Global media watchdogs: Frenchie Mae a test case for Philippines’ press freedom
Advocates warn that Frenchie Mae Cumpio’s prolonged detention signals shrinking civic space, rising risks for Filipino community journalists
Mark Saludes
Journalists from 35 countries urge Marcos to free Frenchie Mae Cumpio
Journalists from 35 countries issued a demand to President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. for the immediate release of Frenchie Mae Cumpio, a 26-year-old community journalist who has been in jail for more than five years on what colleagues and rights defenders call...
Drug war victims’ families decry Duterte’s bid to delay ICC trial
Families of victims of the Duterte administration’s bloody “war on drugs” and human rights advocates have condemned the indefinite postponement of former president Rodrigo Duterte’s confirmation of charges hearing before the International Criminal Court (ICC). In a...
‘Pakitang-tao’ ang 60-day rice import suspension, dapat ibasura ang Rice Liberalization Law -KMP
Binatikos ng grupong Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) ang plano ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. na magpatupad ng 60-araw na suspensyon ng rice imports simula Setyembre 1. Ayon sa grupo, desperadong hakbang ito para pagtakpan ang lumalalang krisis sa bigas na...