CMFR Staff, Author at CMFR

Reporting on raids, media limited discussion of the POGO ban

THREE MONTHS after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered a total ban on Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs), media has continued to report on raids to close down POGO hubs... Read more

Inquirer.net bares senatoriables’ stance on the VP’s impeachment

CHEERS TO Inquirer.net for tracking the different stands taken by incumbent senators and senatorial candidates on the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte. Read more

Amid diminished remembrance, student and faith-based groups recall the value of EDSA People Power

THE MARCOS administration has consistently kept the commemoration of EDSA People Power events of February 1986 in the cold. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has left the ceremonial tasks to... Read more

PCIJ and Rappler reveal the hidden price of FATF Exit

CHEERS TO the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) and Rappler for their reports on the removal of the Philippines from the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) ‘grey list,’... Read more

Info-tainment can work: Check out Dapat Totoo series on voters education

CHEERS TO the #DapatTotoo series of GMA Integrated News for taking a fresh approach to voter education. Its Elections 2025 digital campaign “#DapatTotoo” has found an effective way to... Read more

Deepening marginalization: ABS-CBN News underscores genuine party-list representation in the congress

CHEERS TO ABS-CBN News for calling public attention to the failure of the party-list system and the need to represent marginalized groups in the House of Representatives. Read more

Hardly anything new: Print, online stick to the familiar campaign trail

MIDTERM ELECTIONS do not gain the same kind of fanfare as presidential elections but the exercise is far from insignificant. The election of senators, House representatives and local executives... Read more

Philstar.com explains ‘ghost students’ in DepEd’s voucher program as a perennial problem

CHEERS TO Philstar.com for breaking down the complexities of the senior high school voucher program and explaining the long-standing issue of ‘ghost students’ benefiting from it. Read more

Kicking off the campaign period: Admin-backed senatorial candidates receive more TV news mileage

THE OFFICIAL campaign period kicked off on February 11 for the May 2025 midterm elections with 66 senatorial candidates and 156 party-list groups vying for seats in Congress. Different... Read more

Philstar.com tracks impact of Trump’s freeze order on USAID fund

CHEERS TO Philstar.com for checking the consequences of President Donald Trump’s stop-work order on United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for development work in the Philippines. Read more