CMFR Staff, Author at CMFR

Closing down ABS-CBN

IN THE midst of the tension and fear over the pandemic and requisite community quarantine, the government has forced a major media company off the air, literally closing it... Read more

ABS-CBN goes off air following NTC’s cease and desist order

CMFR/PHILIPPINES — The country’s biggest broadcast network, ABS-CBN, ceased its radio and television operations nationwide on 5 May 2020, in compliance with an order from the National Telecommunications Commission... Read more

Dumaguete radio broadcaster shot dead

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A radio broadcaster was gunned down and killed by still unidentified assailants in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental on 5 May 2020. Dumaguete City is 639.71 km south... Read more

Editorials assail abuses during lockdown

CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer and Manila Standard for editorials calling attention to the strong-arm approach of the government on violators of quarantine regulations, assailing it in the... Read more

Muddling through aid distribution mess

THE EXTENDED community quarantine (ECQ) has pushed more Filipinos deeper into poverty. The government’s aid has been slow to trickle down and at the rate that things are going,... Read more

State of Media Freedom in PH

Introduction The period saw the long awaited decision from the trial of the accused of the massacre of 58 persons, including 32 journalists in Ampatuan, Maguindanao; promulgated at the... Read more

EDITORIAL: Crisis in government communication calls for media to step up

COMMUNICATION IS vital to democratic governance in normal times. But it is even more essential during and in the aftermath of disasters, political, social and economic crises, and such... Read more

Still on COVID-19: A closer look at DOH mass testing

THE COVID-19 pandemic may have caught the world off-guard, but with the right combination of resources and sound policy-making, some countries have addressed the peril more effectively than others.... Read more

GIA not Gallup Inc.: Parroting dubious surveys

PUBLIC OPINION polls are supposed to reflect the people’s sentiments. Thus, polls are an obvious source of information, reviewed and studied by interested parties, like governments, taking their cues... Read more

The news that looks ahead

THE PUBLIC has had little guidance about what to expect after the extended lockdown period for Luzon, which was previously set to end on April 30 but is now... Read more