Rappler correspondent barred from coverage
CMFR
17 May 2021, 18:13 GMT+10
CMFR?PHILIPPINES A Rappler reporter was initially barred from entering the premises of the Central Visayas police headquarters in Cebu City on May 14 to cover the release of one of the Lumad teachers arrested during a raid on their school in February.
Cebu City is 1,000 kilometers south of Manila.
Rappler reporter Lorraine Ecarma was covering the release of Chad Booc, one of the seven teachers and activists arrested in a resue operation of bakwits or internally displaced individuals, when she was stopped at the gate and prevented from entering the compound.
In a Rappler video, Ecarma said that other media outlets were allowed inside. When asked for an explanation, she was told that Rappler is a purveyor of fake news.