Dizon: ‘Maria Ressa’s award underscores one of the biggest challenges of our times’

Dyrecka Letigio 10/14/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa of Rappler should be an example of how press freedom must be protected at all cost. This was the statement of Cebu City Councilor Alvin Dizon in…

Beyond color lines

Anna Cristina Tuazon - @inquirerdotnet 10/13/2021

Filipinos have a vision problem. They only seem to see only two colors at a time. Everything they see and read are filtered through this bi-color lens. They impose a color on a person and even when…

Journalists Ressa of PH, Muratov of Russia win Nobel Peace Prize

Philippine Daily Inquirer 10/09/2021

OSLO — Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia, journalists whose work has angered authorities in their countries, were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, honoring the right to free speech which remains…

Rappler case highlights decline of press freedoms globally

AP 06/16/2020

NEW YORK — The conviction of Maria Ressa and a former Rappler reporter for libel is a blow to press freedom and comes as media watchdogs track declines in press freedoms and democratic institutions around the world.…

Manila Court finds Rappler’s Maria Ressa, writer guilty of cyber libel

Tetch Torres-Tupas - INQUIRER.net 06/15/2020

MANILA, Philippines – Manila Regional Trial Court Judge Rainelda Estacio-Montesa has found Rappler’s Executive Editor and CEO Maria Ressa and former researcher-writer Reynaldo Santos Jr. guilty of violating Republic Act 10175 or the Cybercrime Prevention Act specifically…

US Senate panel OKs resolution: Free De Lima, drop charges vs Maria Ressa

Christia Marie Ramos 12/12/2019

MANILA, Philippines — A US Senate panel has approved a resolution urging the Philippine government to free detained Senator Leila de Lima and drop all charges against Rappler CEO Maria Ressa. US Senator Ed Markey, who filed…

Rappler’s Ressa posts P60k bail after voluntary surrender

Inquirer.net 12/03/2018

Rappler chief executive officer and executive editor Maria Ressa on Monday posted bail amounting to P60,000 for her temporary liberty after a Pasig City court ordered her arrest for tax evasion. A written order issued by Pasig…

Tech has changed the way news is delivered

Marian Z. Codilla, Victor Anthony V. Silva 08/23/2014

Technology has been a game changer in journalism and most media organizations are having a hard time adapting to it, said Maria Ressa, CEO of Web-based news agency Rappler. Speaking at yesterday’s Geeks on a Beach 2…

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