SirChief

Judgmental.

[Miss Edz 💃❤️💚💙💜🖤 @MissLigaya2074]

Payag ba kayo?

[JuanMigRiveraLegazpi @JMRivLegaz]

Sen. @loren_legarda, u are indeed a POLITICAL PROSTITUTE.

Nakakahiya at nakakadiri ka. Matatapos ang Political career mo na wala kang iniwang DIGNIDAD at PRINSIPYO sa bansang Pilipinas.

Maaalala ka namin na isa kang mas MABAHO pa sa BASURA.

[Leila de Lima @manayleila]

Sa hinaba-haba ng prusisyon, sa dinami-dami ng pasakalye, sa pagsasara rin ang tuloy.

Nilatag pa bilang Independent Commission “for Infrastructure”, pero hanggang flood control lang pala ang titingnan — iilan pa nga lang ang naimbestigahan. Wala ring silbi ang ginawang livestreaming.

Having a lot on its plate, President Marcos Jr. just let ICI shut down instead of acting to certify as urgent our proposed ICAIC law, which would create a more independent, more fully equipped and empowered body to take over ICI.

Pinasara na itong ICI, tapos di na rin pinausad yung ICAIC bill. Ginawang priority raw, pero wala namang nangyayari.

Hinding-hindi natin ito dapat tantanan. Kasama ito sa sinisigaw ng taumbayan. Pagalawin nyo ang baso.

Otherwise, it is becoming clearer by the day that the public is just being taken for a ride, na paasa lang ang administrasyon sa pangako ng seryosong imbestigasyon at paanu-anunsyo pang may mga big fish na makukulong sa biggest corruption scam in our history. Hay naku, to say that we're disappointed is an understatement.

Mahiya naman ang administrasyong ito.

[ricci @ricci_richy]

Suntay is defending himself saying that his statement was meant to be an analogy to prove a point. He really can’t see what’s wrong with what he said.

CLAIRE ALSO HAS AN ANALOGY FOR YOU. If you still don’t get it, then you’re dumb as fuck.

[Karen Davila @iamkarendavila]

A congressman. A representative of the people. Paid by the people. A husband, a father with daughters.

Without the consciousness, knowledge or decency of how women should be talked about. Please keep your sick thoughts to yourself.

More than striking his comments off the record, he should apologize.

Women’s Month pa talaga. 🇺🇳

[Ivan 🇵🇭🇻🇦 @IvanAtHome]

🚨BREAKING: Live Broadcast and Transcript of Duterte trial REDACTED after defense leaks witness information during arguments

Now we know why the 1-hour delayed broadcasts for Defense Trial Lawyer Nicholas Kaufman's (COUGHman) defense arguments kept getting cut off.

He LEAKED important details concerning the identity of the court witnesses; with positions and nicknames being read out in a manner that wasn't general enough to prevent the witnesses being identified by the public. Presiding Judge Iulia Motoc ruled for the redactions to protect the witnesses after motions made by the ICC Prosecution.

Motoc warned that leaking protected witness information was in violation of the rights guaranteed under the Rome Statute and stressed to COUGHman that is also breaks the Code of Conduct of the ICC.

The ICC Prosecution's Senior Trial Lawyer Julian Nicholls also demanded COUGHman read the tab number for the evidences he has mentioned during the ongoing hearings as COUGHman has repeatedly been slopy in his citations during his arguments.

Very shocking stuff happening at the Hague, at least for Duterte. His lead defense counsel is making common errors that no experienced lawyer practicing at the ICC should make. Either he repeatedly leaked the information of criminal and victim witnesses, putting them at risk for retribution, or he did it willfully and maliciously to act as a chilling effect against those speaking out.

Thank God the ICC delays broadcasts of the trial by 1-hour to prevent this sort of sloppy lawyering being broadcasted for millions to hear.

https://t.co/V5I4C5iS27

[☆ Cheeky Lady ☆ @CheekyLady1027]

Boom!

[Digsan @digsan13]

Karen Davila just exposed the dark secret of Philippine media bribery.
#Philippines #BiasedMedia #Bribery

[𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚍akoh 🇵🇭🇸🇦 @Akoganda12]

PNoy and his administration is far from Perfect. Pero, ito yung mga panahon na ang Taas ng Tingin at Respeto sa atin ng Buong Mundo.

Ito yung mga panahon na masasabi mong, "I'm Proud To Be Pinoy".

It was a hopeful times.

[SirChief @chiefadvocate22]

@GemoraAudie Totoo.

