Bail denied for journalist, aide in Tacloban terror financing case

2026-02-16 - 07:06

TACLOBAN CITY — A regional trial court here has denied the petition for bail filed by community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio and humanitarian worker Mariel Domequil following their recent conviction for terrorism financing. In a nine-page decision dated Feb. 13, Judge Georgina Uy Perez of Regional Trial Court Branch 45 said there was no compelling reason