Maria Ressa

Manila trial court Judge Rainelda Estacio-Montesa has turned down the appeal of Rappler executive Maria Ressa and former reasercher-writer Reynaldo Santos Jr. to overturn their cyber libel conviction.

Three hundred employees of ABS-CBN lost their jobs in a day in 2005, no thanks to Rappler founder and chief executive officer Maria Ressa.

Malacañang has accused Rappler CEO and executive editor Maria Ressa of “playing the victim card” in her recent comment about the closure of ABS-CBN after a House panel denied its bid for a broadcast franchise.

Compiling evidence against veteran journalist Maria Ressa, editor and CEO of news website Rappler, is part of President Rodrigo Duterte’s job, his spokesman said.

President Rodrigo Duterte has accused Rappler CEO Maria Ressa of being a fraud and threatened to expose her.

BBC journalist Stephen Sackur shot down Rappler chief executive officer Maria Ressa’s claim that press freedom is under attack while President Rodrigo Duterte is in power, saying her company continues to exist.

Wilfredo Keng, the businessman who sued Rappler chief executive officer Maria Ressa for libel, was invited to invest P100 million in the online news company shortly before it republished the damaging article against him.

When a Philippine court on June 15 convicted journalist Maria Ressa, executive editor of the online news site Rappler, for cyber libel, criticisms from both the local and international fronts were quick and cutting.

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro “Teddyboy” Locsin Jr. has advised Rappler chief executive officer Maria Ressa to appeal her cyber libel conviction to a higher court instead of playing victim on social media.

No less than former Supreme Court Chief Justice Artemio Panganiban has found Rappler’s 2012 article linking businessman Wilfredo Keng to human trafficking and drug smuggling libelous.

Acclaimed writer Katrina Stuart Santiago scoffs at Rappler’s claim it’s an independent media entity.

Acclaimed writer Katrina Stuart Santiago isn’t buying Rappler chief executive officer Maria Ressa’s claim that her cyber libel conviction is an attack on press freedom.

Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Undersecretary Lorraine Badoy has accused a ranking official of St. Scholastica’s College (SSC) of ties with the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and New People’s Army (NPA) after…

Rappler founder and chief executive officer Maria Ressa wants to drag other Philippine media companies into her legal woes as she seeks to generate public sympathy after her conviction for cyber libel.

Journalists need to “be careful” when reporting, Malacañang said as it stressed on the importance of fact-checking.

The United States’ (US) criticism on the guilty verdict given to veteran journalist Maria Ressa does not sit well with Malacañang.

The cyber libel conviction of Rappler's Chief Executive Officer Maria Ressa was a case of “bad journalism” and “bad lawyering,” Malacañang said.

Rappler didn’t publish a clarificatory article clearing businessman Wilfredo Keng of involvement in drug smuggling because it didn’t trust the certification issued in his favor by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA).

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque believes Rappler executive editor Maria Angelita Ressa got what she wanted when she and former writer Rey Santos were convicted of cyber libel.

An administrator of St. Scholastica’s College (SSC) has expressed dismay with the judge who convicted Rappler founder and chief executive officer Maria Ressa of cyber libel.

Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) President Domingo Egon Cayosa on Tuesday (June 16) believes the rights of Filipinos will to freedom of expression remains intact.

Department of Justice (DOJ) Undersecretary Markk Perete on Tuesday (June 16) said the the cyberlibel conviction Rappler executive editor Maria Ressa and its former researcher-writer Reynaldo Santos Jr. is not the first in the country.

ABS-CBN broadcaster Korina Sanchez Roxas is rallying behind embattled Rappler head Maria Ressa. In an Instagram post, Korina listed five reasons why she is supporting fellow journalist and former ABS-CBN network news boss following her…

A Manila court has found malice in Rappler’s refusal to post the side of the businessman it accused of human trafficking and drug smuggling despite his repeated attempts to correct the article about him.