Rappler Archives | Page 26 of 53 | CMFR
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MIA again: Duterte “at home” during 2020’s strongest typhoon
CRITICS ON social media were quick to call out the president’s conspicuous absence in government’s response to Super Typhoon Rolly. The world’s strongest tropical cyclone this year ravaged Southern... Read more
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JVOJS 2020: Philstar.com’s Camille Diola receives CMFR Award of Distinction; ABS-CBN’S Christian Esguerra named Marshall McLuhan Fellow
DUE TO the pandemic, CMFR held the Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar online on Friday, October 9, 2020. The program featured a panel of six journalists chosen on the... Read more
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Cheers! Rappler takes a long hard look at misplaced priorities in 2021 budget
MEDIA HAVE faithfully followed the budget discussion in the HOR. But much of the reporting has been limited to accounts focused on the deliberations on the allocations for each... Read more
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Reduced physical distancing: Another flawed policy from the IATF
THE PROPOSAL to gradually reduce physical distancing in public transport served to demonstrate once again the flawed policy-making process that has marred the IATF’s response to the pandemic. In... Read more
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House leadership brouhaha sidelines budget woes
ALL EYES WERE on the House of Representatives amid rumors of an ouster bid against Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano (1st Dist., Taguig City) because of complaints over the budget... Read more
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Task Force PhilHealth unable to explain why Duque got off
THE PHILHEALTH scandal that diverted public health funds to private pockets made the pandemic even more difficult to bear for Filipinos already suffering economic deprivation and the continuing spread... Read more
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September 21: Then and Now
MANY WHO lived through the years of Martial Law, proclaimed by then Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos on September 21, 1972, are gripped by a sense of déjà vu. The... Read more
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With few exceptions, media barely note VP message
AHEAD OF the schedule briefing of the president on that day Vice President Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo aired a 20-minute video message on Facebook last August 24. She said... Read more
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Duterte’s health, again: Few reports show improvement
SPECULATIONS ABOUT the president’s health won’t be quelled so easily, especially when Duterte himself is suddenly and unwontedly fueling them. Following the rumors last week that he had flown... Read more
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Media’s critical lens spotlights call for “revolutionary government”
THE POINT of a “revolutionary government” seemed lost on a group of Duterte supporters who trooped to Clark Freeport in Pampanga on August 22 to support the People’s National... Read more


