After falsely indentifying Burma as the capital of the Republic of Myanmar during the live streaming of the ASEAN 50 celebration, PTV-4 issued an official statement apologizing for the mistake. “We would like to extend our sincerest apologies for erroneously identifying the capital of Myanmar as Burma, instead of Naypyidaw, during the live broadcast of […] More
Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar promised to take action against the Philippine News Agency officials or staff involved in the PNA’s posting of an article that described the Hague ruling as an “ill-founded award.” [ads2] “We will take appropriate action against liable PNA officials and/or staff, if they are found to commit negligence in carrying […] More
Some eagle-eyed Twitter users were quick to spot the mistake in the ASEAN fast-facts displayed during the broadcast of the ASEAN 50 celebration on PTV Live Stream. They questioned just who prepared the short presentation about the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, who was mistaken in thinking that Myanmar’s capital is Burma. “Napaka-bobo ng […] More
On August 6, the state-run Philippine News Agency (PNA) published an article sourced from the Chinese state media and the netizens noticed the ‘traitorous’ move, seeing as how the article described the Hague ruling as ‘ill-founded award.’ One of those who noticed the post was Bernard Ong, who took to Facebook to post about the […] More
Aside from tackling what he called as meme-dependent Marcos supporters, veteran journalist and TV news anchor Ed Lingao has also tackled a lot of attacks from other Facebook users whenever he writes a critical post. The most recent tiff with Erwin and Ben Tulfo over Erwin’s cussing at Senator Risa Hontiveros due to a fake […] More
After taking to Facebook on August 8 to react to Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez’s threat to the Commission on Human Rights, veteran journalist Ed Lingao once again addressed his bashers, clarifying that he did not violate anyone’s freedom of expression with his #burn comments. [ads2] Lingao responded to bashers who received his clapbacks and asked him […] More
Veteran journalist Ed Lingao tried to explain what the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) does after House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez threatened to cut its budget to zero. “Isa sa mga trabaho ng CHR, siguruhin na hindi tayo inaabuso ng estado,” Lingao wrote in his Facebook post on August 8. [ads2] Lingao even tried to correct […] More
The Philippine Army’s 7th Infantry Division (71D) slammed the spread of “fake news” about their encounter with suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in San Nicolas, Pangasinan. [ads2] According to a Philippine News Agency (PNA) report, 1Lt. Catherine Hapin, chief of the 71D Kaugnay public information office, condemned how the “malicious information and fake news […] More
Twitter users had a field day over a tweet about how the lawyer of the Comelec chairman’s wife claimed her client has a “third eye” so she knows what her husband is up to. ABS-CBN News tweeted the controversial bit on August 7, citing that it was lawyer Lorna Kapunan who revealed such piece of […] More
Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson posted a cartoon showing President Rodrigo Duterte awarding the free tuition for state colleges law that he signed to protesters, referring to the state university students who kept protesting and calling him ‘dictator’ and ‘Marcos puppet.’ The cartoon also came with a caption: “PRRD: Diktador pala ha, eto sa inyo!” […] More
Twitter users are having yet another field day as they tried to correct Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson for lauding the Duterte administration for “restoring” drug addicts. [ads1] “Wala daw ginagawa ang PRRD ADMIN sa pg restore ng mga adik,” Uson tweeted. This was her reaction to a GMA News report that 53 drug dependents […] More
Netizens slammed President Rodrigo Duterte for the speech he made during his second visit to Marawi City on August 4 as he tried to motivate the troops. Facebook user Bernard Ong hit Duterte’s speech for requiring Strong Parental Guidance (SPG). [ads2] “Strong Parental Guidance recommended. He is attempting to motivate soldiers in Marawi here with […] More