Senate Minority Leader Koko Pimentel III has called on the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) to conduct a seminar in Senate offices on combating fake news.
Pimentel made the call during the plenary deliberations of the 2025 General Appropriations Bill of the agency recently.
“Out of a sense of corporate social responsibility, we can ask PCO to also train our offices.”
“Siguro, if they are very experienced in operating training and seminars on how to manage, or correct fake news, out of a sense of corporate social responsibility, we can ask PCO to also train our offices,” the veteran legislator said.
The seasoned legislator emphasized the importance of such training and seminars for fact-checking, especially during Senate sessions.
“Kahit naghi-hearing tayo dito, actually they want a real-time fact checking.”
“Kasi excited din kami kasi kailangan. Parati rin kaming tinatanong kunyari kahit naghi-hearing tayo dito, actually they want a real-time fact checking,” the senator added.
Pimentel expressed his hope that the seminar will provide valuable insights from the PCO on the necessary technology, knowledge, and technical skills needed to effectively address fake news.
“We need the experience of the PCO – what technology do we need and what knowledge and technical skills do our people need to have? I’m looking forward to that seminar,” he concluded.
Pimentel got the commitment of the PCO to conduct the proposed seminar.
