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An Attack on the Press is an Attack on the Public’s Right to Know

THE STATE of press freedom in the Philippines remains weighed down by pressures. Persistent physical attacks against individual journalists are the most visible. Online harassment has risen, fueled by... Read more

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

Feb 17 to March 9, 2025: Airtime for election news dips

Election coverage during the second, third, and fourth weeks of the campaign period consolidated news on campaign sorties and rallies of senatorial candidates into single reports. This collective reporting... Read more

ABS-CBN’s Mike Navallo Honored with JVO Award of Distinction; Jodesz Gavilan of Rappler is Marshall McLuhan Fellow for 2023

CMFR HELD the Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar in person on Thursday, October 19, the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. The seminar featured a panel of five journalists... 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

Remembering Luis

This eulogy was shared by CMFR Executive Director Melinda Quintos De Jesus as she remembered CMFR Trustee Luis V. Teodoro (LVT) on March 16, 2023, at the memorial program... Read more

Luis V. Teodoro, esteemed journalist and educator, passes away at 81

CMFR mourns the passing of Professor Luis V. Teodoro. He succumbed to a heart attack on March 13, 2023, shortly before midnight. He was 81. He was a member... Read more

JVOJS 2022: Bulatlat receives 2022 CMFR Award of Distinction; ABS-CBN’s Karmina Constantino named Marshall McLuhan Fellow

CMFR HELD the Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar online for the third time on Thursday, October 27. The program is supported with a grant from the National Endowment for... Read more

Two journalists receive online threats

CMFR/Philippines — TV5 broadcasters Ed Lingao and Lourd de Veyra received death threats online on 4 October 2022, a day after the murder of broadcaster Percy Lapid in Las... Read more

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