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The IFJ said three Filipino journalists were killed in 2025, keeping the country among Asia-Pacific’s deadliest for media workers.

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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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International and local press freedom groups were barred from meeting detained radio broadcaster Frenchie Mae Cumpio during a scheduled visit to the Tacloban City Jail.

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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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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.

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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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International and local press freedom groups were barred from meeting detained radio broadcaster Frenchie Mae Cumpio during a scheduled visit to the Tacloban City Jail.

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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.

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