[ads2] On April 6, President Rodrigo Duterte said that he wanted to change the name of “Benham Rise.” He initially came up with “Philippine Ridge.” [ads1] On April 8, Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said that the Philippine government was studying the possibility of calling Benham Rise “Philippine Rise” to boost the country’s sovereign rights over […] More
Facebook page Pinoy Ako Blog (PAB) has warned the public not to continue accessing the online passport appointment web page of the Department of Foreign Affairs because it is not secure. [ads2] In a Facebook post on Saturday, PAB made the announcement about the expired SSL certificate of the website www.passport.gov.ph. “As of 0934 Saturday, […] More
President Rodrigo Duterte said on May 19 that Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria “Joma” Sison is suffering from a rare bone marrow disease, which is why he would allow Sison to return home to the Philippines. [ads2] “I said Sison can go home here. I will guarantee his safety and freedom. He […] More
President Rodrigo Duterte has pulled another surprise move by not even cluing in the Department of Foreign Affairs and the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) on his decision to reject the European Union’s developmental aid. [ads2] NEDA chief Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia revealed on May 18 that Duterte indeed did not consult the […] More
A Facebook user has called out everyone busily engaging in name-calling as it only serves to create further division and hate among Filipinos. [ads2] Gideon Lasco said making generalizations does not accomplish anything at all. “Calling 16 million voters stupid; 4 million drug users as ‘subhuman’, immigrants as ‘rapists’, gays as ‘worse than animals’; single […] More
Facebook said that it is addressing spam and misinformation by changing its algorithm using artificial intelligence to stop users from linking to “low-quality” websites. [ads2] “With this update, we reviewed hundreds of thousands of web pages linked to/from Facebook to identify those that contain little substantive content and have a large number of disruptive, shocking […] More
On May 11, Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella said that any pronouncement by Diehard Duterte Supporter (DDS), entertainer and now PCOO Assistant Secretary Margaux “Mocha” Uson would not be necessarily the same position taken by the Philippine government. [ads2] Abella said that Uson’s pronouncements would remain hers and would not represent Malacañang’s views. “These, as far […] More
Some member states of the United Nations urged the Philippines to allow UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions Agnes Callamard to investigate the killings in the country without conditions. [ads2] Headed by Senator Alan Peter Cayetano, the Philippine government defended the human rights record of the country before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, […] More
Former national security adviser Roilo Golez obviously did not approve of the Philippines’ move to send Coast Guard personnel to China for training and his reaction on Facebook just went viral. [ads2] “Sending our Coast Guard personnel for training by China Coast Guard is like sending PNP antidrug personnel for training by drug lords,” Golez […] More
GMA News issued a public advisory to warn the public about a fake news site that tried to imitate their website URL. “False news is being circulated online under a URL that resembles GMA News Online’s,” GMA News wrote. [ads2] “Please be advised that the only links/URLs being used by GMA News are gmanetwork.com, gmanetwork.com/news, […] More
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano and several other government officials went to Geneva to defend the Philippine’s drug war and human rights record. Speaking before the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) during its Universal Periodic Review (UPR), Cayetano said that the Duterte administration has a “policy of zero tolerance for abuse of law enforcers. [ads2] […] More
Presidential Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson is trying to draw a line between her personal views posted on her popular Facebook page “Mocha Uson Blog” and that of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) using a disclaimer. She was appointed to her Asec post on May 8 and changed her cover photo and started putting […] More