Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 15:12:58 +0000
SAN JOSE DEL MONTE CITY, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday denied that he knows the businessman who filed a cyberlibel case against Rappler Chief Executive Officer Maria Ressa.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 12:33:59 +0000
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. has expressed support for Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Maria Ressa’s arrest.
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 12:30:36 +0000
Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday encouraged media organizations in the country to remain “firm and fair” in their reporting despite the seeming “harassment” against Rappler chief executive officer Maria Ressa.
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Read moreCredit to Author: acerojano| Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 10:38:40 +0000
Rappler’s Reynaldo Santos Jr. wrote on May 29, 2012 that then embattled Chief Justice Renato Corona was using a sports utility vehicle (SUV) owned by a businessman.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 10:23:55 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – The camp of Rappler Chief Executive Officer Maria Ressa will ask the Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) to dismiss the cyberlibel case filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) .
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 09:11:59 +0000
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has denied claims that the arrest of Rappler chief executive Maria Ressa is an attack against press freedom.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 09:10:48 +0000
A free press helps guard government institutions, and attempts to silence and intimidate watchdogs may have a chilling effect on press freedom, Sen. Grace Poe warned.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 07:28:24 +0000
The US Embassy in the Philippines on Thursday said it was hoping for a speedy resolution of a cyber libel case filed against Rappler’s chief Maria Ressa.
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 07:03:54 +0000
The National Press Club in Negros Occidental has denounced the arrest of Rappler chief executive officer Maria Ressa for violating the law that was passed before the alleged offense was committed.
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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 06:18:19 +0000
Rappler chief executive Maria Ressa retaliated at Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Thursday, saying she has the right to hold him accountable for the cyber libel case filed against her.
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