Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility Archives

Six journalists to join 35th JVO Journalism Seminar on November 27

The Center for Media Freedom & Responsibility (CMFR) will hold the 35th Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar on Thursday, November 27. For the first time, CMFR will hold the... Read more

THE STATE OF MEDIA FREEDOM IN THE PHILIPPINES 2025

THE STATE of media freedom in the Philippines presents the continuing paradox of a libertarian legal framework that protects freedom of expression and press freedom amid forces hostile to... Read more

FMFA statement calling for urgent attention to Percy Lapid’s murder case

AS WE mark the first year of his murder, the Freedom for Media Freedom for All (FMFA) coalition calls for swift justice for radio broadcaster Percival “Percy Lapid” Mabasa. Read more

‘Peace is a process’: Int’l peace prize for MindaNews’ Arguillas

JOURNALIST AND journalism educator Carolyn O. Arguillas has been awarded this year’s Luxembourg Peace Prize. A fellow of the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility’s Jaime V. Ongpin (JVO)... Read more

Seven journalists to discuss democracy, the future of Philippine media in Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar 2022

ON THURSDAY, October 27, the Center for Media Freedom & Responsibility (CMFR) will hold the Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar 2022 online. Read more

Group launches safety platform for Filipina journalists

IN RESPONSE to the continued abuse of Philippine media, a group launched on December 10 an online safety platform for Filipina journalists. Read more

Philippine Media Statement on Maria Ressa’s Nobel Peace Prize

WE JOIN our fellow Filipinos in celebrating the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize given to journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitri Muratov. 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

FMFA’s statement on the Office of the Solicitor General’s quo warranto complaint against ABS-CBN

FREEDOM FOR Media, Freedom for All (FMFA), a national coalition of media-oriented organizations, calls for a collective front that enjoins not just journalists and news organizations, but Filipinos who... Read more

Weapons of Partisanship, Instruments of Abuse

THE PHILIPPINE National Police (PNP) has filed before the Department of Justice (DOJ) charges of sedition and obstruction of justice, among other offenses, against members of the opposition, lawyers,... Read more