CMFR Staff, Author at CMFR | Page 139 of 404

Marawi A Year After: Media Spotlight People’s Plight and Rehab Woes

CHEERS TO the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) and MindaNews for a joint, two-part report that called attention to the Maranao people’s plight and the delayed rehabilitation... Read more

Filipino Journalist Shortlisted in RSF Press Freedom Award

VETERAN FILIPINO journalist Inday Espina-Varona is in the shortlist for the Paris-based, press freedom and free expression watch group Reporters Without Borders (RSF-Reporters Sans Frontieres) 2018 Press Freedom... Read more

Who is Michael Yang? Online Media Flag Duterte’s Chinese ‘Economic Adviser’

ON SEPTEMBER 4, President Rodrigo Duterte put a Chinese businessman named Michael Yang on the media radar when he mentioned the latter in a speech before the Philippine... Read more

Arroyo Draft Charter: Removal of VP from Succession Escapes Media Attention

ONLY A month after she told the media that the House of Representatives doesn’t have enough time to discuss charter change, Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and 21 lawmakers... Read more

Just More Killings?

SINCE JULY 2016, anti-illegal drug operations have been a staple of media reports. The enforcers of an already controversial policy, the police are often accused of planting... Read more

Editorial Cartoons of the Week (October 13 to October 19)

Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 14, 2018 The Philippine Star, October 14, 2018 The Manila Times, October 17, 2018 Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 18, 2018 Malaya... Read more

2018 Kate Webb Prize for Asian Journalists

LOCALLY EMPLOYED Asian journalists working in difficult or dangerous situations can apply for the 2018 Agence France–Presse (AFP) Kate Webb Prize. The contest is open to Asian text... Read more

Media Notes Unfinished Business as Boracay Reopens

THE ISLAND OF Boracay was shut down to tourists for six months on April 26 to address the island’s deteriorating state, with particular attention to lack of adequate... Read more

Resigned or Fired? Uson Gets More Media Mileage

JEERS TO Inquirer.net for adding to the already excessive media attention on Mocha Uson with a single, anonymously-sourced story that President Rodrigo Duterte had fired her. The October... Read more

The Doctor is (Still) Out: Media on Duterte’s Health

WITHOUT MEDICAL bulletins issued by President Rodrigo Duterte’s physician/s, public speculation on the health of the chief executive will continue. The apparent confusion among his own officials and... Read more