prison. [former president Rodrigo Duterte's government](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rodrigo-duterte-most-outrageous-statements-cbsn-originals/) began filing charges against her.

Antonio Devon Coleman, 36, was arrested in 2020 for the killing of 47-year-old Jeffrey Deon Wormley. A Jefferson County jury on Jan.

The father of three grown children - a daughter and two sons - Wormley was living in the family home on Willard Ave. They took a renewed look at the case in Sept. Wormely was raised in the house in which he died. “He will never be forgotten, but an arrest would help us move on a little.” 11 unanimously found Coleman not guilty on the murder charge. [was arrested in 2020 for the killing of 47-year-old Jeffrey Deon Wormley.