The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) assured Monday, August 23, that the cash aid (ayuda) distribution in the National Capital Region (NCR), Laguna, and Bataan will continue even with their shift to the less restrictive modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) amid...
Fake news, riding on the power of social media, brought thousands of people to vaccination centers early morning of August 5. They were “convinced” to line up for vaccination by the news that only the vaccinated can claim the ‘ayuda’ (cash aid) from the government, as the unvaccinated will...
The Mandaluyong City local government denied on Monday the message circulating in social media that it is accepting walk-ins for its COVID-19 vaccination program. A circulating Facebook post says that the LGU is looking for unvaccinated individuals to be vaccinated since only 500 people have been...
Unless Filipinos stop believing in fake news about vaccines, the likelihood that the COVID-19 situation in the country will turn for the worse will be greater. Vaccine image 2 Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles said people should take heed of the recent disclosure of the Food and Drug...
The PNP’s two units – the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group and the Anti-Cybercrime Group work together to protect netizens Project E-Sumbong created online platforms, specifically in social media, where netizens can file complaints and ask for police assistance to uncover cyber...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) said administration allies and trolls were hard at work spreading false information about Vice President Leni Robredo to divert the public's attention from the Department of Health's (DOH's) supposed mishandling of coronavirus funds amounting to P67 billion....
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has warned the public against suspicious and unauthorized websites engaged in the dissemination of false information such as advertising job openings in the armed service. The Coast Guard District Northern Mindanao (CGDNM) said it has monitored some unofficial...
Communications Secretary Martin Andanar has denounced the attempts to railroad the government's response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, particularly on "fake news" being peddled about the vaccination program against the said disease. Communications Secretary Martin Andanar (PCOO/FILE...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has warned the public anew against people posing as its agents. This, after a recent anti-drug operation resulted in the death of a fake PDEA agent in Camarines Sur. He was later identified as 32-year old Noel Vasquez. PDEA Director General Wilkins...
Malacañang warned social media users spreading fake information that aim to sabotage the government’s COVID-19 vaccination efforts that authorities will find them and file the appropriate charges that will put them in jail. Since the start of the pandemic, Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte is calling on the national government and online platforms to investigate the proliferation of fake advisories claiming that walk-ins are now be allowed in vaccination sites. Belmonte, on Monday, issued the appeal after people without vaccination appointments swarmed...
Residents undergo Covid0-19 tests as the local government is now conducting "surveillance swabbing" in Davao City. The City Government of Davao has issued an executuve order requires all F1, F2 and F3 contacts of an RT- PCR confirmed positive case are mandated to be swabbed for testing. (Keith...
