Nobel for Ressa Seen as Rebuke to Duterte

Maria Ressa

The Nobel Peace Prize for Philippine journalist Maria Ressa was hailed by many at home on Saturday as a rebuke on official attacks on the media, but there was no comment from President Rodrigo Duterte, a frequent critic of Ressa's news site (https://www.reuters.com/world/philippine-journalists-nobel-called-rebuke-duterte-who-remains-silent-2021-10-09/?fbclid=IwAR06Fv06SZA-8lJ_hEy2jA-sV3n8zrQEWR3TMGxmW9wguWI3j61lhnDnaZsSee Reuters for story).