Manila court defers arraignment of Ressa, co-accused for cyberlibel

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2019 06:50:21 +0000

The Manila Regional Trial Court has deferred the arraignment of Rappler CEO Maria Ressa and co-accused former reporter Reynaldo Santos.

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Court defers Maria Ressa arraignment for cyberlibel

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2019 03:07:59 +0000

  THE court hearing the cyberlibel charge of Rappler chief Maria Ressa has postponed the arraignment pending her motion to quash. Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 46 gave the prosecution,…READ

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Palace: President has no links with Rappler chief’s accuser

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 12:08:06 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang on Monday said President Rodrigo Duterte has no links with the businessman who filed a cyberlibel case against Rappler chief executive officer and journalist Maria Ressa.

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‘It’s just unfortunate that she’s a member of the media’ – Enrile on Ressa

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2019 11:48:21 +0000

‘It’s just unfortunate that she’s a member of the media’ – Enrile on Ressa

“It’s just unfortunate that she’s a member of the media,” former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile said on Saturday when asked to comment about the arrest of Rappler chief executive officer Maria Ressa for cyberlibel.

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Duterte: I don’t know about Ressa’s arrest

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2019 23:20:10 +0000

Duterte: I don’t know about Ressa’s arrest

President Duterte has distanced himself from the cyberlibel case of Rappler CEO Maria Ressa that had led to her arrest, saying he had nothing to do with it.

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Maria Ressa’s accuser: ‘I am not being used by Philippine gov’t’

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2019 07:51:47 +0000

This was what Wilfredo Keng, the businessman who filed a complaint against Rappler chief executive Maria Ressa, said on Friday amid the uproar on Ressa’s arrest over a cyberlibel charge

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Cyberlibel complainant ‘grateful’ to DOJ, fighting Rappler ‘to very end’

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 21:34:38 +0000

In a statement issued by his lawyers, businessman Wilfredo Keng said he was “deeply grateful” that Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutors decided to file the case in court.

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Ressa arrest sparks int’l outrage

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 21:32:00 +0000

Ressa arrest sparks int’l outrage

Ressa was arrested in her Pasig City office late on Wednesday but was ordered freed on P100,000 bail by the Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) on Thursday morning.

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Duterte: I don’t know businessman who filed case vs Maria Ressa

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 15:12:58 +0000

SAN JOSE DEL MONTE CITY, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday denied that he knows the businessman who filed a cyberlibel case against Rappler  Chief Executive Officer Maria Ressa.

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