Former diplomat and veteran columnist Rigoberto "Bobi" Tiglao made another interesting expose on his latest column posted on The Manila Times about the controversial P40-Million Funds allegedly given to Rappler by the Aquino government from the year 2012 up to the middle of 2016.
Rigoberto Tiglao called out the attentions of Tourism Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat to investigate Rappler about their million-peso deals with the Department of Tourism (DOT), during the term of Secretary Ramon Jimenez.
The veteran journalist stated that he didn't wonder how the online newsite Rappler managed to survive since its establishment in 2012 despite its huge expenses on expensive internet technology, in order to rank high in Google searches, among other aims, which wouldn't be recovered through advertising revenues.
Based upon the documents and claims presented by Tiglao which came from a very reliable sources, Rappler received as much as P40-million from 2014 to mid-2016 from government agencies in the form of dubious consultancies, "intelligence services," and advertising revenues.
Documents made public recently showed that Aquino’s tourism secretary Ramon Jimenez signed a contract with Rappler (represented by its sales manager Carla Yap Sy Su) on August 28, 2014 for the tourism department to pay the outfit P9.6 million for just three months of service.
In just a month and a half after the contract was signed, on October 15, Rappler was paid P3.2 million. The output? A vague “tourism intelligence report” and “launch of microsite and crowdsource platform for 1st city.”
After another month and a half, on November 31, 2014, Rappler was paid another P3.2 million for “2nd intelligence report” and “launch of microsite and crowdsource platform for 2nd city.” And then on December 31—in time to celebrate the New Year— another P3.2 million for similar mysterious reports. C’mon, do you know of any outfit that works so feverishly as to complete a report through December?
To Know More about the Expose of Rigoberto Tiglao just head on to the official website of The Manila Times.
Source: The Manila Times
Rigoberto Tiglao called out the attentions of Tourism Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat to investigate Rappler about their million-peso deals with the Department of Tourism (DOT), during the term of Secretary Ramon Jimenez.
The veteran journalist stated that he didn't wonder how the online newsite Rappler managed to survive since its establishment in 2012 despite its huge expenses on expensive internet technology, in order to rank high in Google searches, among other aims, which wouldn't be recovered through advertising revenues.
Based upon the documents and claims presented by Tiglao which came from a very reliable sources, Rappler received as much as P40-million from 2014 to mid-2016 from government agencies in the form of dubious consultancies, "intelligence services," and advertising revenues.
Documents made public recently showed that Aquino’s tourism secretary Ramon Jimenez signed a contract with Rappler (represented by its sales manager Carla Yap Sy Su) on August 28, 2014 for the tourism department to pay the outfit P9.6 million for just three months of service.
In just a month and a half after the contract was signed, on October 15, Rappler was paid P3.2 million. The output? A vague “tourism intelligence report” and “launch of microsite and crowdsource platform for 1st city.”
After another month and a half, on November 31, 2014, Rappler was paid another P3.2 million for “2nd intelligence report” and “launch of microsite and crowdsource platform for 2nd city.” And then on December 31—in time to celebrate the New Year— another P3.2 million for similar mysterious reports. C’mon, do you know of any outfit that works so feverishly as to complete a report through December?
To Know More about the Expose of Rigoberto Tiglao just head on to the official website of The Manila Times.
Source: The Manila Times
R. Tiglao Expose: Rappler Got At Least P40-Million from Aquino Government
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