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 Suspension order on Lumad schools: Media sideline impact on right to education ISSUES CONCERNING indigenous peoples (IPs) are rarely, if at all, covered by the news media. The Department of Education’s (DepEd) recent order to suspend the operations of 55 Lumad schools in the Davao region was no exception. The order was issued in response to a complaint filed by National... Tracking the President WHERE IS the president? This question has come up often enough when journalists covering the president have nothing to report, and have no idea where he might be — not just for a day or two, but for as long as seven days. CMFR cheers the Philippine Daily Inquirer for... Five Months of the Rice “Tariffication” Law: Impact on Farmers, Public Missing FIVE MONTHS after its passage, the Rice Liberalization Act (RA 11203) is back in the news. Signed in February, RA 11203 was set to address the shortage in affordable rice by liberalizing rice trade or lifting import limits and imposing tariffs on imported rice. As a safety net for... Boracay Flood: Work Unfinished TOGETHER WITH the social media posts of tourists and residents wading in floodwaters, media reported the floods in Boracay last week which was brought by rains because of the low pressure area in northern Luzon and the landfall of Tropical Storm Falcon (Danas) in Cagayan on July 17. Media... National Dengue Alert: Beyond the Numbers DENGUE CASES are on the rise. The Department of Health (DOH) said there have been 106,630 dengue cases nationwide from January 1 to June 29, 2019. Media reports noted that the number is 85 percent more than the 57,564 cases in the same period last year. The spike in... POGO Rising: Media Must Take a Closer Look IS THE Philippines becoming China’s “sin city”? Senator Joel Villanueva expressed this concern as he talked about his intention to file a resolution calling for an inquiry into the government’s policy on Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGO). Villanueva chairs the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Villanueva said... UN Rights Body Resolution: Reactions Bury Some Exceptions FROM ITS early months in 2016, the government’s campaign against illegal drugs has been confronted with protest against human rights violations in its implementation. But nothing has effectively restrained the “war on drugs” which, based on records of the Philippine National Police (PNP), continue to show the killings of... House Speakership Coverage: Spotlight on the Dutertes PRESIDENT RODRIGO Duterte broke yet another promise with his meddling in the race for House speakership. Despite his earlier assurance that he would stay neutral on the issue, the president announced during a speech on July 8 that “Your Speaker will be Alan Peter Cayetano”—adding that Cayetano (1st Dist.,... Amnesty International on the “Drug War”: Media Took Little Interest AMID RISING international concern about the spate of killings in the Philippines, the London-based human rights group Amnesty International (AI) released a new report on the Duterte administration’s war on drugs last July 8, its second on the subject since January 2017. The report highlighted their findings, including that... Youngest Drug War Victim’s Death: Media Echo Official’s Indifference JEERS TO the media for their uncritical reporting on the latest child casualty in the Duterte “drug war,” with coverage so bereft of context. Three year-old Kateleen Myca Ulpina was killed in a June 30 police operation that targeted her father, whom police said was a drug dealer. Police... « Previous1…7576777879…202Next »
