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Idealist. Cynic. Pragmatist. Journalist. Author. CEO, Rappler 2021 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

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@mariaressa
Maria Ressa
5 years
Finally out. Thank you for your support! #HoldTheLine
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Good morning from Manila! "The first step in liquidating a people is to erase its memory. Destroy its books, its culture, its history. Then have somebody write new books, manufacture a new culture, invent a new history." Milan Kundera #CourageON
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4 years
Good morning from Manila! "I learned from experience that joy does not reside in the things about us, but in the very depths of the soul, that one can have it in the gloom of a dungeon as well as in the palace of a king." St. Therèse of Lisieux
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Maria Ressa
3 years
Thank you to the @NobelPrize Committee for the spotlight on journalists and our battle for facts. To my friends & family, @rapplerdotcom supporters, thank you for helping us #HoldTheLine . Please give me a few days to respond to the messages you've sent! :)
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4 years
(1/4) Good morning from Manila!! Infinite thanks to so many people. Here and around the world. I've been inundated the past few days. I'm stunned that Judge Montesa ignored the legal acrobatics that made this case possible. Our search for justice continues. #HoldTheLine
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2 years
Online violence is real world violence. Impunity online leads to impunity offline.
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2 years
Good morning from Manila! "If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality." Desmond Tutu #CourageON
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Maria Ressa
5 years
In a little over a year, 11 cases. Am posting bail fot 7th time! For being a journalist.
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5 years
@mariaressa There are now a total of 11 complaints and cases as of March 2019. #HoldTheLine #DefendPressFreedom READ:
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Maria Ressa
4 years
The irony, of course, is that the national government didn’t know how to implement so they threw it to local government. Now insecure because some are doing a good job? Focus! Get more test kits!
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Rappler
4 years
'There is only one republic here, the Republic of the Philippines, and therefore, you should abide by the directives of the national government,' says President Rodrigo Duterte. #COVID19PH #coronavirus
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2 years
This is how badly candidate Marcos wants to avoid questions from an independent reporter. At the end, you hear @lianbuan cry out in pain #CourageON
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Lian Buan
2 years
Wanting to ask a question to the presidential candidate, here is how Marcos' media officer blocks my hand and my camera as multiple bodies are put on me even as I get close to asking a question.
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2 years
Thanks for the time in Chicago, @BarackObama . Will not be able to join you @StanfordCyber - I only received court approvals from 6 of 7 charges. The randomness of violation of my rights makes me work harder! Disinformation is the bedrock of democracy’s death by a thousand cuts.
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(1/9) Maraming salamat po! Siguro naman po - para sa mga trolls ng @rapplerdotcom at mga naniwala sa mga kasinungalingan tugkol sa amin, napatunayan na po namin na hindi tax evader ang Rappler. Medyo matagal nga lang po. 4 years and 2 months pero naging tama na rin.
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Maria Ressa
4 years
On the way to court, this time for tax evasion. These political charges make me laugh. That’s all you can do when law is weaponized against journalists.
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5 years
Good late morning from Manila! "I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against." Malcolm X
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Unbelievable
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4 years
Alam niyo, nakakatawa na kayo. Pati ba iyan, mali mali. Director and producer ako ng Probe nung time na iyon. Ano ba kayo - minamata niyo ba ang PA? Ang dating PA ko sa CNN, senior international correspondent na siya.
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2 years
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.” Desmond Tutu #RIP
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Maria Ressa
4 years
4 years: spewing hate on social media, manipulating Filipinos, weaponizing the law. We call a spade a spade. Was he referring to me? Maybe the President is just seeing too much fraud from where he sits. :) #CourageON #DefendPressFreedom #HoldTheLine
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Rappler
4 years
WATCH: In a speech aired Wednesday, July 8, President Rodrigo Duterte says Rappler CEO and executive editor Maria Ressa is a 'fraud', and he is compiling information to expose the veteran journalist. He also claims he doesn't read well-written articles showing him in a bad light.
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Maria Ressa
2 years
This still makes me smile - wonderful meeting you, @LeodyManggagawa
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Maria Ressa
2 years
#JusticeForPercyLapid with his wife and 6 children, we remember #CourageON
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Maria Ressa
4 years
Thank you, dear friends, for all your well wishes, prayers, food (yummy), plants, gifts. I do feel the force is with us! And for the ones who I still have yet to meet, we've survived 4 years of attacks because of the generosity and kindness of strangers. There is so much good!
