MARGINALIA: Crawling Through an Institutionalized Fitnah

Red-tagging intensifies in 2025 midterm elections

By FRANCESSCA ABALOSBulatlat.com MANILA — Since the start of the regular voting period at 7 a.m., election watchdogs Kontra Daya and Vote Report PH have been monitoring and verifying election irregularities reported via social media posts, text messages, phone calls, and website forms. One consistent issue is red-tagging, the labeling of individuals or organizations as “communist sympathizers” or “communist-terrorists.”  According to the Commiss…

Castro red-tagged after casting vote

Makabayan senatorial candidate Rep. France Castro has been falsely red-tagged in a Facebook post that misappropriated a photo of her outside her polling center in Valenzuela.The post by Channel 167’s Facebook account on election day bore the caption:DONE VOTING… NEXT… RECRUITING… SWAKTO NASA SCHOOL (HAPPENS TO BE AT SCHOOL) 😁😆😁Credited to ACT Teachers Partylist, the misused photo is originally among several shots of Castro casting her vote at…

MARGINALIA: Crawling Through an Institutionalized Fitnah

MAKATI CITY (MindaNews / 12 May) – It was still dark when the call to prayer echoed through the quiet neighborhood. The dawn air was cool, almost expectant. My roommate and I—without even a sip of coffee or bite of breakfast—were already dressed and ready to head out to our voting precinct, which, thankfully, was just a stone’s throw away. The day had arrived: election day. From 5 to 7 in the morning was the window for senior citizens and person…