In slamming Commission on Human Rights Chairperson Luis “Chito” Gascon, President Rodrigo Duterte mistakenly said that Gascon was not a lawyer. However, Gascon earned his bachelor’s degree in law from the University of the Philippines College of Law in 1996 and passed the bar after a year. He earned his master’s degree in International Law […] More
Senator Antonio Trillanes IV was roasted for lying about a bank called “Nova Scotia Bank” being non-existent when some netizens said that it does exist. However, there were also those who agreed with Trillanes’ assertion that the said bank does not exist. [ads2] In his press conference on September 11, Trillanes said that after “basic” […] More
A BusinessWorld editor told lawmakers that while he understood a bit how politics work and why some lawmakers may choose to “do nothing,” he urged them to gamble when the need to protect human rights arises. Roby Alampay took to Facebook to lament over how the House of Representatives, with a vote of at least […] More
After Senator Risa Hontiveros revealed a zoomed in photo of Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II’s text message to a certain ‘Cong Jing,” former Negros Oriental Rep. Jacinto “Jing” Paras said that Hontiveros was liable for wiretapping. [ads2] Rappler reported that Paras did not confirm or deny receiving Aguirre’s text message about expediting the cases against […] More
In her privilege speech at the Senate on September 11, Senator Risa Hontiveros took the opportunity to call for the resignation of Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II after he was caught texting to expedite the cases filed against her. [ads2] Hontiveros showed a photo of a close-up of Aguirre’s phone showing his response to a […] More
September 11 marks the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos’ 100th birth anniversary, which was also why President Rodrigo Duterte declared it as a holiday in Ilocos Norte. Several hashtags has trended on Twitter to mark the day, including #MarcosNOTaHero, #NeverAgain, and the hijacked #Marcos100. However, a sociologist also made sure to mark how a Wikipedia war […] More
Communications Secretary Martin Andanar revealed that the Philippine News Agency (PNA) was under cyberattack. This came after the state-run PNA once again got slammed for uploading stories with erroneous headlines reflecting editor’s notes. Screenshots of the lengthy headlines went viral last week, as netizens reacted negatively to yet another blunder from the news agency. [ads2] […] More
ABS-CBN reporter Chiara Zambrano took to Facebook to urge her lawyer friends to start creating a simplified list of human rights that may help serve as cheat codes for everyone to read in case they deal with potential human rights violations. “Mga kaibigan kong abugado, makakatulong na po kayo dito. Magsalita na po kayo. Mag-post […] More
Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said on September 8 that Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson will stop performing in casinos following reports that she was spotted performing with her group at Resorts World Manila. [ads2] ““Some of her contracts are ongoing and recently, because of what happened when a video of her was uploaded while performing […] More
Twitter users slammed Tourism Undersecretary Kat de Castro for misinterpreting what Senator Antonio Trillanes IV was trying to do when he asked presidential son Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte if he could show his tattoo on the back. [ads2] The Twitterverse’s reaction came after de Castro showed off some of her tattoos with the […] More
Twitter users definitely noticed how some media outlets ended their tweets about the venue of the 100th birthday celebration of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos up to the word “Libingan” instead of “Libingan ng mga Bayani” and they love it. [ads2] ABS-CBN News tweeted: “Marcoses to mark late strongman’s 100th birthday at Libingan.” Marcoses to […] More
Netizens are having a field day roasting the Philippine News Agency over the recently discovered use of the wrong headlines showing editor’s notes instead of the news story’s proper headlines. Screenshots were posted to show just how many mistakes there were, prompting netizens to ask, “Ano na naman to?” On Twitter, screenshots of the PNA […] More