MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang on Saturday remained silent on the Nobel Peace Prize award to Rappler CEO Maria Ressa, even as lawmakers and business groups described it both as an indictment of the Duterte administration and applause to courageous Filipino journalists under fire. “I have criticized Duterte but not on press freedom. The Magsaysay Award is the Asian equivalent of the Nobel Prize. Obviously the Nobel Peace Prize Committee does not share yours.”Another, Jose Mari Tirol, wrote: “Sir, your post again proves that you are still one of our country’s greatest fiction writers.”Ressa dedicated the award to all journalists. “This just shows that the Nobel Peace Prize committee realized that a world without facts means a world without truth and trust.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 09, 2021 21:33 UTC