Articles claiming that famous actor, martial artist, and comedian Jackie Chan made a movie about President Rodrigo Duterte are circulating on social media once again. [ads2] Several Facebook pages acting as support and fan pages for Duterte have been sharing articles bearing the title “Panoorin: NAKAKAPROUD! Jackie Chan Gumawa ng Movie Tungkol kay Pres. Duterte!” […] More
Tokyo has allegedly become home to the first restaurant in the world to legally offer human meat on the menu. However, the fact-checking crew over at Snopes have debunked this claim after tracing its origins to a spoof article by a Spanish satirical site. [ads2] Even Okd2, claiming to be a satirical site, with its […] More
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) was allegedly saddened over the death of 18 rebels after the Philippine military conducted an airstrike in Burgos, Isabela on Saturday night, November 25. [ads2] But the sources of the story being Okd2 and localhero.altervista.org made it suspicious. True enough, when we checked, Okd2’s story was marked […] More
Former Senator Bongbong Marcos have been talked about by the mainstream media and the netizens online not only because of his ongoing electoral protest against Vice President Leni Robredo, but also due to the erroneous tarp used during an even that he attended. The tarp identified him as the “Vice President of the Philippines (To […] More
Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno was allegedly caught on camera leaving the country. [ads2] Several Facebook pages started sharing the story on Facebook on November 25, when Sereno was caught up in the middle of the impeachment case filed against her. These pages include “Astig Duterte Supporters,” “Tatay Digong Global Supporters,” “President Duterte […] More
Bayan Secretary General Renato Reyes called out those who spread fake news about him being hospitalized in Bacolod. [ads2] “If you still don’t get that it’s fake, let me make it clear. I was never hospitalized in Bacolod. I’m fine,” he wrote on Facebook on November 24. His clarification came after several blogs claimed that […] More
Vice President Leni Robredo allegedly asked when President Rodrigo Duterte would finally resign after he brought up talk about his resignation if he cannot solve the country’s drug problem. A statement that was attributed to Robredo based on an article from localhero.altervista.org was shared by the Facebook page “President Rodrigo Duterte” on November 25 and […] More
Senator Risa Hontiveros allegedly insulted the people of Bacolod right after landing in the province to attend some leftist organizations’ early Christmas party. [ads2] The story that caught the attention of quite a few netizens on Facebook was published by localhero.altervista.org. However, we also found it on Okd2.com, which categorized the November 22 story as […] More
Some Facebook pages and individual users shared articles bearing the same news about how former Senator Bongbong Marcos will assume the vice presidency in 2018. “Sa Wakas! 2018 Uupo Na Si Vice President Bongbong Marcos! Panoorin,” said the title of the articles that have been circulating online. [ads2] The story was picked up by blogs […] More
American President Donald Trump did not tell human rights organization Amnesty International to shut up and leave Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte alone, contrary to what some blogs claimed. [ads2] Blog localhero.altervista.org’s article has been shared over 7,500 times, based on Facebook search results. According to the article, Trump “silenced” Amnesty International when the organization pushed […] 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
Miss International Philippines 2017 Mariel de Leon allegedly called her critics “ignorant” and “hopeless,” adding that she can do better than 90 percent of “war-happy president Rodrigo Duterte.” The source? The website Okd2.com, which classified the article as “humor & satire.” [ads2] De Leon has been vocal in speaking up against the killings in the […] More