All out for Leni, offline, online
These are the two campaign rallies I covered for presidential candidate Leni Robredo as accredited media. As early as October 7, 2021, I disclosed that...
Download the NAMFREL app and help ensure integrity of the 2022 elections
The spirit of volunteerism is everywhere and it is unlike anything seen before in an election. People are contributing, donating, volunteering time and effort for...
NAMFREL calls on COMELEC not to weaponize power and authority against the people
(Note: This statement was released April 25, 2022 by the National Movement for Free Elections or NAMFREL. The statement came in the wake of a...
How online platforms are preparing us for PH elections
MOST voters are active in at least one of the four major social media networks. Removing accounts with coordinated inauthentic behavior or putting reporting mechanisms...
How Google combats disinformation & misinformation
“Fighting misinformation is important to Google and it takes the whole of society working together to address it. We will continue to forge meaningful partnerships...
“Ilaw ng Tahanan” Trends on Twitter during the Second #PiliPinasDebates2022
Twitter launched two new emojis activated by hashtags #NLE2022, #Halalan2022, and #VoteSAFEPilipinas Filipinos showed their support for their preferred presidential candidates by participating in the...
Call to Comelec for transparency, integrity, accountability
EVERYBODY plays a role in the integrity of the National and Local Elections (NLE) on May 9, 2022. “Vote S.A.F.E (Secure, Accurate, Free and Fair...
#FactsFirstPH, VP Leni, supporters fight fake news
Vice President Maria Leonor “Leni” Gerona Robredo is the “biggest victim” of disinformation according to preliminary data of fact-checking initiative, Tsek.ph. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.,...
Twitter’s partnership with COMELEC for PH elections
The public conversation on Twitter is never more important than during elections. It’s when people come to Twitter for credible information about the elections, to...
#FactsFirstPH asks candidates to fight lies and lead fact-based campaigns
Below is an open letter sent by Facts First PH to all the presidential candidates this afternoon. The #FactsFirstPH initiative is a multi-layer, multi-sectoral effort,...
YouTube/Google’s approach to protect integrity of PH elections
Emily Moxley, Vice President for Product Management at YouTube and Irene Jay Liu, APAC News Lab Lead at Google shared to the Philippine media more about YouTube’s...
Like, woke and protest votes in 2022 Elections
This article titled “how Filipinos will vote in 2022?” first appeared on ASKSonnie.INFO The 2022 national election is a staple topic over coffee with...
The battleground is outside this echo chamber
“I AM part of the solution #KulayRosasAngBukas” was one of my tweets that garnered a modest amount of likes on Twitter. The hashtag campaign #KulayRosasAngBukas,...
#FactsFirstPH to Filipinos: The battle for facts needs you
The battle for facts needs you. This is what more than 100 organizations from the media, coalitions, civil society, business, academe, law, and the Church...
What are the plans of the presidential candidates?
If you have not decided who to vote for president in the upcoming National and Local Elections in 2022, then it is best to listen...