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PROLONGED AGONY: Looking Back at the 8 Years of the Ampatuan, Maguindanao Massacre
Eight years, zero conviction. This summarizes the 2017 update on the trial of the accused in the Ampatuan massacre of 2009. With more than 100 charged, even a... Read more
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Media on 31st ASEAN Summit
Screen grab from the ASEAN 2017 official website The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit is always a major media event, especially in the country that hosts it,... Read more
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More Mud from Mocha
CMFR would rather ignore Mocha Uson. But she is a public official, involved in presidential communication. AS SUCH, what she says or blogs should be subject to scrutiny. ... Read more
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Radio Broadcaster Shot Dead in Surigao del Sur
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Unidentified men shot and killed a local radio broadcaster and injured his partner Tuesday night, 24 October 2017 in Bislig, Surigao del Sur. Surigao del Sur... Read more
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A Step Backward in the Campaign to End Impunity
AS THE world observes International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists on November 2, the press community in the Philippines carves out a more extended period... Read more
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Keeping Tabs on the BBL
DURING THE turnover ceremony of the new Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) draft in Malacañang on July 17, Bangsamoro Transition Committee (BTC) chair Ghazali Jaafar proclaimed it as the... Read more
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Talking Heads and Human Rights: Media’s Poor Grasp of Something Basic
CRITICISM OF the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has reflected the limited understanding of and even a lack of appreciation of human rights. Social media threads hold the... Read more
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No EJKs? Remember Zenaida Luz
CMFR CHEERS Philippine Daily Inquirer for recalling the case of Zenaida Luz, an anti-crime crusader who was killed in October last year in Gloria, Oriental Mindoro, amidst the claim... Read more
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Dissenting Opinions on the De Lima Case
THE PUBLIC must learn to appreciate the value of dissenting opinions on Supreme Court decisions, especially in landmark cases that may affect the state of human rights and... Read more
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Spotlight on Women Patrols in Pateros
PRESIDENT RODRIGO Duterte and the Philippine National Police (PNP) had stuck it out for over a year with a brutal and iron-fisted approach in the fight against drugs,... Read more