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Maria Ressa
2 years
Not a woman to be intimidated @rowena_guanzon
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Rowena Guanzon
2 years
See my ring, George Briones , meron ka nyan ? BBM did u order Briones to attack me personally while your case is pending? Atty Rodroguez are u not going to call off your dogs?
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Maria Ressa
4 years
Dear Sen @stgatchalian , what have you accomplished? Where have you shown your independence? After all, you work for the people, right? What principles and values do you stand for? How far would you go to protect them?
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Sherwin Gatchalian
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@ASCmediarisk @mariaressa Galing nito! Wala ng ibang ginawa kung hindi siraan bansa natin.
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Maria Ressa
4 years
I was speechless!
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Maria Ressa
3 years
I've been getting up at 5am since April to write before beginning each day's work. It's cathartic, horrific, and very inspiring :) #CourageON #HoldTheLine Thanks, @hollydrawsinink , for cover design & look forward to working together, @hanateraiewood !
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Maria Ressa
2 years
Good morning from Manila! "The past is full of life, eager to irritate us, provoke and insult us, tempt us to destroy or repaint it. The only reason people want to be masters of the future is to change the past." Milan Kundera
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Maria Ressa
4 years
(1/6) Information operations now moving against me, cementing "journalist=criminal." Keng's lawyers and the Palace have similar messaging: it's the media attacking a "private individual. This isn't true. Please help me spread my response below. @rapplerdotcom #CourageON
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Good morning from Manila! “The power of the people is much stronger than the people in power.” Wael Ghonim #CourageON
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Good morning from Manila! "If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail." Abraham Maslow
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Maria Ressa
3 years
I mean really?!?
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Howard Johnson
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WATCH: Rappler’s Maria Ressa appears at Makati City Hall for scheduled arraignment on 2ND cyber-libel charge. Ressa: “In which world can you go to jail for a tweet of a screen-grab of a newspaper article?”
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Maria Ressa
4 years
The House approves a holiday for the man kicked out by a people power revolt in 1986 ... who stole between $5-$10bn ... this is how we codify historical revisionism with a captured legislature.
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Rappler
4 years
JUST IN: House approves on 3rd reading bill declaring September 11 as a non-working holiday in Ilocos Norte in honor of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, to be known as "President Ferdinand Edralin Marcos Day." | via @maracepeda
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Maria Ressa
8 months
Verdict this mornimg for the 5th and final tax evasion charge. 4 larger charges were thrown out, Rappler and I acquitted in January (background)
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Maria Ressa
4 years
0 followers, 0 following. Same old lies - all wrong and laughable. I was born to Filipino parents in the PH. When you see these narratives, please help me slap them down! #CourageON #DefendPressFreedom
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@francoisnel @anneapplebaum @rapplerdotcom @mariaressa what is bad that journalist thinks they are above the law...question why an indonesian born with american citizenship journalist opted to stay in the philippines and be naturalize citizen here in my country??money??safe haven???invincibilty???wow this is tragic..
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Maria Ressa
7 years
President Duterte, you are wrong. @rapplerdotcom is 100% Filipino owned. Any leader should vet his information.
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Maria Ressa
4 years
I expected the verdict. It fits the pattern of harassment this government has used against me & other journalists. I wrote the exact moment I knew Judge Rainelda Estacio-Montesa would label me a criminal. #CourageON #HoldTheLine #DefendPressFreedom
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Lian Buan
4 years
You know the most amazing thing I saw earlier? It's @mariaressa jotting down notes as verdict was being read, as if she's not the one about to be convicted. It's her taking down notes again as Atty @TedTe spoke during presser. Always the journalist. Can never stop her.
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Overwhelmed by all the messages and editorials of support. Thank you from all of us at @rapplerdotcom ! Kapit bisig po. Let's #HoldTheLine even as the propaganda machine ramps up. Hindi nga sila natuto, no? #CourageON
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Maria Ressa
4 years
Journalism is not PR. After ASEAN nations tolerant of each other’s shortcomings publicly demanded accountability from PH, massive PR campaign emerges. We’re keeping track. Bullying, gaslighting, astroturfing only geta you so far. Accomplish your promises and accolades come.
