President Rodrigo Duterte threw another allegation against Senator Antonio Trillanes’ way by claiming that the senator closed his account at a Singapore bank before he flew to the country to debunk the president’s earlier accusation. [ads2] Duterte said on September 29 that Trillanes closed his bank account with DBS Alexandra branch on September 8, a […] More
Lawyer Mel Sta. Maria reminded President Rodrigo Duterte that he does not have the power to order someone’s arrest because the power to do so solely rests on the judiciary branch, not the executive or legislative branch. [ads2] “Sir, paalala lang po. Ang korte lamang po ang nakakapag-order ng arrest via a warrant of arrest. […] More
Senator Kiko Pangilinan’s office clarified that they sent the resolution against the killings of minors to the “publicly available,” “official” email addresses of five of the seven senators who were unable to sign the said measure. [ads2] Atty. Herminio Bagro III, Pangilinan’s chief-of-staff, issued a statement that their office did send a copy of the […] More
Seven senators of the majority bloc complained about being called “Malacañang dogs” by the blog Silent No More PH, including Senator Vicente “Tito” Sotto III, who threatened to file a libel case against the people behind the blog. [ads2] “I have never seen this shadow of this resolution. Hindi dumaan sa opisina ko ‘yan I […] More
Manila Times columnist Yen Makabenta justified his last column based on a fake story about US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley’s remarks on President Rodrigo Duterte and the netizens are not happy about it. [ads2] Instead of apologizing for using fake news as basis for his September 23 column, where he echoed Haley’s fake […] More
Senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s wife denied a Duterte supporter’s claim that their daughter, Thea, called the presidential daughter ugly. Duterte supporter Niño Ruel Barzaga ranted against Thea and accused the senator’s daughter of criticizing Kitty Duterte’s looks. However, he merely threw accusations against Thea in a short video without giving proof of what Thea allegedly […] More
The United States Embassy in Manila on September 24 denied reports claiming that US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley asked for space for President Rodrigo Duterte to run the Philippines. [ads2] The report actually originated from the fake news site aljazeeranews-tv.com, which is trying to mimic the Qatar-based Al Jazeera news site. Al […] More
The fake story on US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley saying that President Rodrigo Duterte should have space to run his country has caught quite a splash over the weekend, especially after it made its way to mainstream media when a columnist used it for his opinion piece. [ads2] But aside from Manila Times […] More
After believing in fake news, netizens slammed Manila Times columnist Yen Makabenta for writing about the fake story about US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley asking for space for President Rodrigo Duterte to run the Philippines. [ads2] Meme Buster debunked that false Haley story as it was found out to have come from the […] More
Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said that he has requested for P245 million more to boost the budget of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) in conducting activities including its media literacy program in fighting fake news. Andanar revealed PCOO’s plans to hold the said program during the September 20 Senate hearing on the office’s proposed […] More
Manila Times columnist Yen Makabenta wrote an article about how US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley remarked that President Rodrigo Duterte needs space to run the Philippines. However, as in our earlier bust, this is a statement attributed to Haley by a fake news site that is trying to imitate Al Jazeera. [ads2] We […] More
Senator Antonio Trillanes IV filed several charges against Communications Asec. Margaux “Mocha” Uson at the Office of the Ombudsman on September 22. [ads2] The senator delivered on his earlier threat to sue Uson, along with broadcaster Erwin Tulfo and CNN Philippines contributor/”Davao Breaking News” Facebook page admin Ben Tesiorna for libel for publishing fake information […] More