Tsek.ph, the Philippines’ pioneering fact-checking coalition that is dedicated to combating disinformation with verified information, will relaunch on Feb. 7 in preparation for the May 12 elections. 

Twenty-four fact-checking initiatives from academia, media, and civil society, all committed to providing the public with accurate, fact-based election information, will join the launch. Angie Drobnic Holan, director of the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at the US-based Poynter Institute, will deliver the keynote address. 

The event will be livestreamed on Tsek.ph and dzUP’s Facebook pages at 10 a.m. 

Tsek.ph was launched in 2019, initially bringing together three academic institutions and 11 media partners. It broadened its network in time for the 2022 elections, adding new members from academia and media, and fact-checkers from civil society and multisectoral organizations. 

Its media partners this year are ABS-CBN, Agence France-Presse, dzUP, Facts First with Christian Esguerra, FYT, Interaksyon, MindaNews, PhilStar Global, Philippine Press Institute, Press One, Probe and Vera Files. 

Its academic partners include the University of the Philippines (UP) Department of Journalism’s FactRakers, UP Department of Political Science, UP Baguio’s Department of Communication, UP Cebu’s Communication Arts and Design Department, UP Visayas’ Division of Humanities, and the University of Santo Tomas. 

Its civil society partners are Akademiya at Bayan Kontra Disimpormasyon at Dayaan, Fact Check Philippines, IDEALS, Kontra Daya, Philippine Association for Media and Information Literacy, and Pinas Forward. 

Tsek.ph is supported this year by the International Media Support, Meedan, Embassy of Canada, UP Journalism Department and the UPCMC Foundation.

For more information on Tsek.ph, visit the website, email [email protected], or like and follow it on Facebook, Viber, X (formerly Twitter), YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Reddit, Bluesky and Threads.