Claim: There is a leaked COMELEC resolution issued by the COMELEC's first division disqualifying senatorial candidate Neri Colmenares and the party-list groups of the Makabayan bloc. Rating: FALSE Context: https://www.facebook.com/110845307227779/posts/565449848433987/ On May 7 (7:32 p.m.), Lamrag Sinirangan
Read MoreClaim: Makabayan bloc party-list groups are disqualified in the 2022 polls. Rating: FALSE Context: Flyers found scattered on the road by Twitter user @Kikiociousness claiming that Makabayan bloc party-lists were disqualified from 2022 elections. Photo from @Kikiociousness/Twitter
Read MoreOn May 9, registered voters will troop to voting precincts to choose our next leaders. From now until election day, more and more election-related issues are flooding our social media accounts. Not all information shared to us
Read MoreClaim: Fully-shaded ovals on one side of a ballot can blot or groove on the other side, causing invalidated or incorrect casting of votes. Rating: FALSE Context: On May 5, 2022, certain posts on social media warned
Read MoreClaim: Abante Sambayanan says that Makabayan bloc party-list groups were formed to protect the communists Rating: FALSE Context: In the April 4 program of Laban Kasama ang Bayan (SMNI), Jeffrey “Ka Eric” Celiz, first nominee of Abante
Read MoreClaim: AKKK party-list group is an advocate of micro, small and medium enterprises Rating: NEEDS CONTEXT Context: Mufaida Alonto-Macatoman, first nominee of Ang Kabuhayang Kayang Kaya (AKKK) partylist group, wants to give a voice to “traders and
Read MoreClaim: 4Ps party-list group's acronym cannot be confused with the DSWD's 4Ps program Rating: FALSE Context: While it is true that the Pagtibayin at Palaguin ang Pangkabuhayang Pilipino party-list group has no connection with the Department of
Read MoreClaim: LUNAS party-list is among the top 3 party-list groups in NCR Rating: MISLEADING Context: Certain news media organizations published news articles about LUNAS party-list landing third in a Metro Manila survey (see, for example, Abante News,
Read MoreClaim: Former Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) spokesperson Celine Pialago is a nominee of 111 Frontliners Ang Bida party-list group. Rating: FALSE Context: The verified Facebook page "Asec Celine Pialago" shared on March 30, 2022 (9:48 am)
Read MoreAnti-fraud group Kontra Daya today submitted to the Commission on Elections a letter containing an initial study of partylist groups vying for posts in the 2013 elections. The filing of the letter was done after the Comelec
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