The House of Representatives approved on third and final reading on Oct. 13 a proposed P6.793 national budget for 2026 under House Bill No. 4058 with no allocation for “ghost classrooms.” That same evening, however, Cavite 4th District Rep. Francisco “Kiko” Barzaga uploaded a social media card falsely claiming the chamber had approved a P1.28 trillion budget for “ghost classrooms.” The post was meant to be satirical, but netizens took it seriously and used it to criticize

An AI-generated photo showing a sculpture of former president Rodrigo Duterte in the Netherlands has circulated online following his proclamation as newly elected Davao City mayor, with some netizens mistaking it to be real. The Facebook page Muslim Filipino, Ngayon, posted the image on May 15 with the caption: ART made by Netherland People ❤️❤️❤️ #AI The use of artificial intelligence was subtly indicated through the #AI hashtag, though the post itself did not clarify that

A false rumor that reelected Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto got actress Atasha Muhlach pregnant–first circulated in 2024–has gone viral again on social media shortly after the May 12 midterm elections. Facebook page NL Star Buzz posted on May 14 a photo collage featuring the Muhlach family and Sotto captioned: AGA MUHLACH, HE HAS ACCEPTED ATASHA MUHLACH'S PREGNANCY WITH VICO SOTTO! Sotto has not issued a public statement regarding the revived rumor. Muhlach addressed the rumor

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