CMFR Staff, Author at CMFR

Cheers! Philstar.com documents poor Senate record as watchdog against abuse

ONLY TWO senators dissented when the Senate passed its third and final version of the Anti-Terrorism Bill in February, amidst protests about the potential for abuse in the implementation... Read more

Rappler looks into Duterte’s many task forces

THE GOVERNMENT is not new to national task forces, special bodies formed by the president to address urgent matters. President Duterte has created 16 task forces so far, perhaps... Read more

Can’t probe or won’t ?

RODRIGO ROA Duterte talked big about ending corruption in government even during his 2016 campaign. Four years into his term, he has definitely shown a soft side for some... Read more

Another LGU best practice: Inquirer reports Valenzuela’s contact tracing

CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for a two-part series that featured a local government’s approach to contact tracing. This important measure against COVID-19 has been underappreciated by the... Read more

Three typhoons in a row: Too much for government and for media

IN A period of three weeks, three destructive typhoonshit the country like a chain of bad luck. Typhoon Quinta made landfall in Quezon in late October and swept through... Read more

Sensational treatment, lack of facts mar report on RTC shooting

JEERS TO several media outfits that made a spectacle out of the fatal shooting of a regional trial court judge allegedly by her clerk of court in Manila. Breaking... Read more

Rappler brings to light military’s dangerous behavior online

THE DUTERTE administration’s fight against communist insurgency has taken to social media platforms as a frontline of action. As the military justifies its “information war” to help quell insurgency,... Read more

Broadcaster-columnist shot dead in Pangasinan four years after surviving slay attempt

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Unidentified men aboard a motorcycle shot and killed a columnist and radio commentator in Villasis, Pangasinan on 10 November 2020. The killing happened four years after the... Read more

MIA again: Duterte “at home” during 2020’s strongest typhoon

CRITICS ON social media were quick to call out the president’s conspicuous absence in government’s response to Super Typhoon Rolly. The world’s strongest tropical cyclone this year ravaged Southern... Read more

Negros Island’s paper of record closes shop

by Daryl Z. Lasafin A VENERABLE press institution closed down last month. After 38 years, Bacolod City-based The Visayan Daily Star published its last issue on October 17. Like... Read more