CMFR Staff, Author at CMFR

A Step Towards Justice: Media Report “Drug War” Victim’s Corrected Cause of Death Certificate

CHEERS TO reports which called attention to the need for truth and accuracy in the documentation of deaths involved in Rodrigo Duterte’s “drug war.” Going back to the falsification... Read more

Five women, five stories, one struggle: Bulatlat shares lived realities of human rights defenders

CHEERS TO Bulatlat for two follow-up stories posted on November 29 and December 1, which deserve the same recognition as the first three stories on women human rights defenders... Read more

Five women, five stories, one struggle: Bulatlat shares lived realities of human rights defenders

CHEERS TO Bulatlat for its report on five women and their struggle to defend human rights in the country. It was in fitting observance of International Women Human Rights... Read more

Year of retirements: ABS-CBN’s Ging Reyes and GMA’s Marissa Flores retire

TWO INFLUENTIAL leaders in the country’s biggest newsrooms retired this year: Maria Regina “Ging” Reyes, News Senior Vice President at ABS-CBN this December and Marissa L. Flores, GMA News... Read more

“Sovereign wealth fund” proposed; Agri product prices rise as holidays near

THE WEEK closed with the proposed “sovereign wealth fund” making headlines, with stories based mainly on what Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno had to say about it – that it... Read more

One Balita Pilipinas interview bares government ignorance of SOGIE and LGBT rights

CHEERS TO One PH’s One Balita Pilipinas for its interview on November 21 countering the skewed and discriminatory statements of Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla. The interview asked a... Read more

Rappler reports expanded mining operations in Mindanao

CHEERS TO Rappler’s two-part report on the large-scale operations of mining companies across Mindanao. The expansion of these activities is based on those companies’ belief that President Ferdinand Marcos... Read more

Life in Liberty: PCIJ report argues for giving hope to PDLs

CHEERS TO the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism’s (PCIJ) report calling attention to various life and career programs designed to give persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) a second chance. Read more

Media report tension in West Philippine Sea as US VP visits Palawan

“A HISTORIC visit” was how news reports described US Vice President Kamala Harris’ trip to Palawan on November 22. Harris is the first and highest-ranking US government official to... Read more

Inquirer.net explains the meaning of employment numbers

CHEERS TO Inquirer.net for scrutinizing the recently revealed 0.3 percent dip in the unemployment rate, amid glowing reports that ignored the emerging problem of underemployment and the people’s shift... Read more