PHILIPPINES: Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, less than a year removed from receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for her work to safeguard free speech, is currently fighting to avoid jail time while her news site Rappler faces possible closure. A strong critic of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte and his bloody drug campaign, the intrepid veteran reporter refuses to be intimidated …

Philippines – Press freedom is vital to a country’s majority rule government, President Duterte shared it as certain areas scrutinized what they called the editing of columnists under his organization. In a video welcoming for the fifth commemoration of the Presidential Task Force on Media Security, Duterte referred to the job of the body in ensuring the opportunity and privileges …

Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration applauded writer Maria Ressa on Monday for receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, describing it as “a victory for a Filipina.” Ressa, the creator of the Philippine news site Rappler, along with Dmitry Muratov received the 2021 award for risking the wrath of the Philippines and Russia’s governments in order to expose corruption and misrule. …

Philippines – The Senate will choose in November whether to give the chamber’s most elevated acknowledgment set up to grant Filipino beneficiaries of five lofty honors, including the Nobel Prize to columnist Maria Ressa, the country’s first Nobel Peace Prize victor. The Philippine Senate Medal of Excellence was set up by officials in September for “meriting Filipinos for setting the …

A Makati court has excused the cyberlibel charge against Rappler CEO Maria Ressa after financial specialist Wilfredo Keng, private complainant, moved for the excusal of the case. In a one-page request on Tuesday, the Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 148 conceded the Manifestation with Motion recorded by private investigators of Keng, under the oversight of Senior Assistant City Prosecutor Victor …

MANILA – Rappler CEO Maria Ressa and a former researcher has been convicted by the Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 46 of violating Republic Act 10175 or the Cybercrime Prevention Act specifically for cyber libel. The CEO and Executive Editor and former researcher Reynaldo Santos Jr. was found guilty of cyber libel and sentenced them to six months and …