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EXPLAINER: What Judge Soriano means in saying Duterte's Proclamation No. 572...
MANILA, Philippines – Amid the celebratory tweets on Monday, October 22, hailing the “courageous” decision of Makati Judge Andres Soriano to keep opposition Senator Antonio Trillanes IV free, there was...
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LIST: False news shared by PH-based pages taken down by Facebook
MANILA, Philippines – On Monday, October 22, Facebook took down a network – composed of 95 pages and 39 accounts – that violated their policies on spam and authenticity. (READ: Facebook removes...
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Massacres, incidents of violence against farmers
MANILA, Philippines – Farmers are undeniably among the most hard working in the country yet they remain the poorest. The lack of improvement in the lives of food producers in an agricultural country...
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HOAX: Pope Francis excommunicated Fr. Robert Reyes
Claim: The Vatican has excommunicated Father Robert Reyes, a known critic of the administration.The claim was originally posted by satire website The Adobo Chronicles on May 15. The claim was written...
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Newsbreak Chats: Election fever, Cebu as 'crime city'
MANILA, Philippines – The election season is now in full swing as the country has started to see unrelenting violence that has spilled beyond Metro Manila.On Thursday, October 25, the Newsbreak team...
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FALSE: PH news sites may be ‘victims of fake news from Facebook’
Claim: Philippine news groups may have used “fake news” content as a source regarding Facebook’s purge of pages and accounts.The “independent tech news” website TechSabado posted the claim on October...
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P11-B shabu slip: Who is Customs intel officer Jimmy Guban?
MANILA, Philippines – He has been accused of facilitating the entry of the very shipments he was supposed to block.The career of resigned Bureau of Customs (BOC) intelligence officer Jimmy Guban took a...
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Did you know that some PH cities have more Facebook users than actual...
MANILA, Philippines – How many people in the Philippines use Facebook monthly?If you were a business owner or advertiser on the platform, you’d simply open up Facebook for Business to get the numbers:...
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IN NUMBERS: Global threats to press freedom in 2018
MANILA, Philippines – Newsmakers have become the center of the news, as threats and violence against journalists dominated the headlines in the past few months.Recently, the disappearance of Saudi...
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Where do 2019 senatorial bets stand on key national issues?
MANILA, Philippines – A number of those running for senator in the 2019 midterm elections have been in government or the public eye for long, and so they have surely made known their positions on key...
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Panglao: Riding the tourism cash cow
PANGLAO, Bohol – In the late '90s, then 10-year-old Mark would troop to Panglao Island with his friends to catch damang, an indigenous fighting spider that proliferated in the once dense forests of the...
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A new customs chief, DFA chief, spokesman a year for Duterte
MANILA, Philippines – Not even at the end of his third year in power, Duterte has had 3 Customs chiefs, 3 presidential spokesmen, and 3 foreign secretaries. That’s one Customs chief, spokesman, and top...
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Tip of the iceberg: Tracing the network of spammy pages in Facebook takedown
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At the Bureau of Customs: How Isidro Lapeña was outplayed
MANILA, Philippines – Was there or wasn’t there?Former Bureau of Customs chief Isidro Lapeña’s changing answers to this simple question about the presence of shabu (methamphetamine) in magnetic lifters...
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How to fact-check reports during disasters
MANILA, Philippines – In the wake of a typhoon, there are tons of news articles and tweets about conditions in affected areas. Unfortunately, not all of them turn out to be true.At a time when...
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Garbage in paradise: The price of Panglao’s rise as tourist destination
(Part 2 of a series)Part 1: Panglao: Riding the tourism cash cowBOHOL, Philippines – Early on a Saturday, Jam Ungab leads a pack of volunteers from Plastic Free Bohol to pick up renegade trash along...
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New system for old problems: Panglao's struggle with solid waste
Part 3 of a seriesPart 1: Panglao: Riding the tourism cash cowPart 2: Garbage in paradise: The price of Panglao's rise as tourist destination PANGLAO, Bohol – With the tourism boom around the bend, the...
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Where children in Marawi play
MARAWI CITY, Philippines – If it were not for the balloons that day or the red stripes painted on the walls outside, the building would have been like any other. But in the Barangay Sagonsongan...
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HOAX: Photo of Marawi housing projects
Claim: A photo shows “nearly done” housing projects in Marawi City.The Facebook page “General Bato for Senator Movement” posted the claim on October 25. The caption also says to be “patient” since...
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In Panglao: Tourism funds waste management and conservation
Part 4 of a seriesPart 1: Panglao: Riding the tourism cash cowPart 2: Garbage in paradise: The price of Panglao's rise as tourist destination Part 3:New system for old problems: Panglao's struggle with...
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