Two Makabayan-affiliated party-lists were poised to secure one seat each in the House of Representatives a day after elections, contrary to premature May 13 claims on X and Facebook that the bloc had clinched none. One post came from X user @xi_mr5 who uploaded a social media card  at 2:58 p.m. bearing Makabayan’s logo and senatorial candidate Teddy Casiño’s photo. The text read: JUST ANNOUNCED THE MAKABAYAN BLOC: ZERO SEATS Earlier that morning, at 7:29 a.m., Krislam Junsay

Only three, not all 10 senatorial candidates endorsed by former president Rodrigo Duterte, known collectively as the “DuterTEN,” won in...

Newly elected senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan ran as an independent candidate in the May 12 midterm elections and was never endorsed by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.  However, Pangilinan was inaccurately placed alongside Marcos-backed Alyansa Para Sa Bagong Pilipinas candidates Erwin Tulfo, Panfilo “Ping” Lacson, Vicente “Tito” Sotto, Pia Cayetano and Lito Lapid in a May 13 post  by TikTok user @philippine_issues, which presented a list of the Top 12 senators based on endo

Former President Rodrigo Duterte isn’t back in the country despite winning the mayoral race in Davao City in the recent midterm elections. TikTok user @jhaynadz_08, however, recycled an old report in his May 17 video , passing it  off as a recent news update that falsely claimed that Duterte had returned to Davao City. The caption read: WELCOME BACK TATAY DIGONG🇵🇭#latestnews #update #news #welcomeback The overlaid text also contained the falsehood: RODRIGO DUTERTE BACK IN D

A Facebook fan page impersonating “Kitty Duterte” has posted a misleading compilation of photos to mock and discredit the government’s...

A Facebook post falsely claimed that the Commission on Elections has disqualified Cagayan De Oro City First District congressional...