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2 years
Good morning from Manila! "Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented." Elie Wiesel #CourageON
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Maria Ressa
3 years
Good morning from Manila! "One of the things my father taught me was you should not exclude those who are opposed to your ideas." Benigno Aquino III
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Maria Ressa
4 years
Another lie. Blatant. We all signed the case at the Supreme Court. Shameless.
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inday espina varona
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Harry Roque lied in claiming ⁦ @mariaressa ⁩ or ⁦ @rapplerdotcom ⁩ did not oppose the anti-cybercrime law .
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2 years
Good morning from Manila! "We don't go into journalism to be popular. It is our job to seek the truth and put constant pressure on our leaders until we get answers." Helen Thomas #CourageON
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2 years
The information operations that have reshaped PH history, enabling the rise of the son and namesake of a dictator, were given larger than broadcast distribution by Facebook, YouTube, and now Tiktok. The PH elections are 90 days away.
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Lian Buan
2 years
After playing Bagong Lipunan, Toni Gonzaga shouts: "Tapos na, may nanalo na, tapos ang laban. Buhay na buhay ang pagmamahal kay Apo Lakay Ferdinand Marcos." 70,000 detained, 34,000 tortured and 3,240 killed during martial law.
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2 years
Good afternoon from Cambridge! “Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster... for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you.” Friedrich W. Nietzsche
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Maria Ressa
4 years
LOOK: Angel Locsin @143redangel brings sleeping tents for Taguig health workers, Philippine Coast Guard via @rapplerdotcom
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3 years
We reap what we sow, don't we? Dear PH gov't, when political patronage and legislative capture kills the news group that has the widest reach, you, your family, the people who elected you, suffer. #CourageON
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Isabela gov says ABS-CBN should have sent news team right away to cover Ulysses onslaught, forgetting the House committee vice-chaired by his brother killed network’s franchise bid. ABS-CBN Tuguegarao and Isabela stations among those shut down as a result. | via @IanEsguerra
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You gotta love these new accounts with 0 followers
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2 years
Good late morning from Manila! "What I fear most is power with impunity. I fear abuse of power, and the power to abuse." Isabel Allende #CourageON
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Maria Ressa
7 years
It's the age where people blame journalists for what they don't understand. All we do is report. Understanding is up to you.
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2 years
(Thread 1/5) Fascinating to watch the info ops/mob over the weekend. Data downloaded for study by research groups. If I go to jail unjustly, Filipino citizens lose far more than I do. Let me lay out what can happen to YOU if you're Filipino:
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3 years
Well, yes, the facts are always there.
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The hypocrisy of the #Philippines authorities is abhorrent. A Duterte's advisor has said that awarding the @NobelPrize to @mariaressa is an acknowledgement that #pressfreedom exists in the country. The country is ranked 138th out of 180 by @RSF_inter .
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@jnery_newsstand And those guys are journalists? Conflating propagandists and PR with journalism? Strange world.
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Maria Ressa
4 years
How can 1 man stay in power for 21 yrs? Shutdown media, threaten & jail journalists. After court today, I remember: pag walang press freedom, mawawalan ka rin ng kalayaang malaman ang katotohanan. #DefendYourRight2Know #DefendPressFreedom @nujp @ABSCBNNews @rapplerdotcom
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2 years
Now we see the pattern of the Marcos administration: harass & intimidate journalists, then replace them with propaganda bloggers and vloggers. Death by a thousand cuts of the PH Constitution and our democracy. We won't voluntarily give up our rights #CourageON #HoldTheLine
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2 years
Good morning from Manila! In an epic battle for facts, truth, and justice, you have to take a side. #FactsFirstPH @FactsFirstPH
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3 years
Good morning from Manila! “Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob & degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.” Frederick Douglass
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3 years
Thanks for this memory, @iamkarendavila - imagine, more than 5 years of a thousand cuts? #CourageON #HoldTheLine
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3 years
“Hello President Duterte! I ask the government do it’s job and stop abusing it’s power!” That’s Nobel Peace Prize Winner @mariaressa on #ANCHeadstart December 2018.
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5 years
Thank you, George and Amal Clooney, for taking time to discuss how we strengthen rule of law at #TrialWatch and listening to how we #holdtheline in the PH.
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The kindness of strangers. That's how we withstood 4 years of attacks. I believe in the goodness of human nature (even though I've seen the worst). I always remember that fear and hate destroy, but can't build. In order to create a better future, we need to believe in the good.
