President Rodrigo Duterte claimed that protest groups in the transport strike are conspiring with communists. “Itong Karapatan, itong KMU, itong Piston, they are just the legal fronts of the Communist Party of the Philippines. Kaya nga CPP, NDF, pati the NPA, the New People’s Army. It’s a one big conspiracy but they are at the […] More
President Rodrigo Duterte thanked the United States, China, and Russia in for their military assistance in Marawi City after the war. Duterte said that most of the four planeloads of rifles used by soldiers and cops deployed in Marawi were donated by China. [ads2] “It was only China who gave it on time and plenty,” […] More
Netizens were outraged over Communication Secretary Martin Andanar’s remarks on European Union officials after he called them “pala-iyot,” a Bisaya term referring to people having too much sex. [ads2] “’Yung mga maingay na palaiyot, ’yung mga maiingay…. Alam mo, ang problema sa kanila hanggang ingay lang sila, wala namang napatunayan. Kung tatanungin mo ’yung kanilang […] More
After five months of battling the terror group Maute in Marawi City, it has finally ended, as declared by Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on October 23. [ads2] “After 154 days of the siege of Marawi by the Daesh-inspired Maute ISIS group, or after a week since the Commander-in-Chief declared the liberation of Marawi, we now […] More
In a Facebook post under their #FactsGanern album, Rappler hit Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson for posting a report with a photo of Marawi City that was taken by a Rappler correspondent in May. “This is misleading,” Rappler wrote. [ads2] “The photo used by PCOO Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson in her Facebook post was not […] More
Online news site Rappler issued a denial on its official Facebook page about publishing a story that Senator Antonio Trillanes IV visited Marawi City and defeated the Maute terrorists. “Rappler never published a story about Senator Antonio Trillanes IV fighting terrorists in Marawi City,” it wrote. [ads2] Rappler also warned the readers about the Facebook […] More
President Rodrigo Duterte said on October 17 that China-made sniper rifles were the ones used to kill terror leaders Isnilon Hapilon and Omarkhayam Maute in Marawi City, but a deputy commander of a task force in Marawi said he could not say for sure. Even the Facebook pages of Philippine troops had doubts as they […] More
Netizens slammed President Rodrigo Duterte’s statement to transport groups that are protesting against the jeepney modernization program when he told them that he does not care if they continue to suffer in poverty and hunger. “Mahirap kayo? P**** i** Magtiis kayo sa hirap at gutom, wala akong pakialam. It’s the majority of Filipinos. Huwag ninyong […] More
Pro-Duterte blogger Thinking Pinoy, or Rey Joseph Nieto, and Communications Asec. Mocha Uson called ABS-CBN’s attention over a report about that allegedly spread fake news about the introduction of Korean language in junior high school in the Philippines. Thinking Pinoy (TP) and Uson posted the same screenshot on October 14 – a teacher writing Japanese […] More
Vice President Leni Robredo said she is not eyeing the presidency as she is focused on her work, adding that her ambition for a higher post would be known once she has a mascot or standee at the malls. This was her response after PNP chief Director General Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa told her to […] More
A netizen hit Philippine National Police chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa for “politicizing” his position, crying and begging for sympathy, and “campaigning” for a senatorial seat. Facebook user Lorenzo Guerrero criticized dela Rosa after the Philippine top cop told Vice President Leni Robredo to “let (President Rodrigo) Duterte finish first” if she wanted to […] More
In response to a critic, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte said on October 16 that the Dutertes have paid back their debt of gratitude to the late President Corazon Aquino, who appointed then young prosecutor Rodrigo Duterte as officer-in-charge vice mayor of Davao City. Sara explained just what the Dutertes did to pay back the […] More