CMFR Staff, Author at CMFR

7.6 growth rate in 2022: Print trumpets superlative claims, TV and online news provide more realistic assessment

SEVEN MANILA-based broadsheets featured it as banner story on January 27, echoing the superlative terms used by government to describe the 7.6 percent growth of the country’s economy in... Read more

MindaNews focuses on RHU’s initiatives in combating COVID

CHEERS TO MindaNews for a story that should be a model for national media. Featuring a rural community’s response to COVID-19, it described measures to arrest the spread... Read more

Quick Turnaround: Justice Secretary’s son cleared in speedy trial

THE DRUG case filed against Juanito Jose Remulla III, son of the Secretary of Justice (SOJ) Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla, had been hounded by controversy since news of it... Read more

Media Fail to Verify Alleged Renovations in Malacañang

JEERS TO the Malacañang Press Corps (MPC) for failing to confirm or verify alleged construction within Palace grounds, and for not sharing the story about its secrecy. Read more

Oxfam Pilipinas calls for stories on gender issues in PH

OXFAM Pilipinas, a part of the international confederation Oxfam working with communities in 90 countries, is offering journalists a one-time grant of PHP 15,000 for journalists to write stories... Read more

Media echo government narrative on Marcos’ WEF trip

THE GLOBE-trotting president strikes again, this time in the wintry mountain town of Davos in Switzerland for the World Economic Forum (WEF). Read more

Rappler compares bills for charter change in the House

CHEERS TO Rappler’s in-depth report that compared the different charter change bills that have been filed at the House of Representatives. Read more

Rappler and Inquirer.net dig up the onion problem

CHEERS TO Inquirer.net and Rappler for their looking into reasons behind the high price of onions. The reports focused on what farmer groups have to say as they are... Read more

Media highlight relevance of ruling: SC voids Arroyo-era exploration deal

CHEERS TO several media accounts that provided explainers and interviews that discussed a Supreme Court (SC) ruling on the 2005 joint exploration deal with China and Vietnam and its... Read more

Court acquits Rappler’s Maria Ressa of tax evasion

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) on 18 January 2023 cleared Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa of all four tax evasion charges... Read more