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Capitalizing on A Victim’s Grief: GMA-7’s Insensitive Interview

AMID GOVERNMENT claims that it is now safer on the streets, the spate of killings in the war on drugs continues, with more children and minors added... Read more

Still Most Shabulized? TV5’s Aksyon Checks Duterte’s Iloilo Drug Figures

“YOU ASKED for the assignment sa Leyte. Namatay ang mayor doon. You asked for another assignment sa Ozamiz, namatay ang mayor doon, si Parojinog. Ngayon, gusto mo sa... Read more

Arnold Amber, 77

VETERAN JOURNALIST and free expression advocate Arnold Amber lost his battle against cancer on Monday, September 4. He was 77. Amber received a master’s degree in political studies... Read more

Fact-checking a Flip-flopping President

THE PRESIDENT’S words become public policy. So when President Duterte says something, media must be quick to examine the impact of his pronouncements. CMFR cheers VERA Files for... Read more

Navigating The Gridlock: The Grab, Uber Mess and Commuter Experience

THE OPERATION in the Philippines in recent years of transportation network companies (TNCs) such as Grab and Uber offered the commuting public a new and welcome option, but... Read more

Radio Broadcaster Survives Shooting Attack in Legazpi City

CMFR/PHILIPPINES — A local radio broadcaster survived attack on Thursday, 24 August 2017 in Legazpi City, Albay. Legazpi City is 339 kilometers south of Manila. Carlos Sasis, a... Read more

Joel Palacios, 70

Photo from Joel Palacios’ Facebook account VETERAN JOURNALIST Joel Palacios died Tuesday, August 29, one of the five fatalities in a stabbing incident in Pasay City. He was 70.... Read more

Reporting the ASEAN Joint Communique: The Radical Shift in PH Foreign Policy

Better late than never. This seems to have been the case with the joint communiqué of the 50th Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Ministerial Meeting held... Read more

ANC’s Tina Monzon-Palma is 2017 UP Gawad Plaridel Awardee

VETERAN BROADCAST journalist Tina Monzon-Palma was awarded the prestigious UP Gawad Plaridel at a ceremony held last August 23 at the UP Film Center in Diliman, Quezon City.... Read more

Assessing the Government’s ‘Complaint Hotline’

“8888 CITIZENS’ Complaint Hotline,” created by Executive Order No. 6, was launched in August 2016 and institutionalized two months later. It was to be the public’s dedicated line... Read more