Mocha Uson
Filipino singer
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| April 2025 | Mocha Uson faced criticism for her Manila councilor campaign jingle with sexually suggestive lyrics. The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) warned her about the inappropriate content and urged her to modify her campaign approach. Subsequently, Uson requested her campaign team to remove the jingle. |
| September 2024 | Mocha Uson joined the Aksyon Demokratiko party and announced her candidacy for councilor of the third district of Manila in the 2025 elections, running under Isko Moreno's 'Yorme's Choice' ticket. |
| 2022 | Nominated as a candidate for the Mothers for Change Party-list (MOCHA Party-list) in the House of Representatives elections. |
| 2022 | Supported Isko Moreno's candidacy for the Philippine presidential election, comparing him to a younger version of Duterte. |
| August 5 2021 | Manila City Public Information Office flagged a misleading post by Uson showing a crowd photo from Rizal Province, which she claimed was from Manila. |
| December 2020 | Human rights group Karapatan filed criminal and administrative complaints against Mocha Uson and other government officials for alleged violations of Republic Act No. 9851, accusing her of red-tagging activities that constitute crimes against humanity of persecution. |
| April 2 2020 | Uson posted photos of personal protective equipment that were revealed to include an image from SM Foundation, which she replaced the next day. |
| March 20 2020 | Facebook permanently removed Mocha Uson's account at around 8:00 pm after receiving multiple reports for violating the platform's standards, particularly for propagating hate speech. The event triggered the trending hashtag #MochaUsonIsOverParty in the Philippines and globally. |
| January 15 2020 | Uson falsely claimed Vice President Leni Robredo provided minimal relief to Taal Volcano eruption refugees, which Robredo publicly refuted with evidence of extensive relief efforts. |
| September 30 2019 | Appointed by President Duterte as deputy executive director of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), a move that sparked outrage among Filipino netizens. |
| October 3 2018 | Resigned from her position at the PCOO, with some insiders suggesting she was dismissed by Malacañang. |
| September 2018 | Mocha Uson released a controversial video mocking sign language, where she and her co-host Drew Olivar pantomimed sign language, with Uson laughing and making derogatory comments. This video prompted protests from deaf advocacy groups and led to an investigation by the Commission on Human Rights (CHR). |
| August 2018 | Senate President Koko Pimentel retracted his previous support for Uson's involvement in the federalism campaign, describing the video as 'filthy' and acknowledging that it contradicted the administration's intended message. |
| August 2018 | The Ombudsman of the Philippines, Samuel Martires, ordered Uson to submit comments explaining her 'Pepe-dede-ralismo' dance campaign and indicated that she would still be held accountable for potential criminal and administrative proceedings, even after resigning from her PCOO position. |
| August 2018 | Mocha Uson was criticized for sharing a controversial video about federalism featuring a sexually-explicit dance and raunchy content with her co-host Drew Olivar. The video included provocative dance moves and explicit lyrics about 'pepe-dede-ralismo'. |
| June 5 2018 | Kris Aquino publicly criticized Uson on her Facebook account for spreading misinformation about the late former president Corazon Aquino and senator Ninoy Aquino. |
| April 2018 | Akbayan Youth filed an administrative complaint against Uson before the Office of the Ombudsman for posting misleading content, charging her with grave misconduct and serious dishonesty. |
| January 2018 | Uson made a geographical error while commenting on the Mayon Volcano, confusing Naga with Albay Province, which led to widespread social media mockery. |
| November 2017 | Uson shared a misquoted post about Canadian garbage, falsely attributing a quote to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. |
| October 23 2017 | Uson posted a misleading image of clean city streets claiming Duterte's government quickly addressed the Marawi siege, when the photo was actually taken on the third day of the siege. |
| September 2017 | Senator Antonio Trillanes IV filed administrative and criminal complaints against Uson for spreading fake news about his offshore bank accounts and other alleged unlawful acts. |
| May 8 2017 | President Rodrigo Duterte appointed Mocha Uson as assistant secretary of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) to handle its social media accounts. |
| January 2017 | Appointed as a member of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB). |
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