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Palace: Ressa’s Nobel win proof PH press is free

Three days after journalist and government critic Maria Ressa won the Nobel Peace Prize, the Palace issued a terse statement saying her achievement was...

US voices alarm for press freedom in Bangladesh

The United States on Tuesday voiced alarm over what it called a deteriorating climate for press freedom in Bangladesh, which has increasingly made use...

Presidential election: a cavalcade of ambitious personalities: Part II

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CHR to discuss media safety, press freedom mechanism

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Embattled Philippine journalist wins UN press prize

The UN's cultural agency on Tuesday awarded its annual press freedom prize to Philippine journalist Maria Ressa whose reporting has made her a target...

Malaysian news site hit with huge fine amid press freedom fears

Putrajaya—A leading Malaysian news site was fined $120,000 Friday over readers’ comments that criticised the judiciary, sparking concerns about worsening press freedom and claims...

Drone law in Hungary stifles reporting, journalists say

When Hungarian journalist Gabi Horn was called in by police last October about her investigative news site’s drone footage of a business tycoon’s estate,...

A timely reminder on press freedom

Dr. Georgina R. Encanto’s book The Community Press and Its Revolutionary Tradition (2019) comes at the right time, unfortunately when throughout the country there...

Vietnam opens press museum

Undeterred by its dismal ranking in media freedom and grim reputation for jailing reporters who stray from the government line, Vietnam has launched a...

3 of 4 Filipinos want ABS-CBN to reopen–poll

A Social Weather Stations survey found that three out of four Filipinos, or 75 percent of those polled, favored renewing ABS-CBN's franchise, and over...

Ressa is no press freedom martyr

"She is enjoying the attention too much."     I am not amused at all at those who profess to have bleeding hearts for Rappler chief executive...

Malacanang resents US remarks on Ressa ruling

The Palace said Wednesday it was unhappy over what it described as US interference in the case of journalist Maria Ressa, who was convicted...

Incongruous

"That sends chills down our spine." In a genuinely democratic society, citizens can express their sentiment about the government and its leaders, without fear of...

Rappler exec faces 6 years in jail for libel

Journalist Maria Ressa was convicted Monday of cyber libel and faces up to six years behind bars in a case that watchdogs say marks...
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