Vice President Sara Duterte (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) Ranking congressmen have condemned the apparent smear campaign on the House of Representatives' impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte. This, after various House members decried...
The empty seats of the social media personalities who no-showed the House tri-comm hearing Tuesday, Feb. 4 (PPAB) The House tri-committee (tri-comm) issued multiple show cause orders on Tuesday, Feb. 4 against the numerous social media...
SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta (Facebook) Senatorial aspirant SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta said on Tuesday, Feb. 4 that there's no such thing as the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Marcoleta gave this statement during the House...
House of Representatives (MANILA BULLETIN) A who's who of social media commentors and personalities have been invited as resource persons to the first hearing of the House tri-committee (tri-comm) in its investigation on the spread of fake...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) With the 2025 mid-term elections just four months away, the House of Representatives is set to begin on Monday, Jan. 27, an investigation on the unabated spread of fake news and disinformation online. Tapped to carry...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Is responsible vlogging too much to ask? Because that's essentially what the House of Representatives wants to help attain with its upcoming inquiry on Internet trolls and the spread...
In the past three elections, misinformation usually from social media influencers and trolls were observed to have played a key role in shaping the outcome of local and national polls. And Philippine National Police (PNP) Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil even branded misinformation as more alarming...
BACOLOD CITY - The Diocese of Bacolod warned the public about a fake missionary priest from the Chaplaincy of the Holy Trinity in Bago City, Negros Occidental. In an advisory released on Thursday, Jan. 16, the Diocese said that a certain Rev. Fr. Mario D. Divina is not an authorized priest of...
(Shared by Pampanga 2nd district Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's official Facebook page) Don't fall for this fake Facebook account of former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. This dubious account was the subject of a "scam alert" Thursday...
A fake police officer was apprehended at the General Santos City Police Office headquarters on Monday afternoon, city police chief Police Col. Nicomedes Olaivar Jr. said. Olaivar identified the suspect as Eddie. Police said they spotted the suspect wearing a police bush coat uniform in the parking...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Saturday, Jan. 11, addressed circulating "false claims" regarding individuals conducting blood sugar tests with needles contaminated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). (DOH / Manila Bulletin) In an advisory, the DOH warned the public about a "circulating...
Senator Pia Cayetano on Sunday, January 5 joined other lawmakers in commending the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) in cancelling fraudulent birth certificates saying the OSG’s move directly confirms the findings of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee. “The OSG's move directly...
