MANILA, Philippines — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s office on Monday congratulated journalist Maria Ressa for winning the Nobel Peace Prize, calling it “a victory for a Filipina” for which it was happy to see. READ: Filipino journalist Maria Ressa one of two 2021 Nobel Peace Prize awardees“Of course it is true there are individuals who feel Maria Ressa still has to clear her name before the courts,” he said, in the first comment on Friday’s award from Duterte’s camp. It was the first Nobel Peace Prize for the Philippines and the first for journalists since the German Carl von Ossietzky won it in 1935. A journalist who claims a chilling effect should not be a journalist,” he added. According to the Nobel Prize organizers, Ressa and Muratov were recognized for their “efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace.”EDV/KGASubscribe to our daily newsletter By providing an email address.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 11, 2021 07:18 UTC