30. October 2023 | Freedom of Press, Human Rights News
“Today we celebrate the triumph of facts over politics,” the online news magazine Rappler wrote in a statement about the recent acquittal of charges of alleged tax evasion against Maria Ressa and her company Rappler Holdings Corporation (RHC). The...
18. July 2023 | Disinformation, Freedom of Press, Human Rights News
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced on June 19, 2023, that he would launch a media and information education campaign to combat disinformation. Philippine fact-checking platform Tsek.ph recorded that Marcos benefited from the rapid spread of misinformation,...
26. June 2023 | Freedom of Press, Human Rights News
Radio journalist Crescenciano Bunduquin was found shot by two unidentified persons on motorcycles in Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro on May 31, 2023. Bunduquin succumbed to his bullet wounds and died on the way to the hospital. He is the third murdered journalist under...
22. May 2023 | Freedom of Press, Human Rights News
Shortly after the 30th International Press Freedom Day, the Philippine Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) reported 75 cases of abuse against media workers since the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. In the international ranking on “press...
13. February 2023 | Freedom of Press, Human Rights News, Internal Affairs
After nine years in prison, following a Supreme Court ruling, former aide of the Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Jessica “Gigi” Reyes was released from prison on January 19, 2023. Reyes was involved in a multi-billion-dollar corruption scandal...
23. January 2023 | Disinformation, Freedom of Press, Human Rights News, News
“Today, facts win. Truth wins. Justice wins,” said Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Rappler-CEO, Maria Ressa, after a court acquitted her and her online news portal of four tax evasion charges on January 18, 2023. The acquittal reduces the open court cases...
