‘À la carte’ influence operations: How Guo-Tok mirrors past election campaigns
TikTok stans of Alice Guo followed the same playbook observed in previous influence operations for the Dutertes and the Marcoses during elections.
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Justice for detained journalists, human rights activists in limbo
Justice remains elusive for detained human rights activists, including journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, who contends the charges of illegal possession of firearms and financing terrorism against her have yet to be proven, as they continue to languish in jail.
Sara Duterte’s ambag to nation building
It is quite disgusting to see and hear the vice president either ranting against the government or trying to be cute with her remarks and body language to endear herself to her audience, speaking spontaneously, oftentimes blabbering, with empty rhetoric without offering doable solutions to problems.
The Dutertes only have themselves to blame
In the event the three judges of pre-trial Chamber 1 will reject the interim release, the Dutertes have only themselves to blame. It is a very sick family of bullies and persecutors. They know no other game but power for themselves. At our expense. That is why unlike the people of Davao city, we see no end in the need to hold them accountable.
Advocates help youth fight back vs. tobacco industry influence
The youth, which is the target of the tobacco industry's so-called novel products, is also being tapped by health advocates to be their partners in the anti-tobacco campaign.
The TikTok campaign to rebrand ‘POGO Mayor’ Alice Guo
When Alice Guo rolled her eyes in Congress, a wave of TikTok “fan accounts” turned that moment into “napindot na si anger”—and helped recast her image just as she faced serious allegations.
State-related violence down in May despite elections-related tensions
The month of May recorded the least number of state- related cases of violence –so far in 2025- with a total of 45 reported incidents (18 killings and 27 injuries), monthly monitoring of Sandatahang Dahas showed. The biggest factor in the incidents of violence, however, was the May 12 elections with Mindanao as the most volatile area.
FACT CHECK: Aerial footage of airstrikes in Iran AI-generated
Facebook users circulated an AI-generated clip of airstrikes that caused explosions and infrastructure damage in Iran amid the country’s escalating conflict with Israel.
FACT CHECK: Clip of students calling VP Sara impeachment ‘selective justice’ is AI-GENERATED
The video of a student calling VP Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial as “selective justice” carried a watermark of Veo, an AI video generation tool by Google.
Sara’s 16 lawyers + 18
In 2015, GMA News reported that Sigfrid Fortun’s acceptance fee is P20 million per case. If that is true, we can already envisage the bottomless pit of money that the Dutertes have. Remember that for the ICC case of Rodrigo Duterte, the family is not being impoverished by Nicolas Kaufman’s legal fees of P2,590,960 per month (Eu40,000). They have asked the International Criminal Court to help them cover the legal fees of the Kaufman team’s five lawyers.
