Some Duterte fan pages shared articles about how the complaint filed by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV against President Duterte before the International Criminal Court has been dismissed. The President’s supporters are hailing this piece of good news! [ads2] The common caption used in sharing the articles went like this: “GOOD NEWS mga ka DDS! INTERNATIONAL […] More
A Facebook fan page used the wrong headline when it claimed that Russia donated 20,000 army trucks, 5,000 rifles, and bullets to the Philippines. [ads2] “Duterte Para sa Pagbabago” posted an article from a blog called philippinebalitadaily.com with a headline that says “Russia, Nagdonate ng 20,000 Army Trucks, 5,000 Rifles at Mga Bala.” However, that […] More
A Facebook page slammed former President Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino for allegedly tweeting that the billions his administration wasted over the wrong train coaches is “nothing compared” to the deaths due to the extrajudicial killings. [ads2] Facebook page Ambag Bayan posted a screenshot of Aquino’s alleged tweet on October 15, 2017, where the former president allegedly […] More
A Chinese ship, M/V Huang Hong, allegedly arrived at the Davao Port on October 17, a day the death of two terrorist leaders, with 310,000 metric tons of construction materials to help in the Marawi City rehabilitation. [ads2] However, the story was categorized by okd2.com under “Humor & Satire,” which meant that not all of […] More
Magdalo Party-List Rep. Gary Alejano has allegedly proposed to change the Philippine National Anthem. Alejano was said to have filed the said House Bill 5867 about replacing “Lupang Hinirang” as the national anthem with an undisclosed song, according to the story we found at topnewsph.info. [ads2] He reasoned that doing so would “rid it of […] More
Comedian and TV host Joey de Leon drew flak after he dismissed depression and described it as a made-up illness in the October 5 episode of the noontime show Eat Bulaga. “‘Yung depression gawa-gawa lang ‘yan… Gawa nila sa sarili nila,” de Leon remarked. When his co-host Maine Mendoza said that depression is not a […] More
The United Nations was said to have apologized to President Rodrigo Duterte for doubting him, according to an online report. The report, originating from a blog called latestdutertenews.altervista.org, claimed that people were shocked when UN released its latest statement about Duterte, extending their apologies to the Philippine president, when both do not agree with each […] More
Senator Risa Hontiveros was mocked by some netizens for walking out after blogger Rey Joseph Nieto, a.ka. Thinking Pinoy, responded to her questions during the Senate hearing on fake news on October 4. Bearing the headline, “Risa Hontiveros Hindi Kinaya Si Thinking Pinoy, Nag Walk Out?! Panoorin,” or a similar one, it was an effective […] More
Supporters of President Rodrigo Duterte bashed journalist Jessica Soho over an online story accusing her of telling the President that he cannot file an impeachment complaint against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno and Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales. [ads2] The title itself, “Jessica Soho: Excuse me, hindi ka pwedeng magpa-impeach Duterte!” is a clickbait that tries to […] More
So many fake news sites have surfaced with URLs mimicking the URLs of the websites of mainstream media. This time, the fake CNN site, cnnnews-channel.com, even dragged Pope Francis’ name into the false story that claimed that he told Filipinos that President Rodrigo Duterte was chosen by God. [ads2] The story, with the title “Pope […] More
American presidential son Barron Trump allegedly said that he is honored to see President Rodrigo Duterte during US President Donald Trump’s upcoming visit to the Philippines in November. However, the source is a blog called skynews-tv.com. This site is not related to news.sky.com, a news site that “delivers breaking news, headlines and top stories from […] More
Netizens slammed Senator Manny Pacquiao for allegedly saying “eat my longgadog” to an American host during an Instagram Live video, but the lawmaker did not make that remark. [ads2] Scouring Facebook for relevant posts, we found that it was posted by the Facebook page “Letse Ka” on October 1 at 3:51 pm. It was also […] More