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Departing from the usual

CHEERS TO two news programs for giving attention to those sector often marginalized by the media, and for airing a digestible backgrounder on the Moro struggle.

JEERS TO the Daily Tribune for a misleading and biased report on the alleged Senate reshuffle to replace Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. as committee head for delays in passing the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL).

Reporting the House vote on the BBL: Legitimizing media bias

CMFR MONITORED the reporting on the debates and voting on the draft Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) from March 18 to 20.

Sidebar | Other Voices on the BBL: Helping Develop Public Understanding

RARELY DID the media organizations monitored present the views of those directly affected by the voting’s outcome, such as the indigenous peoples’ communities, the people of Mindanao in general and those living in the autonomous region, and of course, the MILF. When some stories included these parties in the...

Sidebar | Peace Council presents BBL report

FOLLOWING THE call by President Aquino to respected citizen leaders to convene an independent group that will scrutinize the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), the members of the Peace Council constituted themselves into clusters to identify and study potentially contentious issues in the draft law.

Former Chief Justice to Congress: ‘Be peacemakers, peace builders’

“BE PEACEMAKERS, peace builders, and peacekeepers.” Former Chief Justice Hilario Davide reiterated this message to lawmakers deliberating on the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL).

Coverage of the BBL (7-14 April 2015): Bias and Prejudice against Bangsamoro

FORM APRIL 7 to April 14, the Center for Media Freedom & Responsibility (CMFR) recorded 71 reports in three major newspapers in the country (Manila Bulletin, Philippine Daily Inquirer and The Philippine Star) and 23 segments in primetime television news programs 24 Oras, Aksyon and TV Patrol on the Bangsamoro...

Departing from the usual

What Senate reshuffle?

Reporting the House vote on the BBL: Legitimizing media bias

Sidebar | Other Voices on the BBL: Helping Develop Public Understanding

Sidebar | Peace Council presents BBL report

Former Chief Justice to Congress: ‘Be peacemakers, peace builders’

Coverage of the BBL (7-14 April 2015): Bias and Prejudice against Bangsamoro

Rice as war casualty

Giving voice to their plight

Battle-weary victims ask: When will this stop?

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