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2 years
Good morning from Manila! “You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.” Rosa Parks
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5 years
Thank you to all those responding to these false, manipulative narratives! Good morning from Manila!
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3 years
@iamkarendavila Not just vindictiveness but abuse of power.
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2 years
Nakakatawa naman ito. Fact check lang po: Hindi po ako Indonesian. Pilipino po. Amerikano din. Dual citizen
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Maria Ressa
4 years
Thank you, @U2 !! #U2Manila #U2TheJoshuaTree2019 for the inspiration, the love to help #HoldTheLine & #ShineTheLight
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*after singing Beautiful Day* “When journalists don’t have to worry about what they write. That is a beautiful day. FOR MARIA RESSA.” @mariaressa 👏 #U2Manila #U2inManila #U2TheJoshuaTree2019
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(4/4) So many to thank - please give me a few days to catch up. For journalists here and around the world, I can't remember a more dangerous time to be a journalist. We #CourageON because this time matters #HoldTheLine
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5 years
Will they actually arrest me again?! @rapplerdotcom this is insane. Such violations of the Bill of Rights and the PH Constitution.
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3 years
Waiting for court to begin in 10 mins. Going through the data of the weekend attacks, both the folks I once called out for corruption and the numerous new @Twitter accounts connecting to the Marcos & Duterte disinformation networks.
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I appeal to the men & women of the PH judiciary: you will make a choice. Be on the right side of history. We are not anti-govt. We are for human rights & the rule of law. Don't allow violence, fear & lies to win. Help us do our jobs & hold the powerful to account. #HoldTheLine
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“No one sets out to say, ‘I’m going to violate the Constitution’—it’s the series of small decisions that in the end, bends and breaks the rule of law.” #TIMEPOY
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Hand-delivered the day after acquittal … thank you, @JojoCBinay ! #CourageON @rapplerdotcom
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Good morning from Manila! On the way to court again #CourageON
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@mjaysoncayabyab
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The exchange between Karmina Constantino and Montemayor. She followed it up with the question, "What kind of leader will you be, if you believe in fake news?" Montemayor: "Is that a personal question?" @ConstantKC : "It's a question."
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Stand with Rappler, defend press freedom | via @rapplerdotcom
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Maria Ressa
2 years
(1/9) Today, my fellow Nobel laureate #dmitrymuratov and I are proud to launch an action plan to tackle the information crisis unleashed by Big Tech & rebuild independent journalism. Here’s why:
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Good morning from Manila! Wow, the explosion of greetings from social media is just incredible. Thank you again, @TIME for recognizing our global struggle to defend democracy and helping us shine the light in the Philippines. #HoldTheLine
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Good morning from Manila! "We don't go into journalism to be popular. It is our job to seek the truth and put constant pressure on our leaders until we get answers." Helen Thomas
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Good morning from Manila! "Mobs and dictators were made for each other, and when mobs appear, dictators will soon flourish." Jaron Lanier
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4 years
FALSE: Duterte warned about coronavirus threat 'at the start'
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Seriously?!?! Imagine the tax pesos wasted. #HOLDTHELINE
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Good morning from Manila! "In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." Martin Luther King, Jr.
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'Pag hindi tayo nagsalita.. kinampihan natin ang mali,' says Angel Locsin @143redangel #CourageON #DefendPressFreedom #HoldTheLine
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Good morning from Manila! “I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.” Friedrich Nietzsche
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There’s no place like home :)
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Am I crazy to be hopeful? Good morning from Manila!
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4 years
From the campus journalists who broke the “Imee Marcos has no Princeton degree” publication!
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BREAKING | Maria Ressa '86, veteran journalist and 2018 Time Person of the Year, named 2020 Baccalaureate speaker. @mariaressa
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10 criminal charges, 10 arrest warrants in less than 2 years. Yup. #JournalismIsNotACrime #HoldTheLine oh, this year, I hit 35 years in journalism #TrackRecord
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Thank you to so, so many in the PH and around the world who helped us #HoldTheLine ! It may take time, but ... Facts win. Truth wins. Justice wins. We create the world we want: now and for the next generation. #CourageON
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Good morning from Harvard! “Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster... for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you.” Friedrich W. Nietzsche #CourageON
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