[iMPACT Leadership @iMPACTPH2019]

KIKO TOPS CEU MOCK ELECTION SURVEY

Former Sen. Kiko Pangilinan led with 66.5% in the "CEU Votes: 2025 Midterm Mock Election Survey," conducted online by The Manila Academe in December 2024 among 511 CEU Manila students using their CEU domain email accounts.

The Manila Academe stated that the survey, conducted before the official campaign period, provides a glimpse into early voter preferences and political awareness among CEU Manila students, highlighting emerging trends that may shape discussions and engagement as the elections approach.

📷 The Manila Academe

[Pie 🥧 @sliceofdpie6557]

A UST Graduate School student has exposed a Chinese-linked disinformation network pushing pro-Duterte and anti-Marcos narratives on X (formerly Twitter) in an investigative report presented during a House of Representatives hearing on Tuesday.

Niceforo Balbedina III, a UST master’s in journalism student and multimedia editor of https://t.co/asMTskMGz4, discovered 107 suspicious accounts systematically publishing content supporting Vice President Sara Duterte while attacking President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. The network is also pushing content against Manila’s claim on the South China Sea.

Balbedina and UST Department of Journalism Chair Felipe Salvosa II, founding editor of https://t.co/asMTskMGz4, discussed the report and other aspects of foreign influence operations (FIO) and foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI) during a hearing at the House of Representatives about disinformation.

“Kasagsagan ng March hanggang July, mayro’n po kaming monitor na Chinese state media na actively po na nagso-sow ng iba’t ibang at mga kuwestyonableng impormasyon tungkol sa sigalot sa West Philippine Sea,” Balbedina said.

“At ito po ‘yong latest na mayro’n po kaming nahukay na pro-China na network of X accounts na nagsususog ng anti-Philippine sentiment, habang nagpu-push ng content related po kay Vice President Sara Duterte,” he said.

Balbedina noted that the accounts often resurfaced and recycled old content, such as the “polvoron video,” a clip falsely depicting Marcos Jr. using illegal drugs.

These videos were published either during significant events, such as the signing of the Maritime Zones Law and Baselines Law, or when there was negative news about Duterte.

Salvosa said fact-checking organizations like https://t.co/asMTskMGz4 have included FIO and FIMI investigations in their work, flagging state or non-state actors seeking to influence democratic processes and values through manipulation.

Salvosa told lawmakers that fact-checkers and journalism academics have long dropped the term “fake news,” which has been politicized and misused to label opposing viewpoints.

“We want to focus on the term information disorder … which also distinguishes between disinformation, misinformation, and malinformation,” he said.

Salvosa also urged Congress to inquire into the content moderation rules of social media platforms, particularly Facebook, which has dropped its third-party fact-checking program in favor of the community notes model already being used by X.

“Instead of fact-checkers, community notes are written by users. The problem is they don’t have codes of ethics and they are anonymous,” he said.

https://t.co/asMTskMGz4 is one of six Manila-based verified signatories of the Code of Principles of the International Fact-Checking Network, a coalition of about 100 fact-checking organizations founded in 2015.

Fraudulent X accounts

Apart from attacking the president, the network of Chinese-linked accounts also shared content criticizing Washington’s involvement in the West Philippine Sea and framing Philippine efforts to assert its sovereignty as part of a US-led “proxy war.”

“‘Yong posting activity po nila ay very reactionary sa oras at sa development sa ating bansa,” Balbedina said. “Anti-Philippine sentiments po. Against West Philippine Sea efforts ng Pilipinas and against our president.”

The https://t.co/asMTskMGz4 report flagged multiple accounts showing suspicious activity, including employing artificially boosted followers from Spanish-speaking countries, which have no clear interest in the Philippines-China maritime dispute.

Balbedina also found evidence of fraudulent account creation, as many of the suspended Chinese-linked accounts used stock or artificial intelligence-generated profile photos.

“‘Yong profile pic na ginagamit ng Twitter accounts ay galing sa mga advertisements, ‘yong iba galing sa pornography, ‘yong iba galing sa stock photos at ‘yong iba AI-generated. Pinagbabawal ng Twitter ‘yong ganitong practice sa kanilang website. So we think this is one of the reasons why they banned these accounts,” he said.

Only 24 out of the 107 identified accounts have been permanently removed so far. Balbedina said several pro-China disinformation networks remain active by bypassing platform restrictions of X, which is owned by billionaire Elon Musk.

The investigative report was developed with the help of UST data journalism instructor, Nathaniel Melican.

Balbedina is part of the Varsitarian’s graduate scholarship program.

Only three of the more than 40 invited online personalities attended the “tri-committee” hearing called by the House committees on public order and safety, public information, and information and communications technology.

The hearing sought to explore possible content regulation rules that can be implemented on social media.

https://t.co/BTPkeyjYQD