A netizen wondered what made President Rodrigo Duterte change his tune on Marawi after he declared earlier in June that the fighting in Marawi would end in three days but said over three weeks later that he knew it would be “a long fight.” Bernard Ong quoted Duterte’s two statements about the Marawi conflict on […] More
Senator Antonio Trillanes IV wrote a letter to the British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC) clarifying that he has no plans of suing the company after his controversial interview with anchor Stephen Sackur. The letter, dated June 23, was addressed to BBC Director-General Tony Hall. [ads2] “Let me just say that it was an honour to be […] More
Pro-Duterte blogger Maharlika claimed in May that the Filipino American Symphony Orchestra (FASO) was organizing a fundraising event for Vice President Leni Robredo but that they would make it seem like it was for Fil-Am musicians. In the video she posted on May 14, Maharlika answered a netizen’s question about FASO’s fundraising event. She said […] More
Rappler took to Facebook to correct Rigoberto Tiglao’s claims in his “inaccurate” column for The Manila Times, where he pointed to Rappler as an anti-Duterte site that provided the list of fake news sites to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP). [ads2] “Manila Times columnist Rigoberto Tiglao claims Rappler is an anti-Duterte site […] More
A certain Facebook user posted a meme with a photo of Vice President Leni Robredo and a statement purporting her to be urging President Rodrigo Duterte to leave the presidency to her. Arsenio Antonio uploaded the meme on June 18 and it has since been shared 165 times, as of writing. Based on his posts, […] More
TV5 news anchor and journalist Ed Lingao took the time to respond to the open letter posted by a Facebook fan page for the President’s youngest son, Baste Duterte, and slammed their logic as they concluded that he is anti-Duterte and a paid journalist. [ads2] On June 26, Lingao posted his response to the open […] More
The Office of the Vice President released a statement warning the public about the raffle programs conducted by a fake “Maria Leonor Robredo Foundation” and Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). The OVP said a text message has been circulating, reaching out to people to tell them that they are eligible for a pangkabuhayan showcase from […] More
President Rodrigo Duterte proclaimed June 13 to 16 as days of national mourning, but the document was released by Malacañang on June 20, four days late. [ads2] The President signed Proclamation No. 232 on June 13, declaring “days of national mourning” that would have required government offices, military posts, and public and private schools to […] More
Netizens reacted to pro-Duterte blogger and scholar Sass Rogando Sasot when she took issue with how Vice President Leni Robredo helped her daughter Aika get settled in as a graduate student in Harvard University. In a tweet on June 21, Sasot slammed Robredo for helping her eldest daughter even when she is already 29 years […] More
Rappler reporter Pia Ranada posted a photo of a document from the Malacañang Records Office showing that her request for the list of delegates and expenses for President Rodrigo Duterte’s China and Russian trips was denied. She posted the photo as a way of fact-checking Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella’s statement saying that her FOI request […] More
On June 21, Blogger Rey Joseph Nieto, also known as Thinking Pinoy (TP), issued an erratum about his post showing that Vice President Leni Robredo’s oil portrait being auctioned on eBay because she cannot afford to pay for its shipping fee to the Philippines. [ads2] “ERRATUM: I just found out that the photo I posted […] More
People who have called out President Rodrigo Duterte for some of the decisions that he has made may be familiar with this argument from his supporters – ‘Why don’t you be president, if you think you can do better?” [ads2] In fact, one of Duterte’s supporters whom we found using the argument was Kat De […] More