In the escalating battle over the West Philippine Sea (WPS), disinformation has emerged as a powerful weapon. Standing at the frontlines of this information war is the Center for Information Resilience and Integrity Studies or CIRIS, a non-profit organization committed to exposing disinformation and strengthening national resilience through credible storytelling and strategic communications.
CIRIS is led by Michel Andre P. del Rosario, its Executive Director and a former Assistant Secretary under former Presidential Communications Secretary Cheloy Velicaria-Garafil. During his tenure in government, del Rosario chaired the Information Working Group of the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea, giving him firsthand experience in countering foreign malign influence campaigns that sought to distort public understanding of the WPS issue.
