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• The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the prolonged detention of journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio as “inhumane,” arguing it contradicts a justice system that claims to uphold media freedom.
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• The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the prolonged detention of journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio as “inhumane,” arguing it contradicts a justice system that claims to uphold media freedom.
• The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the prolonged detention of journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio as “inhumane,” as a Philippine court prepares to rule on charges seen as red-tagging.
• UP Law dominated the 2025 bar exams, producing the top scorer and five more in the top 20. The national passing rate was 48.98% of all exam completers.
• The 2025 Metro Manila Film Festival highlighted law as a tool for justice in films like *Bar Boys* and *Call Me Mother*, tackling adoption, rights, and corruption under the theme “A New Era for Philippine Cinema.”
• Dante Enage survived Typhoon Yolanda’s devastation. As Tacloban rebuilt, he turned to painting, a pursuit that ultimately led his work to be displayed in a museum in Beijing.
• The sequel “Bar Boys After School” follows four lawyer friends a decade later, showing that passing the bar exam is not a true measure of one’s integrity, decency, or purpose in life.
• Using folklore’s iconic monsters as symbols, the UP Lantern Parade featured vibrant floats depicting “aswangs” and other creatures to critique real-world political corruption, greed, and systemic abuse of power.
• The UP Symphony Orchestra transformed a classic Jose Mari Chan Christmas song into an anti-corruption anthem for its annual holiday concert, using the line “Greed is in their hearts” to serenade the university community.
• The legal power of photographs as evidence in a Korean drama sparked my nostalgia for developing film in a darkroom as a former Philippine Collegian chief photographer of UP Diliman.
• The Supreme Court condemned human trafficking as “modern-day slavery,” imposing penalties for this injustice, involving the trafficking of minors for sexual services.
The “Red-Tagging” Case of Detained Journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio 
UP Law Dominates 2025 Bar Exams 
MMFF Films on Law as Tool for Justice and Dignity 
From Storm Survivor to Global Canvas: The Quiet Triumph of Dante Enage 
Bar Boys and Our Journey in the Legal Profession 
Evidentiary Value of Photographs 
Human Trafficking as Modern Day Slavery