Small retail stores (sari-sari) stores may apply and secure authorization from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to sell over-the-counter (OTC) medicines. Secretary Eduardo Año (Photo from PCOO) This was confirmed by Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo...
PROI With the increased use of social media platforms and messaging apps, the volume of misinformation and fake news through online media will be on an uptrend in the coming year. PROI network, the largest global partnership of independent agencies, calls on organizations to prioritize this...
The fight's not yet over for Sen. Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan. After filing filed two separate cyber libel cases last July against YouTube channels "Latest Chika" and "Starlet" for supposedly spreading malicious lies against him, his wife and his children, he is now doing the same against the YouTube...
Reelectionist Senator Risa Hontiveros has committed to support a bill that will hold fake news peddlers accountable if reelected. Senator Risa Hontiveros (Photo courtesy of Hontiveros Office) This as she renewed her call on Tuesday, Feb. 15, for an official investigation on “troll farms” and...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is now crafting a memorandum circular instructing local government units to step up the crackdown against individuals selling fake medicines. “We will support the Food and Drug Administration through a memo circular to our LGUs to have...
Stressing that online scammers posing as sellers should be imprisoned, President Duterte on Monday, Feb. 14, told Filipinos to avoid buying online for now. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his regular public address on Monday, Feb. 14, 2022. (RTVM Screenshot) “I am advising the Filipinos (to)...
Two robbers posing as members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) were arrested on Thursday, Feb. 10, in Pasay City. Col. Cesar Paday-os, Pasay City police chief, identified the suspects as Eduardo Bernal, 34, of 0557 J. Luna St., Pasay City, and Diokno Abuan, 36, of Block 1 Purok 14, South...
In a piece of profanity-laced advice to the Officer-in-Charge of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), President Duterte suggested that smugglers be made to consume the fake medicines they have illegally brought into the country. President Rodrigo Duterte and Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday, Feb. 6, asked fake news peddlers not to interfere into the aid being provided by the Office of the Vice President (OVP) as erroneous claims about the housing materials her team brought to Siargao made rounds on social media. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP...
Three men selling fake vaccination cards were arrested by members of the Manila Police District (MPD) in a buy-bust operation in Quiapo on Tuesday, Feb. 1. MPD director Brig. Gen. Leo M. Francisco said the suspects -- Ricardo Villareal Lugtu, 20; Rafael Gatan Cayabyab, 41; and Samil Adjiul Asmadi,...
A fact-checking initiative headed by journalism veterans showed on Wednesday, Feb. 2, that presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo is the “biggest victim” of fake news. Another significant finding is that among her rivals, former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr., appears to be the...
Whatever happened to the complaint Sen. Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan filed against certain YouTubers whom he accused of spreading defamatory statement against him, his wife Sharon Cuneta, and their children? Well, it looks like he has notched a win already. On Friday, the lawmaker announced that...
