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Filipino trust in news posts biggest fall in 2026 report
by Yvonne T. Chua - June 16, 2026 - 7:15am
Only 28% of Filipino respondents said they trusted most news most of the time, down from 38% in 2025.
Over 100 Chinese posts falsely claim military split with Marcos after Senate shooting
by Yvonne T. Chua - May 29, 2026 - 11:16am
A false claim that the Armed Forces of the Philippines broke with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has spread across Chinese-language platforms.
Inside the TikTok network boosting ‘confessions’ of flood control corruption
by Yvonne T. Chua - November 12, 2025 - 1:11pm
Until its removal in November, hundreds of TikTok accounts had spent months magnifying the visibility of AI-manipulated videos of lawmakers appearing to admit to corruption in flood control projects.  &...
Filipino concern over online disinformation hits record high, report finds
by Yvonne T. Chua - June 17, 2025 - 7:30am
A record 67% of Filipinos say they are concerned about online disinformation. Political actors are seen as the top source of falsehoods, above influencers and journalists.
Phantom banks, shaky claims undercut viral Marcos gold story
by Yvonne T. Chua - May 12, 2025 - 1:27pm
Documents circulating online that purport to expose a $100 billion money laundering scheme involving the Marcos family’s supposed 350 metric tons of gold are riddled with red flags.
Chinese online platforms swirl with Duterte arrest disinfo
by Yvonne T. Chua - April 2, 2025 - 3:30pm
Rodrigo Duterte's arrest by the ICC has spured disinformation not online on social networks in the Philippines, also also across Chinese digital ecosystem, fact-checking collab Tsek.ph finds.
Facebook, other traditional socmed platforms wane as news sources in PH — Digital News Report 2024
by Yvonne T. Chua - June 17, 2024 - 11:37am
Adult Filipinos are relying less on Facebook and other legacy social media platforms for news, increasingly turning to video-centric TikTok amid changing news consumption habits.
Media criticism linked to low trust in news—Digital News Report 2023
by Yvonne T. Chua - June 14, 2023 - 10:52am
An overwhelming majority of adult Filipinos have come across people criticizing journalists or the news media in the country, with nearly half of them tagging politicians and ordinary people as the leading sour...
More Filipinos trust news but many avoid it — Digital News Report 2022
by Yvonne T. Chua - June 15, 2022 - 8:38am
Overall trust in news among Filipinos has risen, putting the Philippines among the few countries that have furthered gains made at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pandemic increases trust in news among Filipinos — Digital News Report 2021
by Yvonne T. Chua - June 23, 2021 - 8:35am
The pandemic has also hiked concern over online misinformation, especially from the government and politicians.
Commentary: Contact tracing a COVID-19 hoax
by Yvonne T. Chua - January 14, 2021 - 10:15pm
Whatever the motivation, the dangers of false cures in particular and COVID-19 disinformation in general are all too real.
Senate bill goes after online ‘fake news,’ but Tsek.ph data point to wider problem
by Yvonne T. Chua - September 14, 2019 - 12:34pm
More than three months since the May 2019 midterm elections, the matter of who won and lost on the back of mis- and disinformation still looms large.
Global study ranks Philippines 15th largest exporter of illegal capital
by Yvonne T. Chua - December 16, 2014 - 9:51am
The Philippines and three other ASEAN members count among the top 20 developing countries in the world identified as the biggest exporters of illicit capital over the last decade, according to a global report. ...
DepEd rolls out calamity-resilient classrooms
by Yvonne T. Chua - June 1, 2014 - 11:00am
The more than 30,000 classrooms the national government is building this school year will look hardly any different from those constructed in recent years, especially to the untrained eye.
DepEd adopts Textbook Walk
by Yvonne T. Chua - June 3, 2008 - 12:00am
The delivery of textbooks from the Department of Education in Manila to far-flung areas is usually a boring and mundane obligation.
The President’s gravy train
by Yvonne T. Chua - September 12, 2005 - 12:00am
How generous is President Arroyo to certain members of Congress? Generous enough these days to do the unthinkable, even if it is a no-no in government: Issue postdated checks to support the pet projects of favored...
Arroyo tape scandal centered on Lanao del Sur vote — PCIJ
by Yvonne T. Chua - June 21, 2005 - 12:00am
Of the 10 recorded conversations supposedly between President Arroyo and Elections Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano recorded from May 28 to June 2, 2004, three of these were said to be calls from the President showing...
Health politics demoralizes doctors
by Yvonne T. Chua - May 4, 2005 - 12:00am
(Conclusion) When barrio doctor Richard Lariosa arrived in Tagapul-an, Samar in 2002, he was surprised to learn that medicines for the town were being kept at the mayor’s office. "When you gave a prescription...
Local execs spend on roads, not health
by Yvonne T. Chua - May 3, 2005 - 12:00am
(Second of a series) Allan Evangelista of Quezon City signed up with the Doctors to the Barrio program last year despite suffering from dilated cardiomyopathy, an incurable disease of the heart muscle that actor...
Legislators feed on pork
by Yvonne T. Chua - September 7, 2004 - 12:00am
(Conclusion) In theory and in law, the legislators’ role in pork barrel allocations remains limited to "consultation" to enable them to recommend priority projects. In practice, however, they have the final...
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