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...
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...
Willie Revillame has denied rumors alleging that he wants to return to GMA, even supposedly begging to be taken in by the network again. In a recent episode of "Wowowin" as streamed on YouTube, the 61-year-old star reiterated it is "fake news." "Meron hong lumalabas sa diyaryo na kung ano-ano. Ako...
“Worst kind of black propaganda.” This was how retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio described the statement by former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s spokesman Vic Rodriguez, who said that the P203-billion estate tax debt by the Marcoses is still “pending in...
Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV called on Filipino seafarers to hear out Vice President Leni Robredo’s pronouncements about the maritime industry rather than be misled by fake news and false posts on social media. Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and Vice President Leni Robredo (VPLR Media...
CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija- Senator Panfilo ‘Ping’ M. Lacson on Tuesday, March 22 emphasized that he and running mate Senate President Vicente ‘Tito’ C. Sotto III would stay in contention for the next president and vice president of the Philippines as he refuted anew fresh disinformation...
After a TikTok video falsely depicting a nun of the Daughters of St. Paul endorsing presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. went viral, Marcos spokesperson Vic Rodriguez backed the nun’s request to have the TikTok post removed. Tiktok using Manding's 2016 clip and quote out of...
Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos intends to get rid of biased or one-sided "fact-checkers" if and when he becomes president. Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos (Screenshot from Facebook live) Marcos, during his pre-taped interview Monday, March 21 at "Kandidatalks: Negosyo, Trabaho at...
"This cannot be allowed to go on." (Photo courtesy of Sen. Leila De Lima Facebook Page) This was Senator Leila De Lima's warning to the individuals behind the spread of fake news that she's dead. She said she is eyeing legal actions against them. "I am instructing my legal team to file the...
As the biggest victim of fake news, Presidential bet Vice President Leni Robredo said social media platforms should also be made accountable for allowing disinformation to proliferate in their network. Vice President Leni Robredo during the Comelec presidential debate on Saturday, March 19, 2022....
Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos on Wednesday, March 16 claimed that there are a lot of "fake news" when it comes to the issue of his family's alleged ill-gotten wealth. Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos (Lakas-CMD Media) “There’s a lot of fake news involved there, let’s leave it...
