The Makati City government warned the public against spreading unverified information following circulating reports online claiming that diners were robbed inside a restaurant at Ayala Triangle Gardens. Through its official Facebook page, the city government reminded the public to verify...
Philippine Airlines (PAL) and AirAsia have refuted circulating online articles claiming that a former pilot named Larry Malpaya is homeless in Bangkok. PAL said the reports, published by Thai PBS World, are incorrect. “Capt. Larry Malpaya is a Philippine Airlines pilot, and he is not the...
The camp of Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez is demanding the Bureau of Immigration (BI) to retract what it described as “fake news” in connection with what the agency claimed as the ex-Speaker 's plan to flee the country. In a demand letter dated July 24, 2026 and sent by Solis...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto on Saturday, July 11, denied social media posts claiming the Office of the Ombudsman had ordered his preventive suspension. He said the reports were part of "new fake news operations," dismissing claims he was suspended for not giving the P1,500 allowance to City Hall...
The Philippines will continue asserting its sovereign rights in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) without abandoning its commitment to peace while confronting new security threats such as disinformation, cyberattacks, and artificial intelligence-driven manipulation, Executive Secretary Ralph Recto...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea began enforcing a law Tuesday that allows steep punitive damages against news outlets and social media influencers for spreading false information as journalist groups warned it could chill public discourse and invite censorship. Journalists and civil...
Ranking solons have reiterated the House of Representatives ' appeal to Filipinos to watch and follow Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial themselves instead of relying on social media commentaries for updates. Deputy Speaker La Union 1st district Rep. Paolo Ortega V...
House prosecution panel spokesperson Robert Ace Barbers hald told Filipinos to watch the Senate impeachment trial against Vice President Sara Duterte themselves, instead of relying on social media commentary for information. This--along with the prosecution panel 's plan of facilitating...
Mamamayang Liberal (ML) Party-list Rep. Leila de Lima said the tragic Tacloban City school shooting--where at least three minors died--must not be used to spread "false narratives". This, as De Lima joined on Monday, June 22 the growing list of lawmakers who have condemned the incident that rocked...
Batangas 2nd district Rep. Gerville "Jinky Bitrics" Luistro has branded as "fake news" the reports that the House prosecution panel has been outclassed by Vice President Sara Duterte 's defense team in the ongoing impeachment pre-trial proceedings. “That is not true. I charge it to fake...
The House of Representatives granted final approval to the measure designed to curb organized disinformation, troll farm operations and other malicious falsehoods online, and at the same time protect freedom of expression. Passed on third and final reading in plenary before the House adjourned sine...
The Presidential Communications Office (PCO) has endorsed to the Department of Justice (DOJ) the filing of charges against four social media accounts falsely claiming that the Supreme Court has stopped Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa’s arrest. "The Supreme Court, in fact, denied Senator Dela...
