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environmental justice which became a motive for killing the Lumads and environmental defenders.

Silvidad’s drive to uncover information that had been kept for years from the eyes of public scrutiny had inevitably led to hurdles in creating his investigative report. #ProjectEcoKnowMics provided leeway for interviewing firsthand the families of the victims of the Lumad Killings. This experience was a step to his substantive data-mining in uncovering the truth and producing an winning report.

Their academic paper focused on the prevailing issue in the Philippine political environment: the never-ending propagation of fake news on social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Tiktok. Initially, the rise of the internet appeared to be a golden gate for accessible information and a fountain of knowledge. However the recent surge of misinformation posed the risk of students being unable to identify fake news. Their research paper provides an analysis of the youth who are vulnerable to such phenomena.

As a haven for analysts and critical thinkers, Political Science is the groundwork of people who perseveres towards undying excellence. It prides itself on its diverse individuals filled with brimming dreams and aspirations. In its first semester of the academic year, the Political Science department sailed with its students, who showcased their unwavering potential through their in-campus and out-campus participation.

A journalist for a decade and a fourth-year political science student, Franco Silvidad Jr., was howered with beaming pride as he won the J.S. Macaranas, Jr. Award for Investigative Jour-

In the field of research, Muriel Desiree Cocjin, Jestelle Pooh Peñaflor, Joyce Elose Sabuga-a, and Franco Silvidad Jr. successfully presented their study titled “Metacognitive Awareness: Factor in Student’s Ability in Evaluating Political False News on Social Networking Sites” in Bali, Indonesia held online. The International Conference on Economics, Business, Tourism & Social Sciences (ICEBTS 2022) on Social Networking Sites” in Bali, Indonesia held online. The International Conference on Economics, Business, Tourism & Social Sciences (ICEBTS 2022) on Social Networking the academic achievements, Political Science have proven to be well rounded as Edrouz Sen Cagungun bagged awards hailing as the ‘Ginoong College of Arts and Sciences 2022’ ‘Ginoo at Binibining Palaro Runner Up. Cagungun is a is a second in the program that broke the stereotypes of political science students as sole