When Donald Trump won the 2016 US election on November 9, one thing that everyone was curious about was who he would call first among the world leaders as the US President-elect. Turned out several blog sites were quick to give that honor to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who has been compared a number of […] More
Has US President-elect Donald Trump really sent his private jet to pick up Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and seek his advice? At least this is what a few online articles have been claiming and they were being shared by Duterte’s supporters to Duterte fan pages on Facebook. [50_50_first] [/50_50_first][50_50_second] [/50_50_second] The articles were picked up […] More
US President-elect Donald Trump had allegedly warned Senator Leila De Lima not to step to US soils while he serves as the President of the United States, says newsmediaph.com. It has been shared thousands of times now after it was posted on Facebook by pages like “Duterte News Media” and “Tatay Digong – Unoffiical,” as […] More
Facebook pages “Kilusang Bagong Lipunan” and “President Duterte Supporters Worldwide” have been sharing news that Loida Nicolas-Lewis has been suspended from the US for three months. [50_50_first] [/50_50_first][50_50_second] [/50_50_second] The article, posted by websites pinoyworld.net and pinoyspeak.info, said that US President-elect Donald Trump wrote a letter in the morning of Sunday to the Office of […] More
President Rodrigo Duterte made a congratulatory call to US President-elect Donald Trump on December 2, but it seemed like some people wanted to paint an even better and deeper relationship between the two leaders. An article has been circulating on Facebook, shared by Duterte and Marcos fan pages, claiming that Trump warned the Filipinos that […] More
Last Friday, December 2, President Rodrigo Duterte called US President-elect Donald Trump to congratulate him over his win. Duterte said that he felt a “good sense of rapport” with Trump after the late night, seven-minute phone call. He even assured Trump that the US-PH ties will be maintained. But now, with these articles circulating online, […] More
Malacañang Palace clarifies news reports about President Rodrigo Duterte being invited by US President-elect Donald Trump to the US. Presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella clarified through an interview with dzRB that the US President did not specifically invite President Duterte. “According to the transcript po, wala pong specific na sinabi na inimbita ang Presidente,” Abella said. […] More
US President-elect Donald Trump has now become one of the latest victims of fake articles that have been circulating on Facebook. Lately, articles about Trump wishing that former Philippine President Fidel Ramos should have been the “first person to be killed.” They were shared by Duterte fan pages and re-shared by a Marcos supporter to […] More
Earlier, we busted the newly appointed Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) chief Charito “Ching” Plaza for sharing a fake article about the Philippines being ranked as “the most reformed country” since President Rodrigo Duterte’s presidency. Yesterday, she’s back to sharing fake articles again. [ads2] Did Trump acknowledge Filipinos’ support to his campaign? Plaza shared an […] More
A member of the Duterte fan page shared an article about how US President-elect Donald Trump appointed a Filipino-American to head the US Immigration office. At first look, the article really looks like it comes from Huffington Post. But if you click on the link of the article, it is quite obvious that the site […] More
An article claimed that US President-elect Donald Trump has acknowledged the Filipinos support for his US presidential campaign and even vowed that he won’t disappoint. But the article came from thet1mes.com. Yep, one of the notorious blogs with articles that we have busted over and over again for their fictional claims. But we still clicked […] More
A certain John John Fajardo Valdez shared an article on Facebook claiming that US President-elect Donald Trump has invited Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to his inauguration in January next year. The article claimed that Trump invited 12 world leaders, including Duterte, to his inauguration on January 20, 2017. Trump himself had supposedly called Duterte “immediately […] More