President Duterte would have an emergency meeting with the IATF and infectious disease experts, according to Malacañang. Malacañang on Friday said that President Rodrigo Duterte would have an emergency meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) and infectious disease experts on Saturday. This, as the President, together with the government’s COVID-19 task force and infectious … Read more
Palace to critics: “No need to ask where the President is“ Malacañang lashed out at critics of President Duterte for making #NasaanAngPangulo a trending topic anew at the height of Typhoon “Ulysses”, saying that there’s no need to ask where the President was. This, as Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque Jr. lamented that the political opposition … Read more
The Philippine government considered hiring its own fact-checkers, according to the Palace. Malacañang said that the Philippine government was studying the possibility of having its own social media fact-checking team. This, after Facebook removed accounts that were linked to its supporters, the Philippine police, and the Philippine military due to coordinated inauthentic behavior (CIB). Presidential … Read more