Dateline PhiliPPines Court allows Ressa to travel abroad

By Christian Crow Maghanoy ManilaTimes.net

THE Supreme Court has allowed Rappler’s chief executive officer (CEO) to travel abroad for several speaking engagements.

The court said that the Nobel Peace Prize laureate will travel from March 13 to April 1, 2023.

“In a Resolution dated March 6, 2023, the Court’s First Division resolved to grant the Fourth Motion for Permission to Travel Abroad of petitioner Ressa subject to certain conditions,” the ruling read.

Ressa was, among others, ordered to observe the subjudice rule and to refrain from making any comment on or discussing in public her libel case and other related matters.

Her permission to travel has a cash bond of P100,000, which she previously posted pursuant to an earlier resolution of the Court.

Moreover, Ressa was required

Rappler’s chief executive officer Maria Ressa. File Photo to transmit to the Supreme Court an advice in writing of her return to the country within five days from her arrival.

Ressa is scheduled to travel to Canada, France, South Korea and the United States.

The Court of Appeals (CA) in October 2022 upheld the