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OCT
12
2021

Recto: Senate should bestow award on Ressa

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said he will vote for the grant of the Senate Medal of Excellence to Nobel laureate Maria Ressa. Ms. Ressa’s Nobel satisfies all the conditions in the Senate resolution governing the conferment of the Senate honor, according to Recto. “But
JUN
17
2020

On the “cyber libel” conviction of Maria Ressa

I wish Maria Ressa victory on her appeal and hope that her conviction will be overturned. That is also the clarity the nation wants to see in the application and interpretation of a law with ambiguities and frightening consequences on our freedom. Democracy thrives when truth can