BACOLOD CITY – The municipal government of Toboso in Negros Occidental has banned government officials and employees from creating social media content during office hours and within all local government unit (LGU) premises. In a memorandum issued on Dec. 4, Mayor Richard Jaojoco said that the...
DAVAO CITY – Davao content creator Crist Briand Oncada, popularly known as Crist Briand and Brader, publicly apologized to the Muslim community on Wednesday, Sept. 10, following an offensive online post. “I sincerely apologize for the post I made, which offended Muslim community members,”...
DAVAO CITY – The Sangguniang Kabataan Federation president here denounced on Tuesday, Sept. 9, a social media post by a local vlogger that used the phrase “Looking for Baboy na Halal,” calling it offensive, misleading, and disrespectful to the Muslim community. In a privilege speech,...
DAVAO CITY – The National Commission on Muslim Filipinos in Davao region cried foul over social media content creator Crist Briand and issued a show-cause order against him over an insensitive remark on the concept of halal. In a statement, the NCMF-Davao expressed serious concern over a social...
A Korean YouTuber in the Philippines was criticized for making videos of himself paying Filipino women to drink their breast milk. Korean media outlet JTBC’s news program “Crime Chief” reported that the Korean YouTuber produces content containing daily life, eating shows (“mukbang”) and...
Malacañang has called on content creators to be responsible and respectful when making videos in the Philippines. Screenshot from X Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said this following the recent arrest of Russian-American vlogger Vitaly Zdorovetskiy for allegedly harassing Filipino...
BACOLOD CITY – A content creator from Bacong, Negros Oriental apologized to authorities for the content he posted online over the weekend that sparked public outrage. A CONTENT creator posted a video online showing him lying down on the middle of the road in Bacong, Negros Oriental that sparked...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has expressed concern over the arrest of an online content creator for alleged digital manipulation of the statement of President Marcos to make it appear that the President is calling for the legalization of illegal narcotics. Citing reports, the CHR said...
CEBU CITY – A vlogger is in hot water for performing a stunt that caused heavy traffic in Consolacion town, northern Cebu. TRAFFIC slows down on a highway in Consolacion town, Cebu as a man mimicking a snail crawls in the middle of the road. (Facebook screengrab) The stunt, which was...
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has announced that it created a content creation course and will include it in their vocational courses, taking advantage of the growing online income opportunities. According to TESDA, the course aims to help people make money online...
With such a fast-paced world, who wouldn’t want to take a break and escape it all? Folks in the city are especially surrounded with noise, activity and perpetual change. A quiet, provincial life is what a lot of people long for, but it’s not easy to drop everything and change lifestyles....
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has launched an all-out investigation against monetized social media influencers (SMIs) or vloggers who do not pay taxes from their huge income. (Photo by Dewang Gupta/ Unsplash) BIR Commissioner Caesar R. Dulay ordered regional directors and district officers...
