• ‘How to migrate’ was the top search result after the election results
• Pinoys search ways on ‘how to migrate’ after election results
• People are considering migration

A lot of people were disappointed with the election results, even if some were still unofficial. Their candidates did not win. They also know that some of the candidates who won have a notorious history, politically speaking.

As the unofficial results came, data from Google Trend showed that Filipinos where searching ‘how to migrate’ and ‘migrate’ on the search engines.

Netizens also rationalized this. Some really meant on migrating, but mostly were joking. This shows how disappointed the people are with the results.

The same thing happened when Donald Trump was winning in the 2016 election. Americans were also searching on how to migrate to Canada and other countries.

"Just tell me if you're still planning for law or not cuz i'll help you migrate here in Canada." -Aunt

Sure na ba talaga Karl? Ay oo, bobo ang pinoy eh hahahaha

— Goyo Batang Baron #25ChelDiokno ⚖ (@Karlpaguidops) May 14, 2019

https://twitter.com/KenKentot_22/status/1128073714732376064

https://twitter.com/RawNone011/status/1127887655377620992

How to migrate in Canada with my family from Philippines?#Halalan2019 pic.twitter.com/wpekic7hyn

— rose (@_SarahGonzaga) May 13, 2019

https://twitter.com/jorgeandrelli/status/1127928254709489665

#HalalanDayaan2019 #migrate
idiots didnt knew the difference! pic.twitter.com/19tdcNEy4u

— dlare (@Cazuuuuuu12) May 14, 2019

I want to migrate before this country decides to murder me https://t.co/on3wQRwsLC

— yannn (@didiyaansun) May 13, 2019

After seeing the senatorial race as of today:

Time to migrate boisz.

— miq (@_reyesmiquel) May 13, 2019

Maria Ressa, a journalist, tweeted an article about this and netizens had a lot to say about it.

Teddy Locsin then retweeted it saying, “Bebot Bello and I will help. It’s our job. We will expedite.”

Bebot Bello and I will help. It’s our job. We will expedite. https://t.co/O8q5yntXA3

— Teddy Locsin Jr. (@teddyboylocsin) May 14, 2019

• Jay Sonza was questioning Ressa’s citizenship as being  Filipino by stating that both her parents were Indonesians
• His post was given attention by most of the supporters of Maria Ressa in defending that she is truly a Filipino with dual citizenship as an American
• Ressa had lived in Jakarta for a decade and clarified that she has dual citizenship as an American and a Filipino

Last February 20, Jay Sonza posted on his Twitter account a message questioning the citizenship of the co-founder of Rappler, Maria Ressa, who’s currently facing a cyber-libel case and 5 counts of tax evasion.

Jay Sonza was questioning Ressa’s citizenship of being Filipino by stating that both her parents were Indonesians. And he also wrote that she uses her US passport to gain support from the American Embassy, in declaring that Ressa as their citizen should be given a fair trial for her twin criminal cases here in the Philippines.

READ: “So you were lying?” Leah Navarro and Jay Sonza go toe-to-toe on Twitter

how can ressa be a Filipino when both her parents were Indonesians. she uses a US passport and the American embassy prays that their citizen be given fair trial for her twin criminal cases here.

— Jay Sonza (@JaySonza3) February 20, 2019

His post was given attention by most of the supporters of Maria Ressa in defending that she is truly a Filipino, with dual citizenship as American.

Bakit sobra-sobra kabobohan ng mga dutertards? @mariaressa was born in Philippines and was adopted by Italian-American who brought her to New Jersey when she was 10 years old. She became US citizen but eventually regained her Filipino citizenship, which is, LEGAL. pic.twitter.com/qq5s1OU83J

— Batang Kayumanggi (@BataKayumanggi) February 20, 2019

A comment also advised Jay Sonza to give a more reliable source to support his statement.

ngayon na sinabi mo yan, para ngang di siya pinoy, look at her skin and her face and di yan nag tatagalog hehehe dapat bosing jay eh mag bigay kayo ng source para mas matindi

— Rararara rara rara (@ratyobliqueer) February 20, 2019

But there are also those that support Jay Sonza’s Twitter post – believing she is not a Filipino citizen.

I'm trying to ignore your misinformation drive Jay but that's a lie and you know it. Ganador na yang si Ressa. She covered the rise of terrorism and now the rise of misinformation. She's good in bahasa Indonesia so she's now Indonesian? Hindi ba puwedeng mabilis lang matuto? SMH.

