MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – The Reuters Institute for Journalism Studies at Oxford University has just released its list of the most trusted news brands in the Philippines for 2022.
Is your favorite news source on this list?
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – She claims to be an advocate for Persons With Disabilities (PWDs), complete with a giant billboard proclaiming her support for a PWD party-list in the coming Philippine elections. Yet retired Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rowena Guanzon is all but promoting a mockery of handicapped people.
In a post on her Twitter account, Guanzon is asking her followers to post selfies mimicking facial paralysis (“ngiwi” in Tagalog) and to use the hasghtags #ngiwisquad and #ngiwichallenge.
THE FACTS: Many people suffer from facial paralysis, a disability. Such paralysis could be caused by stroke, Bell’s palsy, trauma, tumors, viruses and Lyme Disease.
Is Guanzon going to publicly apologize to the very people she’s advocating for?
CLAIM: Vice President and presidential aspirant Leni Robredo has been claiming that her office has consistently received the Commission on Audit ‘s (COA) ”highest audit rating.”
FACT: THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS “HIGHEST COA AUDIT RATING.” An agency being audited can only get an auditor’s unqualified opinion, qualified opinion, adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion. Even an unqualified opinion often comes with auditor’s notes and recommendations to correct deficiencies or errors.
As a matter of fact, in 2019, COA flagged the Office of the Vice President regarding its Angat Buhay program for poor planning and lack of documents:
OUR CONCLUSION: Robredo’s repeated claim is FALSE!
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