CMFR Staff, Author at CMFR

DICT unit confirms AFP link to cyberattacks against alternative media

CMFR/PHILIPPINES -- On September 23, 2021, AlterMidya and Bulatlat, two media sites that were under cyber attack, published the contents of a report from the Computer Emergency Response Team... Read more

A call to the Philippine Army: Respect for press freedom in word and deed

THE FREEDOM for Media Freedom for All (FMFA) a coalition of press freedom advocates, condemns the Philippine Army’s Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) cyberattacks on the websites of two... Read more

This Week in Media (September 20 to 24)

NOT MUCH was heard about the COVID-19 situation this week, except for the daily case counts and the spread of the infection in religious establishments in Metro Manila. Much... Read more

From Numbers to Testimonies: Media remembers grim of Martial Law

CHEERS TO the media organizations that produced fact-based reports on the 49th commemoration of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos’ declaration of Martial Law. Apart from covering the protests that... Read more

ICC probe in focus: ANC, Inquirer.net and Rappler explain pre-trial chamber’s findings

CHEERS TO ANC, Inquirer.net and Rappler for reporting with appropriate context the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision to investigate the “war on drugs” of the Duterte administration and the... Read more

This Week in Media (September 13 to 17)

GOVERNMENT HAD much to do this week with schools opening and the launch of a new system to classify the levels of risk related to COVID-19. Other matters unfolding... Read more

Meaning of COVID Numbers Lost in DOH Bulletins

AS THE number of COVID-19 cases rise and fall, the bulletins released by the Department of Health (DOH) no longer have real value. Sharp spikes and slides are left... Read more

Online news sites spotlight hardships in remote learning

CHEERS TO Inquirer.net and Rappler for their in-depth reports which examined the glaring problems in the online reopening of schools this month. Read more

The Philippine crisis in education

THE PANDEMIC threw education off course all around the world. But some have fared better than others. In the Philippines, it is a loss so profound as to cast... Read more

A Timeline of State Hostility towards Healthcare Workers

CELEBRATED BY the public as heroes, our healthcare workers have cared for the sick and saved lives, standing guard on the frontlines against COVID-19 from the earliest stages of... Read more