A barangay personnel in Caloocan City was caught using a falsified ID (identification card) in a remittance center to claim the cash assistance of another resident. Barangay 185 head Ronnie Masaoay, whose personnel was allegedly involved in the incident, confirmed this after it was posted on...
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Victims of fake news about an alleged "community pantry" event at the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Timog Base were supposed to go home empty-handed. (Photo from Edison "Bong" Nebrija's Facebook) That is, until EDSA traffic czar Edison "Bong" Nebrija showed up and made a crunch...
Unsupported information is spreading Dr. Edsel Maurice T. Salvana More than one year into the COVID-19 pandemic, there is also an equally destructive and pernicious parallel epidemic of misinformation. While scientists and experts meticulously choose their words backed up with sound data, purveyors...
It seems Vice President Leni Robredo can’t catch a break from fake news. Vice President Leni Robredo (File photo/Office of the Vice President) On Saturday, May 8, Robredo asked her Facebook followers to report those who doctored the image of a house being built under the Angat Buhay project in...
Governments and leaders must “respect and uphold freedom of the press” to fight against the spread of fake news and blatant falsehood and ensure the promises of democracy, Vice President Leni Robredo said in her message for World Press Freedom Day on Monday, May 3. Vice President Leni Robredo...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has warned the public against a fake DSWD Facebook account. (DSWD Facebook page) In a Facebook post, the DSWD clarified that the “DSWD Tulong Financial Staff” is not the agency’s official Facebook account. "Muli naming pinapaalala sa...
Beabadoobee (Photo by Callum Harrison) Beabadoobee returns with her new single "Last Day on Earth", her first new music since the release of her debut album Fake It Flowers at the end of last year. "Last Day on Earth" was written at the very start of the pandemic and imagines what she’d have done...
Everything gets faked nowadays, even face masks and respirators. The Bureau of Customs (BOC) reported on Friday, April 23 the confiscation of some P65 million worth of fake face masks, respirators, counterfeit luxury items, lotions, creams, cosmetics, and electronic items. The BOC said the...
There’s another incident of fake booking in food delivery recently. In the video uploaded by Paulino Baro Collo Jr. on Facebook, a delivery rider was seen crying because the food he bought got canceled. Also a delivery rider, Paulino comforted him and offered to buy the food....
Going viral over the weekend was 26-year-old nurse Alyssa Legaspi's Facebook post on fake negative RT-PCR results. "I needed a facility that can do home service with fast results and can be booked that day or the next day," she tells Manila Bulletin Lifestyle. "I found this facebook group called...
Almost two out of ten people in Southeast Asia (SEA) share news on social media first before verifying if it’s true, according to the latest survey of global cybersecurity firm Kaspersky. The survey, which research agency YouGov conducted in the Philippines, Australia, India,...
