The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday, April 20, belied erroneous reports claiming that the counting of overseas votes has already begun, saying all votes will be counted altogether on May 9. Comelec/MB Comelec Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia has tagged the erroneous report as...
A Catholic priest has asked the faithful to spread Christ's Good News and not fake news this Holy Week. Photo Sts Peter and Paul Parish FB Msgr. Pedro Gerardo Santos, parish priest of Sts. Peter and Paul Parish in Makati City, issued the call after learning that some residences were asked to switch...
Reelectionist Senator Leila de Lima on Wednesday, April 13 deplored the reported falsified death certificates of the people killed under President Duterte’s “war on drugs”, which showed that the anti-narcotics campaign was “an organized malevolent conspiracy that involved even medical...
SAN FERNANDO, La Union—Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday, April 12, pointed to the camp of former senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as the one behind the fake news and malicious attacks against her and eldest daughter Aika. Former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. (left) and Vice...
President Duterte has blamed fake news peddled by rebel group and other "enemies" of the government over the vaccine hesitancy of some Filipinos, especially those in Mindanao. Duterte said Monday night, April 11, it is the government's "enemies" who have been spreading false information and...
Party-lists belonging to the Makabayan bloc have condemned the "desperate move" of spreading fake sex videos involving Aika Robredo, eldest daughter of opposition standard-bearer Vice President Leni Robredo. (Sergey Zolkin/ Unsplash) In a statement Monday, April 11, Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said on Thursday, April 7, that the deployment ban of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has remained in effect. DOLE DOLE issued the statement after the circulation of a fake advisory purportedly issued by the Philippine...
After the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec’s) en banc session on Wednesday, April 6, the poll body announced the creation of Task Force Kontra Fake News. Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia said the task force was created to “make a point” and eliminate any attempt by anyone to destroy the...
Police arrested a woman for allegedly selling fake cigarettes in Navotas City on Monday, April 4. Lt. Col. Jay Dimaandal, Nothern Police District (NPD) Special Operations Unit (DSOU) chief, identified the suspect as Olivia Olarte, 44, an online seller and a resident of Brgy. Daanghari, Navotas...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner George Garcia wants a task force against fake news. Comelec/MB He said he will propose to the Comelec en Banc this week the creation of such task force. "I will personally convince the Commission en Banc next week to create a task force against fake...
Are you sure you’re reading this right? It’s April Fools’ Day. It’s celebrated around the world in many different ways, but in any way it is observed, someone has to play the fool. In the Philippines, as in Spain and Mexico, there is a Yuletide version of April Fools’ Day — Niños...
The Las Pinas City government advised motorists, who are using public or private roads as alternative routes to ease or decongest traffic along the main thoroughfares in the city, not to deal with unscrupulous persons selling fake friendship route stickers. The city government issued the advisory...
