Frenchie Mae Cumpio and her former roommate were convicted of financing terrorism and sentenced to up to 18 years in prison.

Philippine journalist given long jail sentence over ‘fabricated’ terrorism charge - The conviction, after nearly six years in ...

TACLOBAN CITY—The family of community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio came to court here on Thursday carrying a set of clothes ...

“In a decision penned by Presiding Judge Georgina S. Uy-Perez, the court found Frenchie Mae Cumpio and Marielle Domequil ...

Trial courts will be required to conduct custodial hearings to determine if an accused in a criminal case can be placed under alternative modes of ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A group of Brazilian women behind bars applied makeup, donned gowns and competed in a singing contest ...

A Maryland woman who was trapped in the Philippines is now back in the United States with her family, according to Senator Chris Van Hollen. Her friends said she was doing humanitarian work when she ...

A civilized society protects women and children from men who seek to harm them. Yet under the banner of progress, child rapists, serial sex-offenders, and wife-killers can now secure access to one of ...

An inter-island ferry with more than 350 on board has sunk in the southern Philippines after midnight and rescuers have saved ...

Work is underway to build a new state prison for women to replace the dilapidated Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women in Clinton. (Courtesy of the Department of Corrections) New Jersey ...