How did Rappler win against its 2018 SEC shutdown order?

This marks the end of Rappler's eight-year legal battle against the order that was made during the presidency of Rodrigo Duterte

MANILA, Philippines – The Supreme Court has put an end to the shutdown order case of the Securities and Exchange Commission against Rappler through a resolution made public on April 2, 2026.

This marked the end of Rappler’s eight-year legal battle against the order that was made during the presidency of Rodrigo Duterte.

Rappler’s Jairo Bolledo’s reports. – Rappler.com

Reporter, writer, producer, video editor: Jairo Bolledo
Supervising editor: Jee Geronimo

Editor’s Note: The English subtitles for the video above were generated with an OpenAI model based on the video report written and produced by Rappler reporter Jairo Bolledo. The translation was edited by Bolledo, an editor, and by our production team before publication.