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NBI: Blogger Cocoy Dayao behind ProPinoy.net

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<p>MANILA - The National Bureau of Investigation said Tuesday it had confirmed that blogger Eduardo &quot;Cocoy&quot; Dayao is ProPinoy.net, a website that engages administration supporters.</p><p>Dayao is the managing director and editor-in-chief of ProPinoy.net, said NBI Cybercrime division chief Manuel Antonio Eduarte told the Senate&#x27;s second hearing on &quot;fake news.&quot;</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6BbXJUjBw34?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>With Dayao&#x27;s position in the portal, &quot;it follows that he has the authority to act on behalf of the owner of the website or is the owner himself,&quot; Eduarte said.</p><p>According to its website, ProPinoy.net is &quot;a global community center for all things Pinoy&quot; that aims to &quot;connect Filipinos at home and abroad by creating a space for ideas, trends and analyses about the Philippines and the global Pinoy community to inspire informed discussion and transformative action.&quot;</p><p>Dayao was tagged by one of the President&#x27;s supporters as behind the anti-administration blog &quot;Silent No More.&quot;</p><p>The &quot;Silent No More&quot; blog branded 7 senators as &quot;Malacañang dogs&quot; for supposedly refusing to sign a Senate resolution condemning the killings under the administration&#x27;s drug war. </p><p>The Senate Committee on Public Information and Mass Media said it would summon Dayao after he has failed to attend last 2 hearings of the panel on &quot;fake news.&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/01/30/18/senate-to-subpoena-silent-no-more-blogger-facebook-reps">Senate to subpoena &#x27;Silent No More&#x27; blogger, Facebook reps </a></li></ul>

<p>The National Bureau of Investigation said Tuesday it had confirmed that blogger Eduardo "Cocoy" Dayao is ProPinoy.net, a website that engages administration supporters.<br /> </p>

The National Bureau of Investigation said Tuesday it had confirmed that blogger Eduardo "Cocoy" Dayao is ProPinoy.net, a website that engages administration supporters.