Lawyer Jude Sabio filed a criminal case against President Rodrigo Duterte and 11 other government officials before the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague. [ads2] He called Duterte a “mass murderer” and asked ICC to prosecute the Philippine president over his alleged involvement with the Davao Death Squad (DDS). Sabio is the legal counsel […] More
Some netizens and Facebook groups are rejoicing over the idea that the impeachment complaint against Vice President Leni Robredo has been filed. This is what the headline “Sa Wakas Kasado Na Ang Inihaing Impeachment Complaint Laban Kay VP Leni Robredo!” [ads2] It was shared by Facebook pages such as “Kuya Erwin Tol,” which earned 1,200 […] More
Were Senators Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan and Risa Hontiveros holding hands while walking when they paid incarcerated Senator Leila De Lima a visit? [ads2] At least this is what pro-Duterte Facebook page “Showbiz Government” is trying to paint when it posted a photo of Pangilinan and Hontiveros walking, with a huge yellow mark encircled around the […] More
Facebook user Sheena Yap repeatedly shared an article claiming that Senator Leila De Lima was found dead in her detention cell. [ads2] Yap shared the link to Facebook groups such as “Duterte Ka!,” “Rudy Duterte Fans Club,” and “Solid Duterte for President 2016.” [50_50_first] [/50_50_first][50_50_second] [/50_50_second] But when we clicked on the link at duthirty.ga, […] More
Paula Defensor Knack, the younger sister of the late Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago, appeared to chastise Senator Risa Hontiveros, asking the latter what “accomplishment” she was talking about. [ads2] In a Facebook post on April 30, Knack said, “Ano raw? Ano accomplishment nya? Ayon sa CHR representative sa Netherlands, sinabi nya …….Rissa Hontiveros is helping […] More
A Facebook page that seems to be supporting President Rodrigo Duterte carelessly shared a death hoax that President Rodrigo Duterte’s former wife is dead. [ads2] “Run Duterte Run Movement for 2016 Presidency” page shared an article from read-news.com claiming that Duterte’s ex-wife, Elizabeth Zimmerman, has died. According to the article, Zimmerman died in a hospital […] More
Vice President Leni Robredo is allegedly being stripped of her license to practice law, according to some articles online. The headline “Leni Robredo Tatanggalan ng Karapatan sa Pagka-abugado Dahil sa Pagsisinungaling!” sounds sure that Robredo is already about to be disbarred. Even the captions of the Facebook users and pages sharing the article were taunting […] More
Have you read about The Asian Policy Press’ eye-catching headline saying, “Rappler’s Maria Ressa claims 90 people per minute wanted to rape her”? [ads2] The Asian Policy Press obviously showed its animosity towards Ressa and Rappler as it described both by writing: “Maria Ressa is the founder of Rappler, a propaganda machine masquerading as a […] More
House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez is said to be pushing for a bill that will legalize polygamy among lawmakers. At least this is what an article from So, What’s News? has been claiming since the early part of April. In fact, the story has received hundreds of shares after it was shared on Facebook. [ads2] For […] More
Several Duterte and Marcos support pages on Facebook have been sharing an article with the title, “International law expert, binasura ang complaint ni Trillanes sa ICC.” [ads2] Pages such as “Diehard Duterte Supporterts,” “Duterte News Online,” “Duterte Republic,” “Philippine News Portal,” “Duterte News Today,” “Marcos Warriors,” “Duterte Daily News,” are among those that have distributed […] More
Last month, an article started circulating on Facebook claiming that an International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Fatou Bensouda remarked that there was no concrete evidence that could lead to President Rodrigo Duterte’s prosecution before the ICC. [ads2] [33_33_33_first] [/33_33_33_first][33_33_33_second] [/33_33_33_second][33_33_33_third] [/33_33_33_third] The story was shared hundreds of times, with many netizens readily believing in it. […] More
There have been a few fake articles floating online about the supposed relationship between US President Donald Trump and President Rodrigo Duterte. Stories about Trump calling Duterte first among all the world leaders after he won the US election, Trump calling himself, Duterte and Russian President Vladimir Putin as “the best three” horses, and more […] More