CMFR Staff, Author at CMFR

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

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