Claim 565

A palace official told the Rappler reporter by text message that she and the outlet's CEO had been banned from the palace on the president's orders.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: A palace official told the Rappler reporter by text message that she and the outlet's CEO had been banned from the palace on the president's orders.
Field: action
Value: ban ordered by text message, February 21, 2018
About: incident 2018-philippines-bans-rappler-presidential-palace
Source: Philippines bans Rappler reporters from presidential palace
Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2018-02-21

Quotation from the source

told Ranada by text message that she and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa had been banned from the palace on Duterte's orders