— Marcus® (@0TENG) February 20, 2019

I'm trying to ignore your misinformation drive Jay but that's a lie and you know it. Ganador na yang si Ressa. She covered the rise of terrorism and now the rise of misinformation. She's good in bahasa Indonesia so she's now Indonesian? Hindi ba puwedeng mabilis lang matuto? SMH.

— Marcus® (@0TENG) February 20, 2019

On the other side, Maria Ressa also posted a reply when @jamesamparo763 addressed the question in clarifying if her parents were really Indonesians and if she is an American citizen.

Maria,is it true that both of ur parents are Indonesian and you are an American Citizen? pic.twitter.com/teYg0fgBia

— James Amparo (@jamesamparo763) February 21, 2019

This caught her attention and she wrote a post giving a direct answer to the question that her parents were not Indonesians. That it was only her who had lived in Jakarta for a decade and also clarified that she has dual citizenship as an American and Filipino.

While I lived in Jakarta for a decade, my parents are not Indonesian hahahahha I have dual citizenship – US and PH … tremendous resources being spent for online disinformation — like the legal acrobatics. https://t.co/ssoeUkP53e

— Maria Ressa (@mariaressa) February 21, 2019

The support from the people had just poured out for her statement justifying her citizenship that some even find more sources from the internet to contradict the supporters of Jay Sonza.

Just because you can speak Bahasa, while you covered for CNN, they already assumed that your parents are an Indonesian.

Google is just one click away. pic.twitter.com/ovLgbg4wWt

— SyLicoNgaAko 裏科 OtsoDeretso (@SyLicoNgaAko) February 21, 2019

Some have speculated that the reason for Jay Sonza questioning her citizenship was to show his support to the Duterte administration.

What happened to you @JaySonza3? Duterte’s almost 3 years in the office. If he’s really interested in getting you, sa dami ng effort mo dati pa. Time to give up the illusion!

— Maria RVC (@RaizAgain) February 21, 2019

She is facing all your gossips. Si Jay sonsang naghahanap ng big break sa admin ni digong

— Bandidu (@Bonbek) February 21, 2019

• Paolo Duterte named those who are allegedly plotting to oust his father from the Presidential seat.
• He claimed that these people meet in several and different locations.

In a deleted Facebook post, Presidential son Paolo Duterte shared a list of the personalities and companies that are allegedly planning to oust his father, President Rodrigo Duterte.

The list included politicians like Vice President Leni Robredo, former Vice President Jejomar Binay, Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, former Chief Justice Hilario Davide, Associate Justice Marvic Leonen, Leila de Lima, Senator Risa Hontiveros, and former senator Francisto Tadtad. Others are known to be allies of former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III.

Aside from the politicians, a few religious personalities are also listed like Bishop Broderick Pabilo, Bishop Leo Drona, Bishop Antonio Tobias, Bishop Deogracias Iñiguez, Bishop Julio Xavier Labayen, Bishop Pablo David, and Bishop Arturo Santos.

Even private companies are not exempted because Jollibee Food Corp., Dole Philippines, PLDT, Philsaga Mining Corp., General Tuna Corp., and Sumi Philipines Wiring System are allegedly against the President.

Journalists Maria Ressa, Ellen Tordesillas, and Ed Lingao are also in the list.

Paolo added that the mentioned individuals hold meetings at Maryhill School of Theology in New Manila, Alfredo’s and Annabelle’s Restaurants at Tomas Morato Avenue, and UP Hotels in Quezon City.

• Director Manny Castañeda posted about Maria Ressa’s tax evasion case.
• He pointed out that Ressa has “harassed” the government via Rappler.

Actor and director Manny Castañeda slammed Rappler Holdings CEO Maria Ressa, saying that she and her supporters are “quick to howl” whenever the law goes against them.

In a public facebook post dated December 4, he shared his sentiments and disappointment toward Ressa.

“Whereas, she enjoyed and applied to the hilt the freedom of expression provided in a democratic society when she relentlessly harassed government with her malicious tirades via Rappler and to this day continues to enjoy such freedom from a government she claims to be authoritarian.”

Castañeda mentioned the journalist’s recent controversy. Ressa is being accused of tax evasion filed by the Bureau of Internal Revenue.

She has filed a joint counter-affidavit before the Department of Justice in response to the allegation.

“This claim, this charge, is absolutely false. I’ve called it ludicrous. I’ve called it ridiculous. I’ve said that it shows ill intent of intimidation and harassment or just plain incompetence.

