Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines President Archbishop Socrates Villegas denied making a statement condemning the deaths of terrorist leaders Isnilon Hapilon and Omar Maute. [ads2] A viral fake story claimed that Villegas wished the government forces did not shoot the terrorists in the head to “minimize damage,” adding that the deaths of the terrorists […] More
President Rodrigo Duterte referred to a dead Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) leader who died 14 years ago as he warned about renewed desire for separatism if the peace talks fail. “If we fail to come up with a reasonable counter proposal, then I assure you that there will be fighting everywhere in Mindanao. For […] More
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) allegedly condemned the “brutal killing” of terrorists Omar Maute and Isnilon Hapilon. [ads2] At least, this is what several blogs claimed to be the CBCP’s reaction. The story was even widely shared on Facebook as it was picked up by newslogph.com, dutertelegacy.com, and newsphil.info, although it was […] More
Presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella accused Rappler of “misrepresenting” his statement over President Rodrigo Duterte being fed wrong information about the European Union. However, Rappler stood by its story, countering Palace’s accusation with the official transcript of which they based the story. Abella threw the accusation against the online news site on October 13 after Rappler’s […] More
President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to expel envoys from the European Union on October 12 after the Human Rights Watch and the delegation of the Progressive Alliance and the Party of European Socialists urged the Philippine government to stop the drug-related killings. [ads2] “Now, the ambassadors of those countries listening now. Tell me, because we can […] More
Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson deleted her post accusing GMA News of writing fake news about the 17 rescued hostages in Marawi City, but netizens corrected her over her accusation, while giving her headline writing lessons. [ads2] Uson tried to correct GMA News over their headline that said, “17 rescued Marawi hostages about to be […] More
Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte discussed the photo of her campaigning with former President Benigno Aquino III and former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas during the 2010 elections, where they ran for the presidency and vice presidency, respectively. She said that she and President Rodrigo Duterte helped Aquino and Roxas mount their campaign in 2010 because […] More
After the hunt for the blogger behind Pinoy Ako Blog (PAB) and the constant bashing from netizens, she finally revealed herself on October 13. She turned out to be 36-year-old law student Maria Josephina Vergina “Jover” Laurio, who chose to finally out herself after she was identified by pro-Duterte bloggers RJ Nieto, a.k.a. Thinking Pinoy, […] More
President Rodrigo Duterte claimed on October 12 that he “refused” the United Kingdom’s offer of $18 to $20 million to the Philippines. “The latest word from Sonny, ‘yung sa Great Britain, ah, $18 million, 20? Sabi ko kay Sonny, ‘wag mong tanggapin,” Duterte said, referring to Finance Secretary Carlos “Sonny Dominguez.” “Mabubuhay rin tayo. Anyway, […] More
After hearing the response from the Tindig Pilipinas member Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte on October 13 slammed the senator anew in another Facebook post, calling him out for lying. First, Mayor Sara enumerated the issues thrown against her father, President Rodrigo Duterte, since 1995 until the current year, including in […] More
Vice President Leni Robredo was said to have jumped ship to join President Rodrigo Duterte’s PDP-Laban party. However, the claim came from the satire site Adobo Chronicles. [ads2] Remember how the site has a mechanism to separate the truth from the lies? Facts are in Italics while lies are in regular font. Look! The only […] More
The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) agreed not to push through with their plan to implement the Oplan Tokhang drop box system to gather anonymous tips and complaints about the government’s war against drugs. This happened after Senator Risa Hontiveros questioned the guidelines enumerated in the DILG memo about how the system under […] More