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Sara Duterte impeachment trial: first round in the 2028 presidential contest

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By Ellen Tordesillas

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May 18, 2025

Prominent lawyer Lorna Kapunan said last week’s election showed an enlightened electorate. The results were both an appeal and demand to current as well as aspiring political leaders for respect. It’s a notice as well to the senator-judges in the Duterte impeachment trial.

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AI fakery rises, but cheapfakes still rule the race

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By Pipo Gonzales and Yvonne T. Chua

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May 10, 2025

AI-manipulated videos and audio have emerged as a growing disinformation tactic ahead of Monday’s midterm elections—more frequent, more targeted and more deceptive. Despite their rise, simpler manipulations, or shallowfakes, remain the more widespread threat, continuing to dominate the misinformation landscape flagged by fact-checkers.

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An election-related question in Bohol: ‘Is it raining over there?’

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By Cooper Resabal

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May 10, 2025

How much is the going rate?An incumbent candidate for Congress has doubled the cash given by his opponent to ensure victory from P500 to P1,000 per vote, many recipients attest. For some, “the vote is given to the highest bidder,” says one, who refused to be named.

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Phantom banks, shaky claims undercut viral Marcos gold story

Tiktok and Surveys: The Dutertelenovela and political content

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By Katrina Stuart Santiago

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Apr 29, 2025

These narrative shifts are only possible because the Dutertes are doing Tiktok content like it’s nobody’s business… Now there is barely any pro-Marcos content, and even Imee rarely appears unless she’s with VP Sara…Now, it is all the Dutertes. The For You Page shows it, and the surveys, too.

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FACT CHECK Online Posts

FACT CHECK: Circulating text on “Dance of the Hillary” cyber threat a HOAX

A chain message warning users about a circulating video supposedly called “Dance of the Hillary,” allegedly a cyber attack from Pakistan, has reached the Philippines. This is a recycled hoax that has been going around as early as 2015.

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NAMFREL: More violence in BARMM midterm elections noted

At least 242 election-related deaths were recorded in BARMM, said conflict monitoring group, most of which involved loose firearms.

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The spectacular defeats of other Duterte candidates

The Sara kiss of death was especially seen in the city of Manila and in Batangas. She deliberately made negative campaigning for the congressmen who were potential prosecutors in her forthcoming impeachment trial in the senate. These congressmen were among the most vocal in the House Quadcomm hearings. Representative Joel Chua (Manila, 3rd district) headed the House committee on good governance that conducted seven hearings on Sara’s red-flagged use of confidential funds.