TACLOBAN, Philippines – The families f five activists, collectively called the Tacloban 5, also suffer mental stress for every day their kin remain in detention, a sister of one of two women who attended a court hearing on Monday, January 23 said.and Marielle “Maye” Domequil, a lay worker and finance officer of the Rural Missionaries Philippines – Eastern Visayas, were whisked in and out of the Tacloban Regional Trial Court Branch 45 under very tight security, with media kept away from them.
Aside from cupcakes and brownies, Kyle said, “we also brought books and novels, from friends of Ate Maye and my friends, too.”TRANSPORT. Frenchie Mae Cumpio and Marielle “Maye” Domequil board a Bureau of Jail Management and Penology vehicle after a court hearing on “terrorist financing” raps filed by state prosecutors. Jazmin Bonifacio“Naka-apekto ito sa aming mental health. Meron kami sariling struggles,”“My parents are always worried about her,” she added. “We know the charges are not true.
“I try to look for Ate in the faces of the masses that I meet. My parents and other sibling try to busy themselves with work to escape the pain,” Kyle said. “Sometimes we can’t even talk about it because it feels like scratching at a still open wound.” NUJP chairman Jonathan de Santos noted the continuing red-tagging, website blocking, and the growing number of cyber libel cases slapped against critical media and netizens.
Around P500,000 in seized money underwent a civil forfeiture case at the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 18. “As a community journalist and radio anchor, Frenchie covered and gave critical analysis to the stories of the struggling people of Eastern Visayas. For that, she was targeted.”