CMFR Staff, Author at CMFR

Altermidya shifts lens to communities in battle crosshairs

CHEERS TO Altermidya for its special report on the plight of civilian communities which have borne the brunt of attacks by state forces since 2016 under the presidency of... Read more

Public has the right to know what Senate has to reveal

MEDIA REPORTED THAT after seven months of continuous Senate hearings, the Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations, and Gender Equality is set to conclude its investigation into illegal Philippine... Read more

Actions for WPS buried in news coverage

IN RECENT months, headlines tracked the ongoing tension in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), reporting episodes of harassment of Philippine vessels by the Chinese. In September, the Philippine Navy... Read more

Election season begins: reports fail to provide candidates’ performance records

WITH THE filing of the Certificate of Candidacy (COC) on October 1, 2024, the 2025 midterm election season is in full swing. The COC filing is the initial step... Read more

ICSC calls for applicants for Klima Fellowship 2024

THE INSTITUTE for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC), an international non-government advocacy group for fair climate policies and development, has announced the search for fellows for its Jaime Espina... Read more

Commemorating Martial Law: Media’s short memory of the period

THE CAMPAIGN to make Ferdinand Marcos Jr. president started early, using new platforms to paint a picture of his family’s regime and the period of Martial Law as a... Read more

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