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ABS-CBN’s Esguerra receives 2019 CMFR Award of Distinction; Rappler’s Evangelista is 2019 Marshall McLuhan Fellow

Christian Esguerra of ABS-CBN Corporation received from the Center for Media Freedom & Responsibility (CMFR) the Award of Distinction during the annual Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar held this... Read more

Latest Marcos case dismissal: Media show little interest

EFFORTS TO recover the billions in public funds allegedly stolen by the family of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos and his cronies have suffered another blow. In an August... Read more

CMFR celebrates 30 years with Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Program

CELEBRATING ITS 30 years of programs to promote press freedom, the Center for Media Freedom & Responsibility (CMFR) holds the 2019 Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar with seven journalists... Read more

Bacolod journalist harassed

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – In another likely incident of intimidation and harassment, a Bacolod-based journalist covering the spate of killings in Negros Oriental province was tailed by a still unidentified person... Read more

POGO Rising: Media Must Take a Closer Look

IS THE Philippines becoming China’s “sin city”? Senator Joel Villanueva expressed this concern as he talked about his intention to file a resolution calling for an inquiry into the... Read more

House Speakership Coverage: Spotlight on the Dutertes

PRESIDENT RODRIGO Duterte broke yet another promise with his meddling in the race for House speakership. Despite his earlier assurance that he would stay neutral on the issue, the... Read more

Amnesty International on the “Drug War”: Media Took Little Interest

AMID RISING international concern about the spate of killings in the Philippines, the London-based human rights group Amnesty International (AI) released a new report on the Duterte administration’s war... Read more

The Recto Bank “Incident”: Government Narrative Trumps Survivors’ Accounts

ALMOST A month after the incident, public interest has remained fixed on the issues raised by the ramming and sinking of the Filipino fishing vessel in the West Philippine... Read more

Duterte in Japan: Media Missed What It Was All About

ONE OF the long standing allies of the Philippines, Japan is also one of the country’s top partners in trade and development. The two countries are not embroiled in... Read more

The Powerful and Popular Versus the Marginalized: The Party-list Poll Results

THE PARTY-LIST system has been so corrupted that it has led to the political dynasties’ and their agents’ strengthening their hold on the House of Representatives. The Commission on... Read more