Activists Cumpio, Domequil urge CA to grant them bail post-conviction

MANILA, Philippines – Community journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio and church worker Marielle Domequil urged the Court of Appeals (CA) to allow them to post bail after a Tacloban City court denied their earlier motions. In their 25-page petition for certiorari, Cumpio and Domequil told the appellate court in Cebu City that Presiding Judge Georgina Perez of Tacloban Regional Trial Court Branch 45 “committed grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction” in denying their motion to be allowed bail. They argued that Perez tossed out their motion despite their “clear showing that their circumstances warrant the grant […]... Keep on reading: Activists Cumpio, Domequil urge CA to grant them bail post-conviction

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