CMFR Staff, Author at CMFR

Racing against Crises: DOH, DA still headless

AGRICULTURE COULD not be more of a gut issue, with food being the most basic of goods and the threat of a food crisis on the horizon. Read more

‘Land is Life’: Online media zoom in on plight of IPs amid climate crisis

CHEERS TO Bulatlat, MindaNews, Philstar.com, and Rappler for calling attention to the vulnerability of the country’s Indigenous Peoples (IPs), who are now suffering the consequences of the severe weather... Read more

Racing against Crises: DOH, DA still headless

SEVERAL MONTHS into the job, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has yet to appoint qualified persons to oversee the departments charged with food production and health – two basic... Read more

TV programs critique Senate President’s remarks on media freedom

CHEERS TO two television programs for their critique of Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri’s remarks against the media. ANC’s Dateline Philippines pointed out his lack of understanding of the... Read more

Percy Lapid slay masterminds identified; Media hardly respond to government’s denial of killing’s chilling effect

THE CASE has proven to be among the most highly publicized of journalist killings in recent years. The huge following of broadcaster Percival Mabasa, better known to his audience... Read more

Beyond the Lapid Case: Media examine prison system issues

CHEERS TO Rappler, One News, and ANC for their reports that examined other issues in the wake of the investigation of the killing of broadcaster Percival Mabasa aka Percy... Read more

Marcos declares four regions in state of calamity; Climate change gains momentum in media coverage

“PAENG” ENTERED the country in time for the long “Undas” weekend and the traditional Catholic celebration of All Saints’ and All Souls’ Day. The Severe Tropical Storm, with the... Read more

Rewriting History: Learning or Propaganda?

HISTORICAL REVISIONISM has long been an issue in the country, even before Ferdinand Marcos Jr. assumed the presidency. A team of scholars did academic research to establish how disinformation... Read more

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