MANILA, Aug. 27 -- The Presidential Communications Office (PCO) is proposing a PHP16 million allocation in its 2026 budget to fight "fake news."

"We do a significant amount of work in terms of combating fake news and misinformation, from the digital front to coordination with other government agencies for data on these fake news sites," PCO Acting Secretary Dave Gomez said during the budget briefing for PCO's proposed 2026 budget on Tuesday.

"We continue to educate our people against fake news; we only have an allocation of PHP16 million for it. When we see something in social media that is obviously fake and is obviously based on misinformation, we counter that with content that would clarify the misinformation, correct the misinformat...