CMFR Staff, Author at CMFR

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

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