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Rappler boss Maria Ressa in court for cyber libel verdict

Trishia Billones, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 15 09:16 AM

Rappler CEO Maria Ressa arrived in court Monday for the verdict in a cyber libel case that her supporters said would be a test to the country's justice system. Read more »

Libel verdict due for Maria Ressa, journalist critical of Duterte

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 15 06:44 AM

MANILA - Journalist Maria Ressa faces a possible prison sentence when the verdict in her libel trial is handed down Monday in a case she and watchdogs say is aimed at silencing critics of President Rodrigo Duterte.  Read more »

The ANC Brief: Verdict on Maria Ressa

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 15 07:56 AM

Today, a Manila court will hand down its decision on the cyberlibel case against Rappler CEO Maria Ressa and others. Here are the stories making the headlibes on ANC today.   Read more »

Maria Ressa iginiit na panggigipit ang kasong cyberlibel laban sa kaniya

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 14 06:55 PM

Nakatakdang ilabas ang pasya sa kasong cyberlibel laban kay Maria Ressa sa Lunes. Read more »

Cyberlibel vs Ressa, di raw tungkol sa press freedom ayon sa nagreklamo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 14 06:40 PM

Giit ng kampo ni Keng, ang kaso laban kay Maria Ressa ay tungkol sa pananagutan at hindi sa press freedom. Read more »

How correcting a typo got Maria into trouble: The cyberlibel case vs Rappler

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 14 09:56 PM

Here is everything you need to know about the cyberlibel case versus Rappler, Maria Ressa and Reynaldo Santos, Jr. Read more »

Amal Clooney on Maria Ressa’s upcoming cyber-libel verdict — World, US will be watching

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 14 12:34 PM

In an op-ed piece published on the Washington Post on Friday, Clooney said the way Ressa’s case is handled will be “a signal of what lies ahead.” Read more »

‘I’m ready’: Maria Ressa braces for worst ahead of cyberlibel case verdict

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 13 11:08 PM

Veteran journalist Maria Ressa said she is bracing for the worst outcome that could put her years behind bars, ahead of a Manila court's verdict on Monday on a cyberlibel charge. Read more »

BALIKAN: Cybercrime case na isinampa laban kay Maria Ressa

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 13 07:36 PM

Sa Lunes nakatakdang ibaba ang hatol kay Rappler CEO Maria Ressa at isang dati nitong empleyado kaugnay ng cyber-libel case na isinampa ng isang negosyante Read more »

The 3-minute review: This docu is a compelling portrait of fearless journalism under threat

ANCX
Updated as of Jun 13 12:39 PM

The filmmaker who brought us Imelda profiles embattled journalist Maria Ressa and gains access not just to the inner workings of her news org, but also to the 2019 campaigns of Mocha Uson, “Bato” dela Rosa and Samira Gutoc. By ANDREW PAREDES  Read more »

Documentary on Maria Ressa to be streamed for 24 hours this Independence Day

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 12 01:30 PM

The PBS investigative documentary series "Frontline" is streaming "A Thousand Cuts," which features Rappler chief Maria Ressa, for free this Independence Day.  Read more »

Verdict on Maria Ressa, Rappler cyberlibel case out on June 15

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 01 06:37 PM

A Manila court is set to release the verdict in the cyberlibel case against news outfit Rappler, its CEO Maria Ressa and former researcher Reynaldo Santos, Jr. on June 15.   Read more »

OPINION: Duterte’s anti-communist task force intensifies red-baiting

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Updated as of May 24 02:03 AM

At this time when the people are still preoccupied with the dreaded Covid-19, President Duterte’s anti-communist insurgency group, NTF-ELCAC, is adding to the fear and confusion with red-baiting. Read more »

Panelo twits Maria Ressa's inclusion in TIME's most influential women of the century

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 06 07:59 PM

Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo took a swipe on news website Rappler chief Maria Ressa on Friday following her inclusion in TIME Magazine's 100 Most Influential Women of the century. Read more »

US Senate passes resolution urging White House to sanction De Lima jailers

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 10 12:32 PM

The US Senate passed on Thursday passed a resolution calling on President Donald Trump to impose sanctions on Philippine government officials who are supposedly behind the detention of Sen. Leila de Lima. Read more »

US senator tells PH gov't: Give De Lima fair, public trial

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 29 03:39 PM

US Sen. Patrick Leahy on Sunday told Philippine government to release detained Sen. Leila de Lima and provide her a fair and public trial instead of "irrationally threatening" to deny visas to Americans.   Read more »

'Outrageous': Palace slams 'intrusive' US Senate resolution backing De Lima, Ressa

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 14 06:38 PM

US Senate Resolution 142 read that De Lima is "a prisoner of conscience, detained solely on account of her political views and the legitimate exercise of her freedom of expression." It also described Ressa's past arrest as "part of a pattern of 'weaponizing the rule of law' to repress independent media." Read more »

U2 pays tribute to PH women, dedicates 'Ultra Violet' to Maria Ressa

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 12 02:55 PM

Popular rock band U2 dedicated "Ultra Violet (Light My Way)" to outstanding women who "rewrite history" including Pia Cayetano, Lea Salonga, former president Corazon Aquino, Mother of Philippine Revolution Melchora Aquino and Rappler CEO and executive editor Maria Ressa. Read more »

US Senate committee passes resolution backing De Lima, Ressa

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 13 05:35 AM

MANILA (3rd UPDATE)—A US Senate committee has passed a resolution calling for the release of Sen. Leila de Lima and the dropping of charges against Rappler boss Maria Ressa, its proponents said Tuesday. Read more »

Court dismisses another Rappler, Ressa plea to junk cyberlibel raps

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 20 12:10 PM

A Manila court has dismissed another appeal of news site Rappler, its chief Maria Ressa and former researcher Reynaldo Santos Jr. to dismiss the cyberlibel case filed against them by businessman Wilfredo Keng. Read more »