What's up to all writers and student journalists from Cagayan Valley?!
@CEGPCagVal is looking for Regional Secretariat, a group of committed individuals who desire to assist the Guild.
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Filipino youth today live in a society ridden with crisis as injustice and impunity only worsen under the Marcos Jr. administration. Human rights abuses continue to multiply, corruption runs rampant, and educational crisis deepens.
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Nagprotesta ang iba't ibang student organizations at publications sa Maynila nitong Biyernes, Abril 11, para tutulan ang nakaambang pagtataas ng matrikula sa Adamson University.
Sa darating na pasukan, nagpanukala ng 5% na taas-matrikula ang administrasyon ng unibersidad.
“Kada taon na may tuition fee increase, iniisip namin kung uunahin pa ba ang pag aaral o pagkain ng aming pamilya," pahayag ni Atty. Renee Co, first nominee ng Kabataan Partylist.
Paliwanag ng grupo, isang karapatan ang edukasyon at hindi dapat ginagawang negosyo.
Mga litrato at ulat ni Valentino Lisboa/Altermidya
'Siya, inaresto lang. Ang aming mga kaanak, pinatay agad.'
Basahin ang pahayag ni Jane Lee, asawa ng biktima ng drug war, hinggil sa pag-aresto kay dating pangulong Rodrigo Duterte.
NOW: "DUTERTE IKULONG AT PANAGUTIN"
Nagtipon ang mga biktima ng extrajudicial killings, abogado, at iba't ibang sektor ng mamamayan sa Welcome Rotonda upang ipanawagan ang ganap na hustisya pagkatapos arestuhin si dating pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ngayong araw, ika-11 ng Marso.
Maraming salamat sa mga lumahok sa solidarity run noong February 23 para sa panawagang #FreeFrenchieMaeCumpio! 🏃♀️
Naganap kaninang umaga sa Tacloban RTC ang ikalawang pagkakataon ni Frenchie sa witness stand.
Sa March 24 ang kasunod na hearing ni Frenchie, kaya samahan niyo kami sa tuluy-tuloy na kampanya para mapalaya si Frenchie, kasama sina Marielle Domequil at Chakoy Abinguna, at mabasura ang mga gawa-gawang kaso laban sa 'Tacloban 5'.
Maaaring magtungo sa aming website para sa karagdagang detalye hinggil sa kaso ni Frenchie Mae Cumpio at ng 'Tacloban 5': https://t.co/4Nm5JsL0p5
TAYO ANG EDSA! TAYO ANG PAG-ASA!
Sa ika-39 anibersaryo ng EDSA People Power Revolution, sama-sama tayong magkaisa para sa tunay na hustisya, pananagutan, at demokrasya.
#EDSA39#LabanKabataan#NeverForget
#Philippines: Jailed journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio was on the stand today, defending herself against trumped-up weapons charges. CPJ virtually monitored the court hearing and calls again on authorities to drop the charges and set her free
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Photo credit: @altermidya
Jourmalists and advocates hold a solidarity run for the freedom of community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio earlier today in UP Diliman.
Cumpio is set to take the witness stand for the 2nd time in Tacloban local court tomorrow, Feb 24.
LOOK: Makabayan Coalition formally started their grassroots campaign with a send-off activity at the Kartilya ng Katipunan this morning.
Each of the candidates then departed for house to house, public market and transport terminal campaigning. Community rallies will be held in Litex in Quezon City and Plaza Noli in Manila later at 4 p.m.
Today marks the official start of the campaign period for the 2025 midterm elections.
#TaumbayanSaSenado
Nagsampa ng kasong terrorism financing ang Philippine National Police laban kay Deo Montesclaros, mamamahayag ng Pinoy Weekly, at apat pang aktibista mula sa Cagayan Valley, na siyang kinundena ng iba-ibang grupo.
BASAHIN: https://t.co/FLAHCogIcm
#DefendPressFreedom
Free Frenchie Mae Cumpio! Drop the charges against Deo Montesclaros and other activists in Cagayan Valley! Abolish NTF-ELCAC!
Read our full statement here: https://t.co/8QL58xB8k0
#DefendPressFreedom
Throughout the years, many journalists have been imprisoned due to exercising their democratic rights and fulfilling their utmost duty as media stewards. Frenchie May Cumpio is in her fifth year in prison following trumped-up cases in February 2020.
The Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 104 dismissed Duterte-era National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr's demurrer to evidence against Bulatlat and its publisher, Alipato Media Center Inc. +
LOOK: Students from various schools and universities protest on the National Day of Youth Action to call for the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte today, January 27, at Liwasang Bonifacio.
University of the Philippines Student Regent Cheska Duran scrutinized the misuse of public funds under the Department of Education, particularly the P125-million confidential funds under the agency, which was spend in just 11 days when Sara Duterte was the secretary.
"Bawat piso na ginagasta ni Sara Duterte ay pondo na dapat napupunta para sa aming mga classroom, para sa aming dormitory slots, para sa mga serbisyo na dapat natatamasa ng libre at aksesable ng mga kabataan," Duran added.
Meanwhile, the groups also denounced the incompetence of the government in addressing the issues surrounding the education sector, such as militarization, red-tagging, and budget cuts.
Report from Charles Nagaño, Niñajane Ponpon and Kent Mejares / Altermidya
NOW: Students coming from different universities, led by Leaders and Advocates of the Youth for the Accountability of Sara Duterte (LAYAS Duterte), trooped to Liwasang Bonifacio to 'cheer' for impeachment of Sara Duterte against her corruption and impunity to the people.
STATEMENT: In her second time taking the witness stand on January 13, 2025, journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio will refute charges of ‘terrorism financing’ against her and lay worker Marielle Domequil.
https://t.co/4iuvDTUiHj
Removal of publication offices are below-the-line press attacks; violation of student and community rights
CEGP condemns the University of San Carlos (USC) administration's displacement of Today's Carolinian without prior notice, amid discussions of TOFI.
#DefendTheCampusPress