Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 08:11:53 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – A group of human rights lawyers on Tuesday asked the Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) to dismiss the cyberlibel complaint against Rappler CEO Maria Ressa and co-accused, former reporter Reynaldo Santos.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 07:33:58 +0000
The arrest of Rappler CEO Maria Ressa sends the message that “only favorable reporting of the government will be tolerated,” a business group said Thursday.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 13:08:25 +0000
Malacañang on Tuesday backed the PCCO’s decision to send officials to Europe and its conduct of the “press freedom caravan.”
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 06:09:31 +0000
The NBI said it will investigate the conduct of some of its personnel during the arrest of Rappler chief executive officer Maria Ressa.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 23:24:03 +0000
Two lawmakers on Monday questioned why the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO), after ignoring international criticism of the killings in President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs, suddenly felt the need to tour Europe to explain the state of press freedom in the Philippines. Reports said the PCOO would hold a “press freedom caravan” to discuss […]
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 23:22:14 +0000
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) on Monday said the government’s persecution of news website Rappler and its CEO, Maria Ressa, underscored the urgent need to decriminalize libel.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 11:15:36 +0000
The PCCO said the press freedom caravan in Europe is not to solely to explain to the European media the case against Rappler’s Maria Ressa.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2019 23:42:43 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Former TV journalist Jiggy Manicad believes that libel should remain as a crime. “Dapat pong krimen siya para wala pong pang-aabuso sa hanay nating mamamahayag,” he said when asked, during a senatorial debate Sunday night, whether or not libel should stay as a crime or not. Malacañang accused Ressa of “abusing” her […]
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2019 21:37:46 +0000
The government has dispatched a “press freedom caravan” to make the European media understand the “real nature” of the cyberlibel case of Rappler chief executive officer Maria Ressa who said the law was being weaponized against critics of President Rodrigo Duterte.
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2019 23:18:14 +0000
When National Bureau of Investigation agents came to arrest her on Wednesday, CEO Maria Ressa of the online news site Rappler maintained a measured smile.
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