Bataan press, other groups join PPI campaign to stop fake news

MANILA – The board of directors of the Philippines Communication Society (PCS) participates in the covenant signing led by trainers Tess Bacalla and Ariel Sebellino to highlight the campaign of the Philippine Press Institute (PPI) and Nickel Asia Corporation (NAC) to stop fake news at the National Capital Region (NCR) leg of the seminar series at the Philippine Information Agency (PIA).  

This was attended by 123 journalism and communication students and educators from various schools in Metro Manila, information officers, and PCS members.  The last for Luzon will be conducted in Malolos City on May 16 at the Bulacan State University.

Meanwhile, Bataan media groups also expressed support to the campaign. These are Bataan Press Club headed by Raffy Viray, National Union of Journalists in the Philippines (NUJP-Bataan Chapter) headed by Butch Gunio, Bataan Tri-Media Association headed by Zeny Soriano and the NGCP Bataan Energy Press Corps headed by this reporter.

Published data stated that fake news are spread thru hoax internet websites that deliberately publish fake news —hoaxes, propaganda, and disinformation purporting to be real news-often using social media to drive web traffic and amplify their effect.

Unlike news satire, fake news websites seek to mislead rather than entertain readers, often for financial or political gain.

In Bataan, particularly in the provincial government, information dissemination is carried out and managed by the provincial information office and the management information system headed by Mr. Geoffrey Loyola. Important news such as major developments and progress in the province are published daily thru its community portal 1Bataan.com and its corporate website www.bataan.gov.ph. Important announcements are also being disseminated thru its official pages on social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, etc. 

Loyola, with his years of fruitful partnership with the governor’s official media group, assures that all of the news articles being published in the provincial websites and its partners are all credible and dependable information for the benefit of its readers particularly the Bataenos all over the world.