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Underscoring the warming of relations between the Philippines and the United States under the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Balikatan 2023 started on April 11 with 17,600 Filipino and American soldiers participating, the largest gathering of forces in the history of the

A YouTube video falsely claims that President Ferdinand Bongbong Marcos and Vice President Sara Duterte cut P2.5 billion from the University of the Philippines’ (UP) 2023 budget after recent protests at the Diliman campus. The government had finalized the UP system’s 2023

International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan has insisted that the “extremely serious” drug-related crimes committed during the Duterte administration were encouraged by  the former president himself and other top state officials. In a petition filed on April 4, Khan urged the

Two Filipino Facebook (FB) users shared TikTok videos allegedly showing Celine Dion on her deathbed. The woman in the video is not the Canadian singer.  “Rest in Peace Celine Dion,” the text in the videos read. The Filipino netizens’ FB Reels appeared

A video on Facebook (FB) is erroneously claiming that a cutter vessel of the United States Coast Guard (USCG) fired at two Chinese ships for allegedly blocking the superpower’s vessel from entering the West Philippine Sea. On March 27, an FB page

A video circulating on Facebook (FB) and YouTube carried a misleading headline that insinuates that the general Filipino public can start receiving their pensions as early as 40 years old. No such announcement was made during the March 28 press briefing where

bm_armytoarmyexercise-25-0 Army-to-Army exercise for stronger defense of PH territory 1/10 Photo by Bullit Marquez Philippine and American armies continue their joint military exercise as part of “Salaknib,” an annual Army-to-Army exercise which precedes the bigger Balikatan slated this month. On March 31,

Their local compatriots and friends rejoiced when Rodrigo Duterte appointed them to the Commission on Elections. That is very Filipino. Failure to see the bigger picture and the damage it does to the national body politic is also Filipino. Current perceptions –

A video falsely passed off an old photo to claim that the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) fired water cannons at Chinese boats in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). The eight-minute and eight-second video was uploaded on Facebook (FB) and YouTube on March