Online Lies, Busted. Distributed. Amplified.
The Philippine National Police Internal Affairs Service (IAS) recommended the dismissal from the police service of 11 Caloocan City cops responsible for killing 19-year-old Carl Angelo Arnaiz and the robbery case of a businesswoman’s house. [ads2] The IAS’ investigation found PO1 Ricky Arquilita and PO1 Jeffrey Perez administratively culpable for conduct unbecoming of a police […] More
Presidential Communications Operations Office Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson announced on November 22 that she is going to attend the Arellano University School of Law this January 2018. Uson said that she will go to law school to broaden her knowledge of the law. [ads2] “Starting January po mag-sisimula po tayong mag aral sa Arellano University […] More
Senator Antonio Trillanes IV filed a cyber-libel complaint against blogger Rey Joseph Nieto, also known as Thinking Pinoy on November 22 before the Pasay City Prosecutor’s Office. [ads2] Trillanes filed a case against Nieto over the latters’ Facebook post on October 31, “Trump Calls Trillanes A Drug Lord.” The senator said Nieto’s post was outright […] More
Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque promised on November 21 that he plans to take the Metro Rail Transit 3 every week to understand the commuters’ problems and bring them personally to the MRT management. [ads2] “I wish I could give you a deadline. All I can offer you is I can offer once a week to […] More
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein slammed President Rodrigo Duterte on November 21 for his repeated threats to slap UN special rapporteur Agnes Callamard if she pushes through with investigating Duterte over allegations of extrajudicial killings. [ads2] Zeid, through his spokesperson Rupert Colville, relayed his statement on the threats […] More
Staunch Duterte supporter and blogger Sass Rogando Sasot hit the supporters of the Liberal Party for using her dead brother’s photo and claiming that it was her in the picture. [ads2] “So someone sent me this. The supporters of the Liberal Party of the Philippines are circulating it among themselves,” Sasot wrote in a Facebook […] More
The Department of Education (DepEd) cautioned the public against falling for fake class suspension advisories made by a Facebook page called “Walang Pasok Advisory.” [ads2] DepEd also denied any affiliations with the page, whose posts have been making rounds on social media as they claimed classes are suspended on specific dates, announcements which turned out […] More
Rappler social media producer Paige Occeñola fact-checked Duterte supporter and blogger Rey Joseph Nieto, a.k.a. Thinking Pinoy when he shaded Rappler for not issuing errata. [ads2] “Fact check: Rappler does issue errata. In fact, we have a corrections page which has ALL of our corrections. We’re very transparent about our mistakes,” Occeñola tweeted on November […] More
Avid Duterte supporter and blogger Rey Joseph Nieto, a.k.a. Thinking Pinoy, issued an erratum over making a graphic attributing a misquoted statement to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. [ads2] Nieto made the correction on November 16, hours after Rappler published a report on how Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson shares Nieto’s graphic with the wrong […] More
Unlike the earlier report claiming there are at least 100 foreign jihadists who entered the Philippines, the military said on November 20 that it was monitoring 8 suspects in Mindanao. [ads2] On November 19, the Philippine Star said that their sources claimed that at least 100 foreign jihadists who were trained by the Islamic State […] More
Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson has repeatedly issued statements clarifying that she is not running for the Senate this 2019 and gave a few reasons why. On November 18, she wrote another statement denying a Senate run in the upcoming 2019 elections. “I AM NOT RUNNING. Hindi ako magpapaligoy ligoy ng sagot. Malinaw ang sagot […] More
President Rodrigo Duterte said he wants the public to decide on PDP-Laban party’s senatorial line for the 2019 elections. [ads2] On November 17, House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez announced a partial list of his party’s senatorial candidates, which include Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, former MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino, Bataan Rep. Geraldine […] More
