CMFR Staff, Author at CMFR

Pride Month: Impressive media focus on SOGIESC Equality bill

CHEERS TO some media for marking LGBTQ+ Pride Month with critical and informative coverage. These news organizations kept the LGBTQ+ community and its rights on the agenda, with reports... Read more

The perniciousness of political violence

POLITICALLY MOTIVATED killings easily grab headlines. In the Philippines, these have been disturbingly frequent. The assassination of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo – so far one of the biggest... Read more

The peace talks, then and now

ANOTHER CHAPTER looms in the on-again off-again peace talks between the government and communist insurgents. Given the long history of peace negotiations, journalists should provide background and context to... Read more

From the Newsrooms: The state of the nation in ‘ICU’

DR. PAUL Alanis, Mayon’s resident volcanologist, compared Mayon Volcano’s condition to a patient in the intensive care unit (ICU): “not deteriorating but still abnormal.” Read more

Reports highlight ‘holistic approach’ towards people who use drugs

CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer and Philstar.com for their reports that discuss the need for holistic and humane approaches in dealing with illegal drugs and in fixing the... Read more

Rappler’s Gloria is WAN-IFRA’s 2023 journalism laureate

GLENDA GLORIA, executive editor and co-founder of Rappler, has been awarded one of the world’s most prestigious journalism honors, the Women in News Editorial Leadership Awards from the World... Read more

Photojournalist wounded in ambush; his nephew, 4, dies later

Unidentified assailants shot and wounded a photojournalist in Quezon City on June 29, 2023. Rene Joshua Abiad of Remate online sustained gunshot wounds in the hand and the shoulder.... Read more

FMFA statement in solidarity with VERA Files

THE FREEDOM for Media Freedom for All (FMFA) coalition, in solidarity with the media journalism community nationwide, condemns the death threats against VERA Files for fact-checking and countering disinformation.... Read more

Meet the Philippines’ first transgender TV presenter

AWARD-WINNING actress, television producer, and comedian KaladKaren continues to blaze the trail for the Filipino LGBTQ+ community as she becomes the first transgender TV presenter in the country. On... Read more

VERA Files receives death threats

MANILA – A Facebook user sent death threats to VERAFiles on June 24 through the news outlet’s FB Messenger, editor Ellen Tordesillas reported to CMFR today. Read more