MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Realizing her Senate committee hearings on fake news are going nowhere, Senator Grace Poe is now calling for a new inquiry on fake fact-checkers.
Poe’s announcement came just days after Rappler and Vera Files announced their partnership with Facebook to fact-check news on social media.
”The Filipino people deserve fact-checkers that are legitimate,” Poe said.
The lady Senator specifically referred to Rappler’s most recent fact-checks involving the satirical news site, The Adobo Chronicles.
”If Rappler can’t even distinguish between fake news and satire, we have a big problem,” she added.
BERLIN, Germany (The Adobo Chronicles, Berlin Bureau) – Philippines’ Vice President Leni Robredo and other Filipinos were briefly arrested by German police after taking selfie photos at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin.
Others arrested included Senator Kiko Pangilinan, former Budget Secretary Florencio Abad and Congressman Bolet Banal.
Apparently, it is against German law to pose and smile for the cameras in solemn and sacred places like the Memorial.
The group was released after pleading ignorance of the law.
’We just wanted to show the Filipino people that we were in Berlin for an official working visit,’ Robredo told The Adobo Chronicles.
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