Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 19:54:00 +0000
Broadcast journalist Christiane Amanpour of CNN has called out what she said as a desperate move of the Philippine government as she urged President Rodrigo Duterte to free veteran journalist Maria Ressa.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 17:55:45 +0000
The arrest of Rappler chief executive officer Maria Ressa on Wednesday appears to be an action of “a bully government,” according to the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP).
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 16:17:10 +0000
“No one is above the law,” Malacañang said Wednesday after the National Bureau of Investigation arrested Rappler chief executive officer Maria Ressa over a cyberlibel case.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 16:00:13 +0000
Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday slammed as “a big blow to press freedom” the arrest of Rappler’s chief executive Maria Ressa over a cyberlibel case.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 14:12:56 +0000
Rappler CEO Maria Ressa will spend the night at the NBI office after a night court refused to accept bail for her cyber libel case.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 14:00:49 +0000
Rappler slammed the arrest of its chief executive officer, Maria Ressa, for cyberlibel, saying it would not intimidate their reportage.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 13:42:58 +0000
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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Read moreCredit to Author: eestopace| Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 13:28:00 +0000
After her arrest Wednesday, Rappler’s CEO Maria Ressa said no amount of criminal case or black propaganda can silence Filipino journalists.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 12:08:00 +0000
Senator Francis Pangilinan slammed the arrest of veteran journalist Maria Ressa as he urged the public to stand on the side of the truth.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 10:33:24 +0000
Rappler’s Chief Executive Officer Maria Ressa was arrested inside her news agency’s headquarters in Pasig City on Wednesday.
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