Businessman on Ressa’s arrest: ‘No one is above the law’

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 02:52:48 +0000

Businessman on Ressa’s arrest: ‘No one is above the law’

“No one is above the law.” This is what Wilfredo Keng, the businessman who filed a complaint against Rappler’s Maria Ressa, said Thursday.

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Int’l press groups: Charges against Ressa ‘politically motivated’ 

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 01:20:43 +0000

Int’l press groups: Charges against Ressa ‘politically motivated’ 

WAN-IFRA and the World Editors Forum wrote President Rodrigo Duterte, saying the cyberlibel charge against Ressa was “politically motivated.”

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Trillanes: Ressa’s arrest exposes Duterte’s ‘despotic regime’

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 23:49:12 +0000

Trillanes: Ressa’s arrest exposes Duterte’s ‘despotic regime’

The arrest of Rappler’s chief executive Maria Ressa for cyberlibel proves President Rodrigo Duterte’s “despotic regime,” Trillanes said.

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Palace to Ressa: It’s not a press freedom issue; face the case

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 13:42:58 +0000

Palace to Ressa: It’s not a press freedom issue; face the case

Stop calling it a press freedom issue and face the case, Malacañang told Rappler’s chief executive officer Maria Ressa after the National Bureau of Immigration (NBI) arrested her on Wednesday over a cyberlibel case.

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P100-M federalism fund sparks Usec, press club row

P100-M federalism fund sparks Usec, press club row

The head of the Presidential Task Force on Media Security is facing a complaint of graft and cyberlibel from a group of journalists who cried foul over his social media posts that described them as “hao shiao” or fly-by-night reporters.

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