CMFR Staff, Author at CMFR

Rappler supplies missing context on Sulu’s exclusion from BARMM

CHEERS TO Rappler for supplying the necessary context and background in reporting the Supreme Court’s (SC) landmark decision on the inclusion of Sulu province from the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region... Read more

VP’s refusal to take oath: PhilSTAR Life explains implications of her action

CHEERS TO PhilSTAR Life, a digital vertical of The Philippine Star, for seeking legal insights and reviewing norms of procedure when Vice President Sara Duterte defied congressional rules by... Read more

Selfies with Alice Guo: Media ok with highly irregular arrest

WHEN NEWS broke that Indonesian law enforcement apprehended dismissed Bamban Mayor in Tangerang City on September 4, media reported that Benhur Abalos, Interior Secretary, and General Rommel Marbil, chief... Read more

Media report politicians’ claims at the expense of verification

JEERS TO media for the continued practice of reporting public accusations made against public figures without independent verification. Read more

Three reports on Marcos Jr.’s birthday concert recall his family history of lavish parties

CHEERS TO Rappler, Interaksyon, and BusinessWorld for providing the relevant background of lavish parties hosted by his parents, Ferdinand and Imelda, in reports on Marcos Jr.’s 67th birthday... Read more

Missing context in reports on 107th birthday of Ferdinand Marcos Sr.

JEERS TO the media outlets that failed to include historical context in reports about the Marcos family’s celebration of the birth anniversary of their patriarch, Ferdinand Marcos Sr. on... Read more

From Marcos to Marcos

FIFTY-TWO YEARS ago today, we as a nation suffered the greatest betrayal in all of our contemporary history. Read more

Two of GMA’s regional news programs sign off

TWO OF GMA’s regional TV news programs – Balitang Bicolandia and Balitang Southern Tagalog – aired their last newscast on August 30, 2024. Both programs were key sources for... Read more

Reports expose funding gap between Duterte’s book and learners’ needs

CHEERS TO Inquirer.net and Philstar.com for drawing attention to the misplaced priorities in the government's budget, particularly the allocation of PHP10 million for Vice President Sara Duterte's self-authored children's... Read more

Who dropped the ball? Reports on Guo’s escape should focus on accountability

Only Rappler, in a report written by Jairo Bolledo and published on August 21, called attention to the government’s lack of haste and urgency in preventing Guo’s departure. Read more