Maria Ressa

WASHINGTON DC — “No justice, no peace, stop the killings in the Philippines!” Their loud chants filled the historic Hart Senate office building atrium – where some of the biggest and consequential protests in Washington DC’s...

WASHINGTON DC — From the east coast to the west, hundreds of Filipino activists and their allies trooped to the nation’s capital to send a loud message to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. A die-in protest at...

SAN FRANCISCO — Fil-Am journalist Maria Ressa, co-founder and CEO of Rappler, has been preaching for the protection of press freedom. She and her newsgroup have been a favorite target of attacks by President Rodrigo Duterte and his...

DALY CITY, CA — Filipinos gathered at the Pilipino Bayanihan Resource Center in Daly City to hear a statement from Rappler CEO and chief editor Maria Ressa regarding press freedom and democracy in the Philippines. Recently, Ressa...

LOS ANGELES — This weekend marked the anniversary of the EDSA People Power Resolution, and as U.S.-based activists are continuing the fight. LA Filipinos marked the anniversary of the 1986 EDSA Revolution by holding a forum on...

PHILIPPINES — Rappler chief Maria Ressa’s arrest over alleged “cyber-libel” charges in the Philippines on Wednesday reverberated around the globe. The New York Times’ headline: Maria Ressa, Philippine journalist critical of Rodrigo Duterte, is released after arrest....

by CHRISTINE SANTOS, ABS-CBN News Toronto Prior to her Philippine Dept. of Justice, indictment, Rappler CEO and chief editor Maria Ressa made a recent visit to Canada, and gave a talk on the state of democracy in the...