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[Title] => Over 300 journalists behind bars for fifth straight year — watchdog
[Summary] => The number of journalists imprisoned worldwide for their work was 330 in the final month of 2025, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday, the fifth consecutive year the count has exceeded 300.
[DatePublished] => 2026-01-22 12:16:00
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[Title] => 'Web of lies' used to convict journalist Frenchie Cumpio, say rights groups
[Summary] => Rights groups are calling the conviction of community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio on Thursday, January 22, a "miscarriage of justice" that resulted from a deliberate plot by the NTF-ELCAC to crush independent journalism in the country.
[DatePublished] => 2026-01-22 11:38:00
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[Title] => 3 Filipinos among 128 journalists killed globally in 2025 — IFJ
[Summary] => The IFJ said three Filipino journalists were killed in 2025, keeping the country among Asia-Pacific’s deadliest for media workers.
[DatePublished] => 2026-01-02 17:59:00
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[AuthorName] => Dominique Nicole Flores
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[Title] => Frenchie Mae Cumpio ‘quietly charged’ with double murder — press group
[Summary] => Already facing what are widely considered trumped-up charges by watchdogs, community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio has been “quietly charged” with double murder, press freedom organization Reporters Without Borders said.
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[Title] => How OVP's public rebukes of media can trigger harassment
[Summary] => The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines is urging public officials to reach out to media outlets with their grievances to avoid directing harassment against media workers — a call that comes after Vice President Sara Duterte’s office rebuked errors in news coverage.
[DatePublished] => 2025-07-03 15:12:00
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[Title] => AI-driven disinfo big threat to social cohesion — Singapore president
[Summary] => In a speech at the International Conference on Cohesive Societies on Tuesday, June 24, Shanmugaratnam said the rapid development of AI may unleash a “flood of synthetic media” with questionable origins, further fueling polarization.
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[Title] => Philippines’ improved press freedom ranking not felt on the ground — NUJP
[Summary] => The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines said the country’s climb to 116th place in the 2025 World Press Freedom Index does not reflect real improvements for Filipino media workers.
[DatePublished] => 2025-05-03 17:44:00
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[Title] => Philippines' press freedom rank up, but media's financial troubles marked 'very serious'
[Summary] => The Philippines has reached its highest press freedom ranking in over two decades, even as newsrooms continue to operate under financial constraints categorized as "very serious."
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[Title] => Frenchie Mae Cumpio's 5-year detention sparks international outcry
[Summary] => A coalition of international and local media organizations has called for the immediate and unconditional release of Filipino community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, who has been detained for more than five years.
[DatePublished] => 2025-03-26 14:38:00
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[Title] => Camarines Sur lawmaker faces backlash for lashing out at student survey results
[Summary] => Rep. Luis Raymund “L-Ray” Villafuerte's remarks quickly drew backlash from press freedom advocates, academic institutions and groups who condemned his attacks against a student publication.
[DatePublished] => 2025-02-10 17:32:00
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[AuthorName] => Dominique Nicole Flores
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[Title] => Over 300 journalists behind bars for fifth straight year — watchdog
[Summary] => The number of journalists imprisoned worldwide for their work was 330 in the final month of 2025, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday, the fifth consecutive year the count has exceeded 300.
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[Title] => 'Web of lies' used to convict journalist Frenchie Cumpio, say rights groups
[Summary] => Rights groups are calling the conviction of community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio on Thursday, January 22, a "miscarriage of justice" that resulted from a deliberate plot by the NTF-ELCAC to crush independent journalism in the country.
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[Title] => 3 Filipinos among 128 journalists killed globally in 2025 — IFJ
[Summary] => The IFJ said three Filipino journalists were killed in 2025, keeping the country among Asia-Pacific’s deadliest for media workers.
[DatePublished] => 2026-01-02 17:59:00
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[AuthorID] => 1807868
[AuthorName] => Dominique Nicole Flores
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[Title] => Frenchie Mae Cumpio ‘quietly charged’ with double murder — press group
[Summary] => Already facing what are widely considered trumped-up charges by watchdogs, community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio has been “quietly charged” with double murder, press freedom organization Reporters Without Borders said.
[DatePublished] => 2025-08-02 10:55:00
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[Title] => How OVP's public rebukes of media can trigger harassment
[Summary] => The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines is urging public officials to reach out to media outlets with their grievances to avoid directing harassment against media workers — a call that comes after Vice President Sara Duterte’s office rebuked errors in news coverage.
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[Title] => AI-driven disinfo big threat to social cohesion — Singapore president
[Summary] => In a speech at the International Conference on Cohesive Societies on Tuesday, June 24, Shanmugaratnam said the rapid development of AI may unleash a “flood of synthetic media” with questionable origins, further fueling polarization.
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[Title] => Philippines’ improved press freedom ranking not felt on the ground — NUJP
[Summary] => The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines said the country’s climb to 116th place in the 2025 World Press Freedom Index does not reflect real improvements for Filipino media workers.
[DatePublished] => 2025-05-03 17:44:00
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[Title] => Philippines' press freedom rank up, but media's financial troubles marked 'very serious'
[Summary] => The Philippines has reached its highest press freedom ranking in over two decades, even as newsrooms continue to operate under financial constraints categorized as "very serious."
[DatePublished] => 2025-05-02 18:11:00
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[Title] => Frenchie Mae Cumpio's 5-year detention sparks international outcry
[Summary] => A coalition of international and local media organizations has called for the immediate and unconditional release of Filipino community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, who has been detained for more than five years.
[DatePublished] => 2025-03-26 14:38:00
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[Title] => Camarines Sur lawmaker faces backlash for lashing out at student survey results
[Summary] => Rep. Luis Raymund “L-Ray” Villafuerte's remarks quickly drew backlash from press freedom advocates, academic institutions and groups who condemned his attacks against a student publication.
[DatePublished] => 2025-02-10 17:32:00
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[AuthorName] => Dominique Nicole Flores
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