We will not surrender our freedomsToday, Independence Day, we renew our pledge to serve the people, to continue speaking truth to power, and to guard and defend freedom of the press and of expression from all threats.Read More Covering the PandemicRead more Covering the CoViD-19 Pandemic This Week in Media (AUGUST 2 to 6, 2021) THIS TIME last year, a broad alliance of medical professionals and healthcare workers had called for a “time-out” to give the overwhelmed healthcare system time to recover and to recalibrate anti-COVID strategies. From GCQ, the president approved a shift to MECQ for NCR and other areas for two weeks,... This Week in Media (JULY 26 to 30, 2021) IT WOULD have been an entirely different week without the country’s first ever Olympic gold win by athlete Hidilyn Diaz. In a week darkened by storm clouds and drenched with rains from monsoon rains, President Duterte’s lengthy SONA alone would have moved Filipinos to copious tears. This Week in Media (July 19 to 23, 2021) FEW WOULD claim that pre-campaign politics or Rodrigo Duterte’s coming State of the Nation Address could compete in terms of relevance with the news of local cases of an even deadlier strain of COVID-19. But all three nevertheless got their share of the biggest news headlines and primetime TV... This Week in Media (July 12 to 16, 2021) DESPITE A clearly defined campaign period, Filipino politicians probably enjoy one of the longest campaign periods in the world. Without clearly set primaries and caucuses which help track the progressive build-up of a candidate’s bid for public office, politicians feel free to promote themselves through all kinds of... This Week in Media The eruption of Taal volcano on July 1 cast the public in deeper gloom; but did not displace COVID-19 as the nation’s paramount fear or concern. But it did add to the continuing tension even as President Duterte resorted to levity, betraying his lack of awareness of how... Media still mum on leadership vacuum; PNOY remembered THE DEATH of former President Benigno Aquino III, or PNoy as he himself asked to be called, shocked the country because it was so unexpected. While Aquino kept his life mostly private, but he had made public the serious illness which hospitalized him at the end of 2019. PNoy... Media Review AS THOUGH the pandemic had not made life miserable enough, power outages have added to the difficulties that the public must bear. With so many unemployed and experiencing even worse poverty, the economy continues to contract; the World Bank slashed its growth forecast for the Philippines from 5.5 percent... Media Review MEDIA COVERED a range of issues during the latter half of May, among them the still urgent threat of COVID-19; Duterte’s engagement of Enrile as presidential cheerleader on the WPS; the commemoration of the fourth anniversary of the Marawi siege; and the divergent legislative priorities in Congress. ... 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. We intend this as a quick mapping of news, providing a guide for journalists and identifying gaps in reporting, the... 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. We intend this as a quick mapping of news, providing a guide for journalists and identifying gaps in reporting, the... « Previous1…12131415Next »
