Tag: Rappler
Philippine court strikes down order to shut online news site Rappler
By Gerard Carreon in Manila
An appeals court has struck down a 2018 government order that sought to shut down Rappler, an online Philippine news...
‘Today, facts win, truth wins, justice wins’, says Ressa over court...
By Lian Buan in Manila
The Philippines’ Court of Tax Appeals has acquitted Nobel laureate Maria Ressa and Rappler Holdings Corporation (RHC) of four...
Ressa ‘disappointed’ over failed appeal and ongoing harassment in Philippine cyber...
By Jairo Bolledo in Manila
The Philippines Court of Appeals has denied the motion for reconsideration filed by Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Rappler CEO...
How Philippine ‘press freedom’ has been abandoned under ‘Bongbong’ Marcos
ANALYSIS: By Danilo Arana Arao in Manila
Upon assuming the Philippines presidency on 30 June 2022, Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr -- the only son and...
Not over: Young generations wage fight to protect Martial Law memories
Jairo Bolledo in Manila
Karl Patrick Suyat, 19, has no personal experience of the tyrannical rule of late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos. But memories of...
Philippine police arrest ex-VP social justice candidate Bello for cyber libel
By Jairo Bolledo of Rappler in Manila
Former Philippines vice-presidential candidate and Laban ng Masa chairperson Walden Bello has been arrested for two counts of...
Nobel laureate Maria Ressa calls for journalists to fight ‘Devil’s megaphone’
East-West Center
Nobel Peace Prize laureate and press freedom champion Maria Ressa wasn’t intending to make breaking news when she planned her keynote address at...
Stand with Rappler, defend press freedom in Philippines
EDITORIAL: By the Rappler team
We will continue bringing you the news, holding the powerful to account for their actions and decisions, calling attention to...
Rappler ordered to shut down by Philippines government, says Ressa
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Nobel Peace Prize laureate and journalist Maria Ressa says that the Philippine government has ordered her news organisation Rappler to shut...
Duterte ‘institutionalised’ disinformation, paved the way for a Marcos victory
By Loreben Tuquero in Manila
On social media, Ferdinand Marcos Jr needed to have all pieces in place to stage a Malacañang comeback: he had...
Killing as policy: Duterte’s bloody drug war that Marcos will inherit
By Jodesz Gavilan in Manila
A birth of a child usually draws out changes from people. Parents, and even grandparents, recreate themselves in a bid...
After election defeat, Robredo to lead ‘biggest volunteer movement in Philippine...
By Mara Cepeda in Manila
Philippine Vice-President Leni Robredo will not allow the massive, volunteer-led movement she inspired in the 2022 presidential elections to just...
Philippines forgets history and sells its soul for another Marcos
COMMENTARY: By David Robie
Sadly, the Philippines has sold its soul. Thirty six years ago a People Power revolution ousted the dictator Ferdinand Marcos after...
36 years after ousting dictator Marcos, Filipinos elect son as president
By Lian Buan in Manila
With 94.23 percent of precincts already accounted for, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr, the only son and namesake of the late...
Millions of Filipinos troop to the polls to decide Duterte’s successor
Rappler's Livestream coverage of the elections.
By Dwight de Leon in Manila
The Philippines will decide today the successor to President Rodrigo Duterte in Malacañang as...
Media watchdogs slam 16 new legal complaints against Ressa, Rappler
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Ahead of national elections in the Philippines next month, the state has stepped up its attacks on Nobel Peave laureate Maria...
Nobel laureate Ressa: How the information ecosystem has been poisoned
By Bea Cupin in Manila
Journalist and publisher Maria Ressa has called on tech and social media giants to practise “enlightened self-interest” amid a global...
Media advocates tell of struggle for ‘survival and truth’ at Asia-Pacific...
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Journalists and journalism are waging a global struggle for survival and for “truth” against fake news and alternative facts, say two...
Rappler chief editor and Asia-Pacific media keynotes at ‘pandemic’ forum
By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia Pacific Report
A Filipina journalist who cut her teeth as a young reporter in the Marcos dictatorship years and now...
After winning Nobel, Maria Ressa allowed to travel to US for...
By Lian Buan in Manila
The Philippine Court of Appeals (CA) has finally granted overseas travel to Rappler CEO and Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa, who...
Rappler’s Maria Ressa, Russia’s Dmitry Muratov win 2021 Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2021 announced in Oslo today. Video: Rappler livestream
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Rappler chief executive Maria Ressa of the Philippines and...
Pandora Papers: Mystery names hold bulk of Philippine-linked offshore accounts
By Ralf Rivas in Manila
More than 900 individuals and companies linked to the Philippines have figured in millions of files on offshore accounts leaked...