CMFR Staff, Author at CMFR

Inquirer.net and Philstar.com probe the underlying politics of Marcos family drama

CHEERS TO Philstar.com and Inquirer.net for their treatment of the family drama involving President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his older sister, Imee; including context, history, and the politics underlying... Read more

Typhoons in November: Disaster reporting in a time of climate crisis

TWO SUPER typhoons demonstrated the impact of the climate crisis as a severe tropical storm “Tino” and typhoon “Uwan” pummeled extensive areas in the Visayas and Mindanao. Read more

Cai Ordinario, 45

CAI ORDINARIO, a veteran journalist and communications professor, passed away on November 17 from cancer. She wrote on macroeconomic and urban development issues for BusinessMirror. Read more

Six journalists to join 35th JVO Journalism Seminar on November 27

The Center for Media Freedom & Responsibility (CMFR) will hold the 35th Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar on Thursday, November 27. For the first time, CMFR will hold the... Read more

A nature reserve in Scarborough: Inquirer.net spotlights China’s continuing expansionism

CHEERS TO Inquirer.net for looking into the new “nature reserve” that China established in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Kurt dela Peña’s report stressed that this should be viewed... Read more

Inquirer.net: Ako Bicol’s misrepresentation in Congress

CHEERS TO Inquirer.net’s Kurt Dela Peña for focusing on the case of Ako Bicol Party-list as an example of the failure of the Party-list Systems Law. Dela Peña described... Read more

Media on Zaldy Co: Exposing the power behind the flood-control scandal

CHEERS TO Rappler, Philstar.com, and Inquirer.net for their sustained and detailed coverage of Elizaldy “Zaldy” Co – businessman, party-list congressman, and a central figure in the corruption scandal surrounding... Read more

Broadcaster Noel Bellen Samar shot dead in Albay

CMFR/PHILIPPINES — Bicolano broadcaster Noel Bellen Samar, 54, was shot by two unidentified gunmen on October 20 in Guinobatan, Albay. A radio reporter for Kadunong Internet TV and DWIZ... Read more

Rappler and PCIJ: Detecting design for keeping Dutertes in the news

CHEERS TO Rappler and the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) for their respective in-depth reports analyzing the strategies of deceit employed by the Dutertes and their supporters to... Read more

Update on Free TV News and Current Affairs Channels in the Philippines

THE FREE-TV news landscape in the Philippines remains dynamic, constituting a mix of long-standing commercial networks, state broadcasters, religious-owned channels, and a growing number of blocktimed programs and digital... Read more