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After Kidapawan: Media Look at Drought Mitigation Efforts
CHEERS TO BusinessMirror and Vera Files for running pieces that looked more closely at the El Niño weather phenomenon and government attempts to mitigate its impact in light... Read more
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Reports on Local Elections: Scant and Superficial
THE CAMPAIGN period for the local elections officially began on March 27, Easter Sunday, as Filipinos capped the observance of Holy Week when the nation takes official break from... Read more
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Denying Voters the Right to Choose
A GREAT majority of the positions at stake in the May 9 elections this year are in local government.They exceed by the thousands the 26 national posts of 24 seats... Read more
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Campaign Trail Story Dominates Election News
REPORTS ON the campaign sorties of the 2016 presidential candidates continued to dominate the airtime allotted by TV news programs for election-related reports from March 6 to 19. CMFR monitored... Read more
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The First Vice Presidential Debate: Refuting the “Spare Tire” Label
TAKING OFF from the first two presidential debates, the first-ever vice presidential debate in the country’s history offered the public a refreshing view of their electoral choices in 2016.... Read more
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Perverting the Party-List System
THE PARTY-LIST system was institutionalized through Republic Act 7941 in 1995 to assure marginalized sectors of society of representation in Congress. The law uses the word “under-represented” to refer... Read more
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Mayoralty Candidate Sues Journalists for Libel
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A candidate for mayor of Dapa, Surigao Del Norte has filed libel charges against several local journalists over a report on her supposed “swindling” of the... Read more
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Batangas Court Acquits Suspect in 2009 Broadcaster Killing
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A court in Batangas acquitted a police officer accused of killing a lawyer-broadcaster in 2009. The decision was promulgated 14 April 2016. Lipa City Regional... Read more
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International Women’s Media Foundation – 2016/17 Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship
THE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S MEDIA FOUNDATION (IWMF) is now accepting applications for the 2016/17 Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship, which was created in memory of Boston Globe correspondent and IWMF Courage in... Read more
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