CMFR Staff, Author at CMFR

Rappler correspondent barred from coverage

CMFR?PHILIPPINES -- A Rappler reporter was initially barred from entering the premises of the Central Visayas police headquarters in Cebu City on May 14 to cover the release of... Read more

Focused on events: No analysis from media on vaccination program issues

JEERS TO the media for their lack of interest in providing a sustained analysis and discussion of the country’s vaccination program. Media coverage has remained fixated on events such... Read more

Debate by proxy: Brouhaha that distracted the media

JEERS TO the media for squandering screen time and print space on the administration’s prattle after President Duterte withdrew from his own challenge to debate retired SC Associate Justice... Read more

TV cameraman assaulted in Caloocan

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A television cameraman was mauled by three men when he took videos of guests who thronged a resort in Caloocan on 10 May 2020. Caloocan... Read more

PHP25.14B calamity funds unspent as pandemic rages —Inquirer

CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for its May 3 breakthrough story on the billions-worth of unspent government calamity funds despite the hospital system’s near collapse and the acute... Read more

“Giyera lang?” Philstar.com lists what Duterte can do re WPS

OVER TWO hundred Chinese vessels have been in the West Philippines Sea since March 20 according to the National Task Force on the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS). The development... Read more

Media Review

Every two weeks, CMFR will provide a quick recap of the media coverage of the biggest stories or issues, noting the same slips that our monitors have been doing. ... Read more

Philippine Media Statement on the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020

THE SUPREME Court is hearing oral arguments on petitions against the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) of 2020. We, editors and reporters of news organizations around the Philippines, join the voices... Read more

Close up on community pantries: Media’s continuing coverage

A BRIGHT spot in the darkness of the pandemic, community pantries brought to life the sense of solidarity among Filipinos from every walk of life. The idea that people... Read more

CNN recalls Duterte speeches, confirms agreement allowing China to fish in WPS

CHEERS TO CNN Philippines for recalling Duterte’s 2019 pronouncements contradicting Malacanang’s current denial that the president had entered into an agreement with Chinese president Xi Jinping allowing Chinese... Read more