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'Press freedom caravan' ng PCOO sa Europa, binatikos

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 20 12:54 AM

Umani ng batikos ang umano'y press caravan ng Presidential Communications Operations Office o PCOO sa Europa. Read more »

Palace communications official says he's against criminal libel

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 19 10:47 PM

An official of the Presidential Communications Office believes the arrest of Rappler chief Maria Ressa for cyber libel was done in bad taste. Read more »

Duterte has no ties with Ressa's libel accuser: Palace

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 18 04:46 PM

Malacañang said Monday President Rodrigo Duterte had no ties with a businessman who filed a cyber libel case against news website Rappler chief Maria Ressa. Read more »

Poe, Pangilinan question Palace info drive in Europe

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 18 04:33 PM

At least 2 senators on Monday questioned the plan of Malacañang's communications group to mount in Europe an information campaign about the arrest of Rappler chief Maria Ressa and other issues related to Philippine press freedom.  Read more »

Palace: Ressa 'walking testament' of press freedom

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 18 11:58 AM

Rappler chief Maria Ressa is a "walking testament" that press freedom remains vibrant in the country, Malacañang said Monday following criticism that her arrest is meant to stifle opposition. Read more »

Libel should stay as a crime, says Senate bet Jiggy Manicad

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 18 11:09 AM

Libel should stay as a crime in the Philippines to keep media practitioners on their toes, former broadcast journalist Jiggy Manicad said Sunday. Read more »

Libel a harassment tool that must be decriminalized, says professor

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 18 09:56 AM

Libel has been used to "harass" journalists and should be decriminalized, a member of the academe said Sunday following the arrest of Rappler chief Maria Ressa. Read more »

ALAMIN: Kailan maituturing na 'mapanira' ang isang artikulo?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 16 08:33 PM

Ano nga ba ang basehan para sabihin na "libelous" o mapanira ang isang artikulo? Read more »

Maria Ressa: 6 arrest warrants in 2 months 'not regular'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 16 07:28 PM

MANILA - Rappler chief Maria Ressa on Saturday said she believes she is getting "special treatment" from the government as she has had to post bail for six times in 2 months, which she said is "not regular." Read more »

'Not martyrdom': NPC says Ressa arrest 'done in bad taste' but not harassment

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 16 11:35 AM

MANILA - News website Rappler chief Maria Ressa's arrest over cyber liber charges was "done in bad taste" but was not an act of political harassment, the National Press Club (NPC) said Friday. Read more »

Mga mamamahayag, kinondena ang pag-aresto kay Rappler CEO Maria Ressa

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 16 04:12 AM

Nagsama-sama ang iba't ibang grupo ng mga mamamahayag para kondenahin ang pag-aresto kay Rappler CEO Maria Ressa. Read more »

Palace: Ressa wants special treatment

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 15 04:40 PM

MANILA - Malacañang on Friday accused Rappler chief Maria Ressa of seeking special treatment after the veteran journalist decried the government’s “abuse of power” in taking her into custody over a cyber libel charge. Read more »

Maria Ressa slams government's 'abuse of power,' rights violation in arrest

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 15 08:15 PM

Journalist Maria Ressa on Friday said there were anomalies in the warrant of arrest served against her earlier this week over a cyber libel charge and these violated her rights. Read more »

Pag-aresto kay Rappler CEO Maria Ressa, kinondena

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 15 01:25 AM

Giit nila, paraan ito ng panggigipit ng administrasyong Duterte at pag-atake sa malayang pamamahayag sa bansa. Read more »

Rappler's case stirs discussion on PH cybercrime prevention law

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 15 12:28 AM

The arrest of Rappler chief Maria Ressa raised certain questions.  Read more »

ALAMIN: Bakit kontrobersiyal ang kasong cyber libel

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 14 10:08 PM

Pinaparusahan sa cyber libel ang paglathala ng mapanirang pahayag o akusasyon gamit ang computer at ibang kahalintuhad na device gaya ng cellphone. Read more »

Duterte washes hands of Ressa’s cyber libel case

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 14 11:44 PM

BULACAN (UPDATE) - President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday denied any involvement in the cyber libel case filed against veteran journalist and Rappler chief Maria Ressa.  Read more »

Ressa's libel accuser not connected to Duterte, says lawyer

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 14 07:46 PM

Businessman Wilfredo Keng is not "in any way" connected to President Rodrigo Duterte and his administration, one of his legal counsels said Thursday following the arrest of Rappler chief Maria Ressa. Read more »

OPINION: Maria Ressa’s case rams home lesson on unintended consequences

Inday Espina-Varona -- scaRRedcat
Updated as of Feb 16 04:08 AM

The Duterte regime is the one persecuting journalists today. But let us not forget the roots of today’s outrage. Read more »

Maria Ressa to question cyber libel charge in court, lawyer says

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 14 05:28 PM

Rappler CEO Maria Ressa would question in court the cyber libel case filed against her, her said Thursday.    Read more »