Rappler CEO Maria Ressa has been released on bail after being arrested on charges linked to the anti-dummy law against securities fraud. Like clockwork, Ressa’s rich and powerful friends on the international liberal media circuit began posting articles and social media updates which decried a supposed “lack of press freedom” […]
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Those Complaining About a Lack of “Press Freedom” in The Philippines Insult The Intelligence of The Civilised World
After a visit to Singapore, Rappler CEO Maria Ressa is currently in San Francisco where she’ll almost certainly be meeting with powerful and very rich friends from America’s Silicon Valley tech industry. Even though Ressa is set to face trial on charges of cyber-libel against Filipino businessman Wilfredo Keng, this […]
Philippine Justice Remains Independent in Spite of External Pressures
Filipino journalist and former diplomat Rigoberto Tiglao has exposed the extent to which the website Rappler has been funded and aided by foreigners and foreign entities. Specifically, Rappler’s funding from the controversial Omidyar Network helps one to ascertain that Rappler’s agenda is influenced as much by its foreign benefactors as […]
Maria Ressa vs. Nas Daily: Why The Young and Old See Today’s Philippines Differently
Throughout this week, journalist and former diplomat Rigoberto Tiglao has exposed several major truths about Rappler CEO Maria Ressa and her quest to defame Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, his supporters and the modern Philippines as a whole. First, Tiglao exposed how Ressa is an American who only got a passport […]
Duterte is Fighting Super-Rich Media Barons on Behalf Not Just of Filipinos, But of Free People Everywhere
After confirming that Rappler CEO Maria Ressa is a US citizen who only became a citizen of The Philippines as recently as 2004, journalist and former diplomat Rigoberto Tiglao has authored a detailed piece which paints a substantial timeline of Ressa’s career in broadcast and print media. One of the […]
Ressa’s American Citizenship Isn’t a Problem - But Her Hypocrisy is an Enormous Problem
In politics, it is fashionable to accuse an opponent with duel citizenship of having mixed loyalties and whilst this is certainly true in some cases, in other cases, having multiple nationalities can broaden one’s political horizons. In the best of all possible circumstances, someone with more than one nationality who […]
When Rappler Lied
When Rappler decided to tell lies about me Was that a sign that the press was free? Did they celebrate when the punished the words That contained false allegations most absurd? Did they realise they were endangering my life At the hands of gangsters with poisons, guns and knives? Did […]
With The Old Regime Collapsing - Now is The Time For The Philippines to Adopt a New Parliamentary Model
The moment that Rodrigo Roa Duterte won the 2016 Presidential election in The Philippines, it became clear that the Filipino people had collectively said “out with the old and in with the new”. Since then, the political leaders and corporate media supporters of the old regime have continually embarrassed themselves, […]
The Philippine Press Freedom Smokescreen is a Rich Person’s Game - This is Why Ordinary Filipinos Rally For Duterte
The deeply controversial CEO of the Philippine website Rappler, Maria Ressa has just been issued with a warrant of arrest stemming from charges of cyber libel. This is of course not the first time that Ressa has been on the wrong side of the law, but it does give her […]
Myth Busting Rappler’s Latest Scandal
On 12 February, a judge issued an arrest warrant for Rappler CEO Maria Ressa, in relation to charges of a criminal act of cyber libel. Ressa’s subsequent arrest has caused many false interpretations of the realities on the ground to be proffered throughout international media. Here are the facts of the situation: […]