“I appeal to their sense of upholding the Constitution and letting journalists do their jobs.”

Castañeda said that what Ressa has to do is to “follow the democratic process to prove her innocence.”

He then added that the CEO has received money from a foreign donor to “discredit” and “consequently destabilize or even overthrow” the current administration.

“And let us not forget, Maria Ressa is also an American citizen. Her actions reveal where her loyalty truly lies.”

• Maria Ressa slammed on Ilda Ignacio’s tweet.
• The Rappler chief executive officer (CEO) called Ignacio a ‘minor blogger’ after saying that the information she stated was wrong.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has granted Rappler‘s Maria Ressa the 2018 Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award on November 20.

But not everyone agrees that Ressa deserved that award. Get Real Philippines‘ owner, Ilda Ignacio, said that the Rappler journalist should have followed the law as soon as she registered the website.

“She violated the law on foreign media ownership and did not pay right taxes.”

She was talking about the Department of Justice indicating Rappler Holdings Corporation of tax evasion as when the site issued their Philippine Depository Receipts (PDRs), as “it gained close to P162.5 million from the transaction, which it failed to declare in its tax return.”

Ressa then slammed Ignacio, saying that the information she tweeted is false and proceeded to call her a “minor minor blogger”

Hahahaha – wrong on every point, but once a propagandist, always a propagandist. Keep going with that minor minor blogger …

— Maria Ressa (@mariaressa) November 27, 2018

Ignacio replied, calling Ressa an “elitist” and a “credentialist”. She added that the Rappler CEO thought that she’s a propagandist just because she has a different claim regarding the issue.

“I’m a minor minor blogger just because…I have no idea why she thinks I’m a minor minor blogger.” she said.

Unfortunately, Maria Ressa exposed herself as an elitist and a credentialist in a single tweet. She thinks I’m a propagandist just because she doesn’t agree with my views and claims I’m a minor minor blogger just because…I have no idea why she thinks I’m a minor minor blogger. https://t.co/liTjRO1UWb

— ilda (@ilda_talk) November 27, 2018

Netizens have also expressed their disappointment regarding Ressa’s tweet, mentioning her advocacy regarding citizen journalism.

So you are now condescending on minor bloggers? What happened to all your talk about citizen journalism? You think an ordinary person cannot take on the work that you do just because you are a big-time journalist? Well you just shot yourself in the foot!

— Don Rapadas (@donrapadas) November 27, 2018

Maka minor blogger si ate gurl! You promote citizen journalism right? Or does that only suits to people who are anti-gov? And look at the attention you are giving to Jover or even the Madam Claudio page, hindi ba sila ang minor? Yabang neto

— dakilangduca™ (@AlexanderDuca) November 28, 2018

• Maria Ressa fired back at Rappler hater implying that they’re covering the Liberal Party’s early campaigning.
• She explained that every party gets coverage whenever they announce their political line-up.

Rappler Chief Executive Officer Maria Ressa answered a netizen on Twitter.

Twitter user named Zephan Jade Yaru accused the Liberal Party of early campaigning. The netizen was implying that the media have been accusing the Duterte administration of early campaigning but proceeded to report about the other parties.

Hay Naku RAPPLER @mariaressa @piaranada ehh ano ang tawag nyo sa ginagawa ng LP ngayon?! diba yun “EARLY CAMPAIGNING” . Tama na Halata na masyado! @ABSCBNNews @gmanews @PTVph @cnnphilippines @GMA_NEWStv @News5AKSYON

Ressa clapped back, saying that the tweet is a sample of “arrogant ignorance” as every party gets coverage whenever it unveils its political slate.

Hindi. Ang tawag dito – arrogant ignorance. Every party gets coverage when it unveils its political slate. If you follow earlier, we all covered the admin slate. Just remember the saying: what you post often tells the world exactly how much … or how LITTLE … you actually know

Other Twitter users backed Ressa, saying that Rappler also had coverage for Duterte last election.

Noong last election nga nakarami ng coverage si Duterte kay Rappler, isa rin sila nagpanalo kay Digong after ng election galit na si Pdutz lalo na DDS 

Na- erased sa FB ang mga DDS dito naman sa tweeter gustong mag fake news

 

Early campaigning? I have two words for you: bong go. And don’t make me raise my middle finger.

I know this to be true – since the start of the current administration undoing a lot of misconceptions and miseducation has been the norm here on Twitter. Andami kasi talagang wala nang kwentang mag-isip, bastos to the hilt pa.