FRENCHIE MAE CUMPIO!
By FRANCK DICK ROSETEBulatlat.com CAGAYAN DE ORO — On National Children’s Month, various groups urged the current Marcos Jr. administration to prioritize the young indigenous peoples’ (IP) right to education by reopening the Lumad schools that were forcibly shut down...
Ni CARMELA APATPinoy Weekly Hindi na nakabalik sa pag-aaral, lumaki sila nang hindi nakapag-aral at walang pormal na trabaho.” Ito ang naging kalagayan ng comfort women ayon kay Lila Pilipina executive director Sharon Cabusao-Silva matapos ang malagim na karanasan sa...
By SHERWIN DE VERAwww.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY—The Supreme Court’s recent issuance of the Writs of Amparo and Habeas Data for two indigenous rights activists who have been missing since April 28 last year has brought “renewed hope” to their families. The families’...
By SHERWIN DE VERAwww.nordis.net QUEZON CITY— “Systematic and deliberate” was how Leonida Tundangui, executive director of the Baguio-based non-profit Katinnulong Daguiti Umili iti Amianan a Luzon (Kaduami), described the series of charges filed against development...
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Families and human rights advocates marked the 20th anniversary of the Hacienda Luisita massacre with a renewed call for justice for the victims who lost their lives and those left traumatized. “We chose to rise again despite the oppression from the state and the...
United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, Irene Khan, has voiced strong concerns regarding the protracted pre-trial detention of Filipino journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio. “Today, 11 November, Frenchie has finally had an opportunity to take...
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) called for the Philippine government to drop charges against detained journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, who is set to testify in court on Nov. 11. This will be Cumpio’s first time testifying in court after spending four years in detention...
The Altermidya Network, the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP), along with church workers and press freedom advocates, held an ecumenical gathering to demand the immediate release of Frenchie Mae Cumpio. The gathering, held in observance of the...
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LEGACY
In her second time taking the witness stand on January 13, 2025, journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio will refute charges of ‘terrorism financing’ against her and lay worker Marielle Domequil. The case is but another trumped-up charge compounded on the illegal possession of...
As we mark the 15th year since the brutal Ampatuan Massacre, widely regarded as the worst case of election-related violence and the worst attack on media workers in Philippine history, we continue our fight for justice. Justice because convictions in the case came a...
The Altermidya Network reiterates the call to dismiss the charges against our colleague Frenchie Mae Cumpio and the rest of 'Tacloban 5' as the community journalist took the stand for the first time in almost five years on Nov. 11. In yesterday's hearing,...
Nananawagan kami para sa kagyat na pagpapalaya ng kapwa mamamahayag na si Frenchie Mae Cumpio, isang community journalist at Executive Director ng Eastern Vista, kasapi ng Altermidya Network at ng International Association of Women in Radio and Television-Philippines....
In her second time taking the witness stand on January 13, 2025, journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio will refute charges of ‘terrorism financing’ against her and lay worker Marielle Domequil. The case...
As we mark the 15th year since the brutal Ampatuan Massacre, widely regarded as the worst case of election-related violence and the worst attack on media workers in Philippine history, we...
The Altermidya Network reiterates the call to dismiss the charges against our colleague Frenchie Mae Cumpio and the rest of 'Tacloban 5' as the community journalist took the stand for the first...
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