While watching the orchestrated shooting at the Senate back in June, I only thought of one thing: the freedom of the press is compromised. Those in power are ever-desperate to control and feed the mass media with a coverage unworthy of people's attention in an attempt to cover- up their...
We in the Altermidya Network welcome the statement issued by five UN Special Rapporteurs and independent experts of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) urging the provisional release of Filipino journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio...
I have never been to the United States, but in many ways I feel as if I have. In some respects, I feel I know more about it than I do about many other societies. I cannot speak for all Filipinos, but this does not feel like an uncommon condition among us. We have...
On February 7, Frenchie Mae Cumpio, a community journalist from Leyte, marks her sixth year in detention—an incarceration that rights and media groups strongly believe stems from her work as a journalist. As a radio broadcaster, Frenchie reported on the lives of...
Sa pagitan ng tulog at higaanAy hindi ang kayakap na kumotSa gabing sa lamig ibinalotO ang unan na saksiSa mga binitawang luha at pighati Dahil ang pagitanAy higit pa sa kanyang sukatin—Ang mga bakit, sana at alin—Mag-uumpisa sa alaala nilaAt kapag malapit na...
Ituturo tayo ng mga isip-bataAt ang daliri’y kakagatinDahil oo nga pala, sabi ni lolaBawal ituro ang mga walang sala. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Si Frenchie Mae Cumpio ay 26-taong gulang na community journalist na...
SalamatHanggang ngayon mahigpit ang pagtangansa kabila ng ligalig at kagipitanSa gitna ng unos na bumubuhos sa bayan. Dama ko ang pagod moNa isigaw ang katotohanang pilit na binuburaNg mga ganid na nagpapakalat ng kathaAt ikaw na nagsusumikap ang ginawa pang...
The decision is a grave injustice and is a serious peril to the already dire state of press freedom and free expression in the Philippines.
Tomorrow, January 22, our colleague Frenchie Mae Cumpio will face the promulgation of the two trumped-up charges against her at the Tacloban regional trial court. The Altermidya Network, together with all advocates of press freedom and free expression, demands the...
January 14, 2025 – A coalition of international and local press freedom organisations is urging President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to immediately and unconditionally release prominent journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, whose promulgation of judgment in the illegal firearms...
The international coalition of press freedom NGOs welcomes thedecision of the Laoang Regional Trial Court Branch 21 to grant the motion to quash thebaseless murder charge filed against community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio. Thisruling marks a significant step...
Altermidya Network welcomes the Court of Appeals’ decision to void the civil forfeiture case filed by the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) against community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio and lay worker Marielle Domequil. The case is in relation to the PHP557,360...
Ni Renalyn Ramirez Pinosasan at nilagyan ng kadena sa bewang ang tripulanteng si Gina Yatar, 43, ng mga tauhan ng United States Customs and Border Patrol (USCBP) dahil sa paratang na kabilang siya sa isang teroristang grupo. Pinilit din umano siyang pumirma sa...