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 farmers, urban poor communities,...
MANILA – Bearing handbells, media groups led by Altermidya Network trooped to the Department of Justice in Manila on Tuesday, January 23, to call for the immediate release of detained community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio. The protest was in time for Frenchie Mae’s...
Community media group AlterMidya Network challenges the Philippine government to disclose the country’s real record on free expression as it prepares for the upcoming visit of UN envoy Irene Khan. The group is reacting to the statement of the Department of Foreign...
Altermidya takes strong exception to Undersecretary Paul Gutierrez’s accusation and red-tagging of our member, Ms. Frenchie Mae Cumpio. In his January 4 “Paul’s Alarm” column on JournalnewsOnline, the Presidential Task Force On Media Security (PTFOMS) executive...
The Altermidya Network strongly condemns the 93rd Civil Military Operations (CMO) Company of the Armed Forces of the Philippines for its attempt to summon our member Baretang Bikolnon’s Reynard Magtoto through a local government unit.
The worsening conflict in Palestine’s Gaza amid Israel’s unrelenting offensives indicates a humanitarian crisis of global concern.
Altermidya stands in full solidarity with journalist Atom Araullo on his firm stand against enemies of press freedom and other human rights violations. Today, our colleague filed a P2-million civil suit against notorious red-taggers Lorraine Badoy-Partosa and Jeffrey...
One year into the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the state of free expression has not improved. In fact, it has further deteriorated in the Philippines. President Marcos Jr. pledged to uphold press freedom. The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines,...
The repercussions of the Duterte administration’s attacks against press freedom and the people’s right to know continue to be felt until today.
Altermidya welcomes the news that three accessories to the murder of broadcaster Percival “Percy Lapid” Mabasa last year had been convicted yesterday, June 23.
The alternative media community remains steadfast in its call to junk the blocking order as it brazenly restricts press freedom and constitutes an overreach that impedes the people’s right to know.
Altermidya Network denounces the unconstitutional, undemocratic, and dangerous resolution released by the Kalinga Provincial Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (PTF-ELCAC).
This 30th World Press Freedom Day, the struggle for a genuinely free press in the Philippines persists as community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio remains unjustly detained in Tacloban City.