CMFR Staff, Author at CMFR

Unity or Continuity: Marcos Jr. on the Leila de Lima case

A “NEAR-DEATH experience” was how former Senator Leila de Lima described the harrowing hostage-taking she endured in the early hours of October 9, 2022 at the Custodial Center of... Read more

Media’s notes on Marcos first 100 days

DESPITE A hundred days in Malacañang – June 30 to October 8 – Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has yet to show that he has really taken over as Chief... Read more

Editor red-tagged by SMNI propagandists

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Ronalyn Olea, managing editor of Bulatlat, was red-tagged and called an “operatibong internet operator” for the Communist Party of the Philippines, New People’s Army and National Democratic... Read more

Media barred from coverage in Negros Occidental

CMFR/ PHILIPPINES – Journalists were denied entry to an evacuation center in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on 13 October 2022. The media were there to cover the situation of... Read more

Two journalists receive online threats

CMFR/Philippines — TV5 broadcasters Ed Lingao and Lourd de Veyra received death threats online on 4 October 2022, a day after the murder of broadcaster Percy Lapid in Las... Read more

Broadcaster mauled outside radio station in Iloilo City

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Four men in hoods and facemasks beat and injured a broadcaster outside a radio station in La Paz, Iloilo City on 8 October 2022. Iloilo City is... Read more

This Week in Media (October 3 to 7, 2022)

LESS THAN a week after his return from New York, amid continuing recovery efforts for the victims of Super Typhoon Karding, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. flew to Singapore on... Read more

One signature away: Mandatory SIM registration bill

THE SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) Registration Act is poised to become the “first of many” laws passed during the Marcos Jr. presidency, according to Rep. Martin Romualdez, House Speaker... Read more

Not enough or too much: Rappler challenges Duterte’s claim to end education woes

CHEERS TO Rappler for its in-depth report on the claim by Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte that she is asking for an additional PHP100 billion so she... Read more

Radio commentator shot dead in Las Piñas

CMFR/PHILIPPINES — Two unidentified men shot and killed a veteran radio commentator on 3 October 2022 in Las Piñas, Metro Manila. Read more