CMFR Staff, Author at CMFR

COVID in the news again!

UNFORTUNATELY, GOVERNMENT and media are not helping Filipinos to understand the state of threat. Read more

Rappler reviews Marcos Jr.’s lackluster performance in national and local crises

CHEERS TO Rappler's two special reports which reviewed the failure of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to act on urgent issues involved in national and local problems. Read more

Degamo coverage: A case for reform of the election law

MEDIA HAVE not ceased in their coverage to follow up on the assassination of Roel Degamo, governor of Negros Oriental, with eight others killed and 17 injured. Accounts quoted... Read more

Media sideline injustices in De Lima’s six-year detention

HAVING SPENT six years in Camp Crame detention on trumped up drug charges, Leila de Lima has been subjected to political persecution. An elected Senator when her ordeal began,... Read more

Carmelito “CQ” Francisco, 54

DAVAO-BASED Inquirer correspondent Carmelito “CQ” Francisco died of cardiac arrest on April 19, hours short of his 55th birthday. He was 54. Read more

Media sensitivity and awareness warranted in High Court’s landmark ruling on rape

AT THE end of Women’s Month, the Supreme Court (SC) in a 40-page decision ruled on the crime of rape, defining the act as consummated “however slight” the penis... Read more

Locals air concerns on biggest Balikatan yet

WITH 17,600 troops participating, this year’s Balikatan military exercises between the United States and the Philippines is the biggest yet, surpassing the 8,900 who participated last year. It includes... Read more

Media cool to Marcos Jr.’s FOI policy

THE MEMORANDUM Circular (MC) No. 15 issued by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin issued No. 15 left more official goings and public records blurry by the Palace as it updated... Read more

Marcos follows Duterte’s model of disinformation

NOT SURPRISINGLY, Rodrigo Duterte’s successor, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., has followed the model set before him. The goal of the Marcos return to power was stated clearly by... Read more

Government ’s role in the spread of disinformation

EVEN BEFORE the pandemic, countries around the world showed up the symptoms of a social and political disease. Only a few have emerged unscathed from the affliction. Sadly, the... Read more