The three Caloocan cops involved in the anti-drug police operation that led to the death of 17-year-old Kian Lloyd delos Santos committed lapses, revealed Internal Affairs Service Inspector General Alfegar Triambulo. [ads2] According to Triambulo, the cops – PO4 Arnel Oares; PO1 Jeremias Pereda; and PO1 Jerwin Cruz – will face complaints for serious irregularity […] More
The French Embassy in Manila released a statement correcting President Rodrigo Duterte’s earlier remarks about how suspected criminals in France are detained indefinitely and presumed guilty until proven innocent. [ads2] “We have to point out that, as in the Philippines, the presumption of innocence until proven guilty is at the core of the French judicial […] More
Last week, netizens called for the firing of Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson through the #FireMocha hashtag after she made another misleading post. Uson herself asked President Rodrigo Duterte whether he will fire her, but he simply said “I will fire them first.” [ads2] Despite #FireMocha trending for three days, Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said […] More
Former Interior and Local Government Secretary Ismael Sueño sought for a Senate probe on the corruption charges filed against him, which led to his removal from his post by President Rodrigo Duterte. Sueño maintained that he is innocent on the allegations leveled against him when he served as the DILG chief from July 2016 to […] More
Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar ordered the suspension of uploading of photos on the official Philippine News Agency’s (PNA) website. [ads2] This move came after the state-run agency’s latest blunder in using the map of Ilocos Sur for a news story about Ilocos Norte. Andanar said that they will launch an investigation into the matter […] More
On August 18, the Philippine News Agency (PNA) has yet committed another mistake when its editors uploaded the map of Ilocos Sur for a story about Ilocos Norte. The story was titled “TESDA to establish training center in Ilocos Norte.” The image used had a huge name “Ilocos Sur” written on it. [ads2] The blunder […] More
Veteran journalist Ed Lingao took to Facebook on August 24 to discuss some important points in the death of 17-year-old Kian Lloyd delos Santos. He pointed eight things in the case, responded to the netizens, some of whom slammed the media for allegedly blowing Kian’s case out of proportions, and addressed other issues. [ads2] First, […] More
A few days after #FireMocha trended on Twitter as netizens called for Communications Asec. Mocha Uson to be removed from her government post, Uson finally reacted to the hashtag. [ads2] On August 27, Uson took to her popular Facebook page to address the #FireMocha issue, which started when she tweeted a screenshot of the headline […] More
In a Facebook post on August 24, Ateneo de Manila University’s school publication reported a police car with a missing license plate visiting the anti-extrajudicial killing rally organized at the university to protest the killings in the government’s war on drugs. The Guidon wrote that the police car arrived at Gate 2.5 and asked for […] More
Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II was slammed a few months ago for falling for “fake news” as he tried to link opposition lawmakers to the Maute attacks in Marawi City using a 2015 photo. Now, he is in the hot seat for downplaying the death of 17-year-old Kian delos Santos, for saying that the boy’s […] More
The man who simply posed with then Vice Presidential candidate Leni Robredo fell victim to false accusations by netizens online when another netizen used his photo and pointed at him as the cop who killed Kian Lloyd delos Santos. The identities and photos of the cops who were involved in the police operation that led […] More
The hashtag #FireMocha continues to trend on its third day as netizens are still calling to have Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson removed from office. [ads2] As of 11 am, #FireMocha is in the top 2 of the trending hashtags and topics on Twitter. One netizen hit Uson’s post about how the Yellows are using […] More