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Ressa and the site have been hit with multiple counts of misleading the government on taxes, and if convicted on one count alone she faces up to a decade behind bars. (Time Magazine)
JAMAL KHASHOGGI

From wars to Duterte: Journalist ‘holds the line’

Maria Ressa’s news site, Rappler, has taken a critical stand on Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly anti-drug crackdown

  • Ayee Macaraig
3 min read
Pope Francis attracted both admiration and criticism during his tenure, with some criticising him because he disrupted the foundations of their sense of security — which are their empires.
CATHOLIC CHURCH

Time names Pope Francis as Person of the Year

Time magazine has named Pope Francis its Person of the Year, saying he shifted the message of the Catholic Church.

  • Reuters
2 min read
Time magazine calls United States President Barack Obama Person of the Year 2012.
BARACK OBAMA

Time magazine names Obama Person of the Year

Time has tapped Barack Obama for its Person of the Year for the second time, citing his re-election as symbolic of the nation’s shifting demographics.

  • Susan Heavey
2 min read
Time names ‘protester’ person of the year
PERSON OF THE YEAR

Time names ‘protester’ person of the year

The collective ‘protester’ is <em>Time</em> magazine’s person of the year, citing change brought by movements from Arab countries to New York.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read