CMFR Staff, Author at CMFR

This Week in Media (February 14 to 18, 2022)

AS CANDIDATES draw media attention to their campaign, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has also attracted its share of news coverage, much of them negative. Read more

Media review Comelec’s dismissal of disqualification petitions against Marcos Jr.

CHEERS TO media accounts that called attention to the irregularities of the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) decision on three consolidated disqualification petitions against Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Read more

Real-life workers speak up on Rappler and Bulatlat

CHEERS TO Bulatlat and Rappler for giving a voice to workers who were chided for working too hard! What provoked it was a snarky message from Senator Imee Marcos... Read more

Ricardo “Dong” Puno, 76

VETERAN JOURNALIST and former press secretary Ricardo “Dong” Puno passed away on Tuesday, February 15 from complications of Parkinson’s disease. He was 76. Read more

GMA Network launches Batangas Station, Southern Tagalog newscast

A MOVE two years in the making, media giant GMA Network simultaneously launched its newest regional TV station in Batangas, GMA Batangas Regional TV, the 11th of its kind,... Read more

This Week in Media (February 7 to 11, 2022)

THE NINETY-DAY countdown to election day officially kicked off on February 8, the first day of the campaign period. Even with the lingering threat of COVID-19 in many parts... Read more

The KBP Presidential Forum: Pooling resources for a better informed electorate

THE KAPISANAN ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP) Presidential Forum is the first of its kind, a joint effort by news organizations to provide a venue for candidates to... Read more

Rappler uncovers issues in slow vaccination drive in provinces

CHEERS TO Rappler for its two-part investigative report that explained why, nearly a year into the PH vaccine program, the provinces have yet to receive enough COVID-19 vaccine doses. Read more

Standing by: DZBB fails to verify Marcos, Jr.’s claims during Interview

JEERS TO GMA’s flagship radio station dzBB for an interview which failed to check false statements made by Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. on the program “Ikaw Na Ba?: The... Read more

More than legal lapses in NTC assignment of frequencies

THE HISTORIC shutdown of ABS-CBN’s broadcast franchise may have been relegated to old files; but recent developments have brought the issue back into the limelight. Read more