The recent May 9 elections have caused heated battles among the supporters of different candidates. Many even battled it out by posting and sharing memes. Many of these memes were maliciously made as a part of a smear campaign against certain candidates. And it seems like people have not gotten over that phase of throwing […] More
A screengrab of what is shown to be vice presidential candidate Rep. Leni Robredo’s Facebook post is circulating online. The post makes it seem as though she is also anticipating the move to impeach presumptive president Rodrigo Duterte. But this Facebook post is FAKE! Robredo or her camp did not post it and is obviously […] More
If you usually find news articles while scanning social media, you might have come across so many election-related posts already. Like many other readers, you might have read some titles that just jump at you, like the headline about Abaya admitting to ‘laglag-bala’ modus to gather funds for Mar Roxas’ presidential campaign. Many supporters, both […] More
Vice presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos Jr. accused his rival, Rep. Leni Robredo, of cheating after being overtaken in the partial, unofficial tally after the May 9 elections. His supporters were then quick to call for a show of force. On May 10, they made the call to “Occupy Luneta” on May 11 at 9am, even dramatically […] More
Supporters of vice presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos has reposted and shared an article proclaiming Marcos as the VP winner. The article was posted on May 10th, announcing Marcos as the next vice president of the Republic of the Philippines with a total of 13,625,258 votes. Overjoyed Marcos supporters have shared this article, with some blindly […] More
The partial, unofficial results of the May 9th elections have been widely broadcasted on TV and various news sites, helping people monitor the progress of the election returns of their bets. Images of these tallies have been posted and shared online and it seems like the close battle for the vice presidential position has caused […] More
More lies of alleged VCM machines at Novotel went viral today. Apparently, this was initially rumored by a certain Mike Acebedo Lopez. And was picked-up by a Pro-Duterte site pinoytrending.altervista.org. There, however, is absolutely no truth to the rumor that there are VCMs in Novotel. “First of all, the COMELEC has fully accounted for all VCMs, […] More
An image showing a portion of the bank deposits made into the alleged BPI Julia Vargas account of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte has been circulating online. It highlighted that five of those deposits were made on November 20, 2011, which fell on a Sunday. [ads1] The image came with a title, “PWEDE BANG MAG […] More
Funny, isn’t it, when a satire site like adobochronicles.com ran a story that says: ‘ROBREDO: IF ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT OF DUTERTE, I WILL IMMEDIATELY RESIGN MY POST’ And suddenly, people particularly Robredo’s supporters who stumbled upon the site for the first time are puzzled as to the post’s authenticity. Well, once and for all, Leni […] More
Memes have become a potent weapon in online campaigns for the upcoming May 9 elections. But not all memes shared online contain accurate facts. In fact, many of the contents are lies, just like this meme about presidential candidate Mar Roxas and his wife, Korina Sanchez. [ads1] The meme also contains what was portrayed to […] More
One of the pro-Duterte Facebook pages, Proud Bisaya, posted an alleged VCM source codes on Thursday, April 28. The post with a caption saying, “its VERY BAD .. it’s the Pcos machine code ..”, has caused panic to some people who seemed to have no background in computer programming. [ads1] Some commenters urge Comelec to investigate the issue […] More
A letter that seems to have come from the office of the INC, complete with the church’s letterhead and the signature of their executive minister Eduardo Manalo, has been shared on social media. It was dated May 2, 2016 and is endorsing the Davao City mayor as the presidential bet to vote for this May […] More