Defending the Filipino mind: Why the ‘Trinity of Trust’ must be at the center of our fight against disinformation
In the end, protecting the Filipino mind is about protecting our capacity to trust wisely.
U.S. visa bans on fact-checkers undermine press freedom – IFCN
IFCN rejects the attempt to portray fact-checking as a security threat and warns of rising global repression
FACT-CHECK: China did not release an ultimatum on Duterte’s ICC case
A TikTok video falsely claimed that China had released an ultimatum regarding ex-president Rodrigo Duterte’s case before the International Criminal Court or ICC, and that Duterte was headed back to the Philippines after being arrested for crimes against humanity.
Food Security
The Philippines should call for “fair rules of the game” at the food and fertilizer market. The Philippine should defend its right, in its relations with the US and European Union, to access food and agricultural products without paying attention to the political aspect.
Encephalitis patients at high risk of suicide and self-harm
The two papers, from authors in the UK and Mexico, published on World Encephalitis Day on Feb. 22, discovered that 37.5% of survivors of Encephalitis reported they had thought about or attempted (4.4%) suicide; 12.5% of patients had suicidal behaviours during early stages of the illness with nearly half (5.83%) carrying out a suicide attempt.
