Altermidya Network applauds the United Nations Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression for visiting detained community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, as well as church worker Marielle Domequil and human rights defender Alexander Abinguna in Tacloban City Jail on January 27. Despite the...
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...
Kodao’s Villanueva elected to media group’s regional board Community broadcasters in the Asia Pacific region called on the Philippine government to drop its prosecution against Filipino colleague Frenchie Mae Cumpio, calling charges against her “trumped-up.” In its...
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,...
There is no genuine press freedom in the Philippines while a journalist unjustly remains in jail, media groups said on World Press Freedom Day today, May 3.
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.
As a community journalist and radio anchor, Frenchie critically analyzed the stories of the struggling people of Eastern Visayas as executive director of Eastern Vista
Detained Tacloban-based community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio celebrated her 24th birthday today with two court hearings – one in Tacloban over the trumped-up illegal possession of firearms and ammunition, and another in Manila over the forfeiture case of the cash that authorities reportedly got in her possession when she was arrested nearly three years ago.
Sa hindi pagbitaw Ni Frenchie Mae Cumpio* Salamat Hanggang ngayon mahigpit ang pagtangan Sa gitna ng ligalig at kagipitan Sa kabila ng unos na bumubuhos sa bayan Dama ko ang pagod mo Na isigaw ang katotohanang pilit binubura Na mga ganid na nagpapakalat ng katha At...
Paano makakarating ang tamang balita sa mamamayan, kung patuloy ang pagbabanta, panunupil at pagpatay sa mga tagapaghatid nito?
Today, February 7, is community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio’s second year in jail. In the middle of her unjust and prolonged detention in Tacloban, another trumped-up case was filed against our colleague in another trial court.F
After being detained for over a year, how is Frenchie Mae Cumpio?
By Mark Z. Saludes / Contributor Many governments in Asia have used the COVID-19 pandemic to control the flow of information and suppress press freedom, according to a report released by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). The 2021 World Press Freedom Index revealed that...