CMFR Staff, Author at CMFR

Questioning Duterte’s need for emergency powers

THE DISMAL performance of the national government in handling the COVID-19 pandemic has enraged ordinary citizens, who have been forced into a lockdown without concrete guarantees for their daily... Read more

The pandemic’s economic fallout

PRESIDENT RODRIGO Duterte on March 16 placed Luzon under “enhanced community quarantine,” which restricts the movement of roughly 60 million Filipinos. The quarantine mandated the temporary closure of non-essential... Read more

A closer look at the weak link in the fight against COVID-19

THE CRISIS over the novel coronavirus has highlighted the weakness of the national health system in the country, an issue that urges concerned Filipinos to understand it within a... Read more

A call for leadership

A QUICK scan of mainstream news earlier highlighted the quick actions and commitments made by the private sector: extending deadlines on scheduled payments; re-allocating budgets so they can help... Read more

“Fake news” provision threatens freedom of the press, expression

JOINT STATEMENT We, media organizations, advocates of freedom of the press and of expression, journalists and academics, raise the alarm over the insertion of measures to control free expression... Read more

Call for media solidarity on COVID

IN CRISIS, the impulse to call out failings is tempered by the already high level of tension and anxiety. Why add to the difficulties? Social media influencers in support... Read more

Statement on government requiring journalists to get PCOO accreditation to be exempted from community quarantine

WE, MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS, journalists, press freedom advocates and academics, raise our collective voice and declare our opposition to government requiring journalists to secure accreditation from the Presidential Communications Operations... Read more