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Drug war victims: Exhumed bodies dramatize need to preserve the record of government violence and injustice

CHEERS TO Rappler for its report on the cold December morning when the bodies of some victims killed during the government’s drug war had to be exhumed from the... Read more

All in the family: Philippine politics at its worst

IF IT is any indication of what’s to come in May 2022, political families and warring factions hogging the spotlight now will serve as key players, once again sidelining... Read more

Lascañas’ ICC affidavit: No laughing matter

CHEERS TO Rappler for its comprehensive series on retired Davao City police officer Arturo Lascañas’ International Criminal Court (ICC) affidavit. Read more

Only some media report presidential ‘term-sharing’ scheme as unconstitutional

CHEERS TO the media reports that called the “possible term-sharing” of political aspirants Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte-Carpio as unconstitutional. Read more

Inquirer.net and Rappler zoom in on slow vaccination pace

CHEERS TO Inquirer.net and Rappler for their explanatory reports on the slowdown of the vaccination program, after the media had echoed official announcements about how the government had secured... Read more

This Week in Media (October 11 to 15, 2021)

2021 IS raining gold on Filipino women—women in particular who have had challenges thrown their way including attacks by the administration. Read more

Congratulations to Maria Ressa and the Nobel Foundation

CMFR JOINS freedom loving Filipinos in celebrating the choice of Filipino journalist Maria Ressa as a recipient of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. The recognition is for more than... Read more

Journalist Maria Ressa wins Philippines’ first Nobel Prize

ON OCTOBER 8, Rappler’s CEO Maria Ressa and Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2021 "for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is... Read more

Eight Journalists Named for Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar 2021

CMFR WILL hold the 2021 Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism program as a webinar as it did in 2020. This year it will feature eight journalists from television and online... Read more

Marcos’ loot: the details— and the relevance today

CHEERS TO Rappler for publishing a detailed breakdown of the billions of public funds the dictator Ferdinand Marcos plundered during his rule. The article has pointed current relevance; Ferdinand... Read more