When 17-year old Kian Lloyd delos Santos was killed by three cops after another “nanlaban” excuse, the netizens paid attention. The hashtag #JusticeForKean trended on Twitter on August 18 and 19, where people expressed anguish over the Grade 12 student’s death. Kian was among the 24 reported deaths in Caloocan’s police operations. He was accused […] More
Look at the Twitter trends and #fafda is in the top 10 list of trending hashtags. As of writing, it is in the fourth spot. The word trended after it was tweeted then immediately deleted by the Twitter page @PresidentialComm. So, Twitter users wondered if this is the Philippines’ version of US President Donald Trump’s […] More
After Judy Taguiwalo’s rejection as Social Welfare secretary, Communications Asec. Mocha Uson conducted a Twitter poll about the Twitter users preferred replacement for the now vacant post. Her choices include Vice President Leni Robredo, the rumored replacement Nikki Prieto-Teodoro, DSWD Asec. Lorraine Badoy, and others (open for anyone’s suggestion). One Twitter user @gewchiii commented on […] More
Communications Secretary Martin Andanar lamented and promised to revamp the Philippine News Agency after committing several blunders, but he also said that such blunders were detected because the state-run news agency now has more readers. “Naglabasan ang kapalpakan at napansin ng madla. Bakit napansin ng madla ang kapalpakan? Sapagkat binabasa na ang PNA ngayon,” Andanar […] More
A Twitter user posted a screenshot of Rappler’s story with the title “Duterte to appoint Nikki Prieto-Teodoro as DSWD chief” and accused the news site of spreading fake news. “Now tell me sino ang nagpapakalat ng fake news?” said Twitter user @iamrickbaltazar. Now tell me sino ang nagpapakalat ng fake news? @rapplerdotcom @MochaUson @MochaUsonOFC pic.twitter.com/pxB7C8aBp3 […] More
Actress Agot Isidro took to Twitter to denounce the fake news claiming that she was forced out of her hotel in Boracay on August 13 after being confronted by Duterte supporters. “Fake! Fake! Fake! Was in Cinemalaya the whole day. To divulge my whereabouts that day is unnecessary but this is just way too stooooopid,” […] More
Social media users reacted to Communications Secretary Martin Andanar telling lawmakers on August 15 that a staff member of the Philippine News Agency did not know the logo of the Department of Labor and Employment, hence the use of the wrong logo after using Google to search for DOLE logos. [ads2] The staff, a retriever […] More
Netizens hit Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson for throwing shade at the Commission on Human Rights and told her to look for the Philippine National Police instead over the holdup incident that Uson reposted on her Facebook page. [ads2] Twitter user @j0e_sef posted screenshots of Uson’s post about the CCTV footage of a holdup incident […] More
On August 11, the Philippine News Agency published an article about the rules governing holiday pays in 2018 as released by the Department of Labor and Employment, but what made the news controversial is the fact that they used the logo of Dole, the company that processes pineapples. According to Rappler, PNA’s latest blunder was […] More
Amid issues surrounding the Philippine News Agency with its blunders on its website, the netizens’ attention also turned to the Department of Tourism for using a photo without giving credit to the videographer. In a Facebook post on August 10, surfer Bidge Villaroya took to Facebook to react to DOT’s Facebook post promoting surfing in […] More
A legal researcher and University of the Philippines law student urged his fellow Filipinos, especially President Rodrigo Duterte’s supporters, to convince him that taking China’s deals is “bad” for the country in the long run. [ads2] “I know that you stand 100% behind Digong, and I know you have his back. I respect your force […] More
For the sake of respecting bloggers’ freedom of expression, the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) removed the requirement over cursing or sharing fake news from its interim social media policy. [ads2] “We had to delete the requirement, limitation regarding the use of profanity because it might encroach on their freedom of speech,” said PCOO Assistant […] More