CMFR Staff, Author at CMFR

Congratulations to Maria Ressa and the Nobel Foundation

CMFR JOINS freedom loving Filipinos in celebrating the choice of Filipino journalist Maria Ressa as a recipient of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. The recognition is for more than... Read more

Journalist Maria Ressa wins Philippines’ first Nobel Prize

ON OCTOBER 8, Rappler’s CEO Maria Ressa and Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2021 "for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is... Read more

Eight Journalists Named for Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar 2021

CMFR WILL hold the 2021 Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism program as a webinar as it did in 2020. This year it will feature eight journalists from television and online... Read more

This Week in Media (October 4 to 8, 2021)

THE FILING of certificates of candidacies has not been really as exciting in recent elections. But it became an event to watch in 2021. People seem more concerned about... Read more

Marcos’ loot: the details— and the relevance today

CHEERS TO Rappler for publishing a detailed breakdown of the billions of public funds the dictator Ferdinand Marcos plundered during his rule. The article has pointed current relevance; Ferdinand... Read more

Rappler traces, analyzes propaganda network against activists

CHEERS TO Rappler’s investigative report on how government propaganda has shifted the target of its demonization from “drug addicts” in 2016 to activists, red-tagging and labeling them as terrorists.... Read more

Focus on presidential race: Coverage on candidates ramp up before COC filing

Media kept track of the presidential aspirants who had declared their candidacies or had been endorsed by political parties from September 19 to October 1, 2021. Read more

This Week in Media (September 27 to October 1)

POLITICS GAINED more news space and airtime during the week despite the COVID-19 pandemic’s continuing threat to Filipinos all over the country. But the two are intertwined, since COVID-19... Read more

Lost in a loophole: The legality of premature campaigning in the current election law

ELECTION FEVER has spread months before the official filing of certificates of candidacy (COCs) from October 1 to 8. Eight months prior, posters and tarpaulins bearing political faces and... Read more

Media flag military censorship of university libraries

RODRIGO DUTERTE may not have declared Martial Law, but his government nevertheless uses the military in many aspects of civilian rule. Retired officers of the AFP and PNP have... Read more