SEVEN MANILA-based broadsheets featured it as banner story on January 27, echoing the superlative terms used by government to describe...
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MindaNews focuses on RHU’s initiatives in combating COVID
CMFR Staff
/ January 30, 2023
CHEERS TO MindaNews for a story that should be a model for national media. Featuring a rural community’s response to...
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Quick Turnaround: Justice Secretary’s son cleared in speedy trial
CMFR Staff
/ January 30, 2023
THE DRUG case filed against Juanito Jose Remulla III, son of the Secretary of Justice (SOJ) Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla,...
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Media Fail to Verify Alleged Renovations in Malacañang
CMFR Staff
/ January 30, 2023
JEERS TO the Malacañang Press Corps (MPC) for failing to confirm or verify alleged construction within Palace grounds, and for...
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OXFAM Pilipinas, a part of the international confederation Oxfam working with communities in 90 countries, is offering journalists a one-time...
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THE GLOBE-trotting president strikes again, this time in the wintry mountain town of Davos in Switzerland for the World Economic...
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Rappler compares bills for charter change in the House
CMFR Staff
/ January 20, 2023
CHEERS TO Rappler’s in-depth report that compared the different charter change bills that have been filed at the House of...
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CHEERS TO Inquirer.net and Rappler for their looking into reasons behind the high price of onions. The reports focused on...
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Media highlight relevance of ruling: SC voids Arroyo-era exploration deal
CMFR Staff
/ January 20, 2023
CHEERS TO several media accounts that provided explainers and interviews that discussed a Supreme Court (SC) ruling on the 2005...
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Court acquits Rappler’s Maria Ressa of tax evasion
CMFR Staff
/ January 19, 2023
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) on 18 January 2023 cleared Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Rappler CEO...
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JOURNALISM REVIEW
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Media Fail to Verify Alleged Renovations in Malacañang
January 30, 2023JEERS TO the Malacañang Press Corps (MPC) for failing to confirm or verify alleged construction within Palace grounds, and for not sharing the story about its secrecy. -
Media echo government narrative on Marcos’ WEF trip
January 23, 2023THE GLOBE-trotting president strikes again, this time in the wintry mountain town of Davos in Switzerland for the World Economic Forum (WEF). -
Rappler compares bills for charter change in the House
January 20, 2023CHEERS TO Rappler’s in-depth report that compared the different charter change bills that have been filed at the House of Representatives. -
Rappler and Inquirer.net dig up the onion problem
January 20, 2023CHEERS TO Inquirer.net and Rappler for their looking into reasons behind the high price of onions. The reports focused on what farmer groups have to say as they are the...
ALERTS
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Media barred from coverage in Negros Occidental
October 14, 2022CMFR/ PHILIPPINES – Journalists were denied entry to an evacuation center in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on 13 October 2022. The media were there to cover the situation of residents... -
Two journalists receive online threats
October 14, 2022CMFR/Philippines — TV5 broadcasters Ed Lingao and Lourd de Veyra received death threats online on 4 October 2022, a day after the murder of broadcaster Percy Lapid in Las Piñas. -
Broadcaster mauled outside radio station in Iloilo City
October 14, 2022CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Four men in hoods and facemasks beat and injured a broadcaster outside a radio station in La Paz, Iloilo City on 8 October 2022. Iloilo City is 655... -
Radio commentator shot dead in Las Piñas
October 4, 2022CMFR/PHILIPPINES — Two unidentified men shot and killed a veteran radio commentator on 3 October 2022 in Las Piñas, Metro Manila.

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