DAVAO CITY (February 27, 2026) – A viral video circulating on Facebook shows a man angrily confronting what appears to be a government treasury office, claiming that a P10,000 business permit fee is crushing small store owners. First posted on
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 26 February ) – A YouTube channel named NEWS UPDATE FILES has uploaded two videos claiming that former president Rodrigo Duterte has been released from detention after the International Criminal Court (ICC) supposedly dismissed his crimes
DAVAO CITY — Facebook page ‘Jay sonza’ has gone viral for supposed photos of the destruction in Manay, Davao Oriental caused by the double quakes that happened last October 10. Some of the photos are false, and have been reused
An old post about a chemical spill in the Suawan River has resurfaced on Facebook because of an algorithm bump. This is old news, and no such chemical spill has been recorded this week. MindaNews is fact-checking this post as
DAVAO CITY (30 July 2025) – A video posted by 94.9 MHz Lucky Radio Bayugan showing massive tsunami waves hitting a beachfront area has gone viral on Facebook with numerous concerned citizens sharing the post. The video, captioned “NAGHAGUROS NGA TSUNAMI,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 11 July) – A photo featuring former President Rodrigo Duterte lying frail in a hospital bed, clad in a hospital gown with tubes and wristbands, has circulated online with numerous concerned netizens sharing the viral Facebook
DAVAO CITY – At least two posts on Facebook claiming to cure blindness have generated an artificial intelligence avatar of Davao-based reporter Jandii Esteban. The posts are fake, and MindaNews has obtained a denial from Esteban herself. MindaNews is fact-checking
A supposed press statement from the Commission on Elections has circulated on various social media pages, with some posted on spoofed versions of media channels such as Rappler, Inquirer, and Philstar.com. The Comelec statement supposedly announces the disqualification of partylist
MindaNews fact-checked a post of a missing foreign child in Davao City being widely shared on Facebook. The claim is fake and a scam. In the worst case, the sharer’s accounts could be compromised and taken over by the scammers.
