CMFR Staff, Author at CMFR

The Percy Lapid Case: ‘On the Job’s’ Macabre Premise Realized

THE INVOLVEMENT of several inmates and some still unnamed prison officials in the killing of journalist Percy Lapid recalls what was presented as fiction in the film franchise “On... Read more

Government on the Pandemic: Still in the Dark

IT’S BEEN almost three years now since COVID-19 cast the world in a deep crisis, countless lives lost, lengthy lockdowns, economies in stagnation. While the threat has been mitigated... Read more

TV Patrol focuses on Marawi’s bakwits and still pending reparations

CHEERS TO TV Patrol for revisiting the 2017 Marawi siege, highlighting the situation of the displaced communities or “bakwits” in the city. There are families who are still homeless... Read more

JVOJS 2022: Bulatlat receives 2022 CMFR Award of Distinction; ABS-CBN’s Karmina Constantino named Marshall McLuhan Fellow

CMFR HELD the Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar online for the third time on Thursday, October 27. The program is supported with a grant from the National Endowment for... Read more

This Week in Media (October 17 to 21, 2022)

ON OCTOBER 3, radio broadcaster Percy Lapid was gunned down in Las Piñas City. Lapid is the second journalist to be killed under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s watch, his... Read more

Special Treatment or Considerate Handling: PDEA Double Standard Observed in Remulla Son’s Case

THE MEDIA reported the arrest last October 11 of a certain Juanito Jose Diaz Remulla III, who turned to be the son of Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla.... Read more

Facts or Fake News: Identifying Sources and Earning Public Trust

NINE OUT of ten Filipino adults or 86% said “fake news” is a problem. This is according to the October 11 Pulse Asia Research Inc. survey on September 17... Read more

Seven journalists to discuss democracy, the future of Philippine media in Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar 2022

ON THURSDAY, October 27, the Center for Media Freedom & Responsibility (CMFR) will hold the Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar 2022 online. Read more

Two Birds with One Stone: Marcos Jr’s Policies on China and the US

WHEN CAMPAIGNING for the Presidency, Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. described Duterte’s China policy of avoiding confrontation in the West Philippine Sea as the ”right way to go.” There are signs, however, that... Read more

This Week in Media (October 10 to 14, 2022)

Justice secretary embroiled in drug controversy Read more