Camarines Sur gubernatorial candidate Ronald Alarkon Rodriguez cautions his constituents against believing in “fake news,” saying he is disqualified from the May 12 race. This needs context.
Kitty Duterte falsely claimed in a campaign rally that young people could go out and come home “safely” during her father’s presidency.
The Marcos gold story has since gone viral on Chinese online platforms and has been amplified in the Philippines by supporters of detained former president Rodrigo Duterte, including vlogger Claire Eden Contreras (aka Maharlika) and lawyer Harry Roque. Both have used the allegations to again attack President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and revive rumors about his alleged drug use.
Napansin ng news outlets at netizens noong Abril 14 na ang Google Maps ay may mas kitang-kita na label ng West Philippine Sea sa site nito. Ano ang big deal tungkol sa Google Maps at West Philippine Sea? Narito ang paliwanag ng VERA Files:
Maling iginiit ng Meta AI na ang Pilipinas ay may soberanya sa West Philippine Sea. Ang Pilipinas ay may mga sovereign rights, hindi soberanya, sa WPS. Ang dalawang konsepto ay hindi mapagpapalit.
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.
Meta AI incorrectly described the labeling of the West Philippine Sea on Google Maps an "assertion of the country's sovereignty." The Philippines has sovereign rights, not sovereignty, over features in the WPS.
Former COA commissioner Heidi Mendoza is bringing her fight against corruption to the Senate, but vows her end goal is to be a public servant, not a politician.
Filipinos should pray and hope for a cardinal not because he is Filipino but because he can best lead the Catholic Church in the direction it is discerned to go…One who can guide the church on faith and morals, and can successfully meld the spiritual and political role of the pope who is also the head of a sovereign state.
Sandatahang Dahas’ March data reinforces the idea that state-related violence in the Philippines is no longer geographically isolated; it is structural, adaptive, and capable of reaching places previously thought to be stable.
