Editorial
• “Trendrod” refers to Trendrod Information Services, the Philippine-registered business entity that owns this website, its related social media accounts, and assets.
• “Website” refers to this website that you are currently accessing.
• “Social media accounts” refers to Trendrod’s accounts and pages on other platforms (e.g. Facebook, Instagram, Threads, X etc.)
• “Article(s)” refers to all written pieces, photos, videos, and/or infographics with dedicated pages published on this website.
• “Post(s)” refers to all written pieces, photos, videos, and/or infographics published on third-party social media platforms (e.g. Facebook, Instagram, Threads, X, TikTok, and YouTube).
• “Content” refers to all articles, posts, audiovisual materials, among others, that are published on Trendrod’s website and social media accounts.
- Trendrod is a digital media brand owned and operated by the Philippine-registered business entity Trendrod Information Services. Any person or corporation acting as this particular ‘Trendrod’ outside of our official website, social media accounts, and authorized person(s), shall be deemed illegitimate and be reported to authorities, if possible.
- Trendrod’s internal operations are independent of any direct influence from any third-party entity, such as but not limited to other judicial person(s), corporation(s), and/or government agency/ies.
- All content, with the exception of feature, opinion, and paid partnership articles, that were or will be published by Trendrod are based on their newsworthiness. Content or topics that do not fall under these categories may be subjected for further evaluation before they are posted onto our platforms. Here is how stories are considered to be newsworthy:
- a.) it is a topic or issue of global, national, local concern and/or urgent nature;
- b.) it is a topic or issue involving notable personalities (e.g. celebrities, politicians, athletes, and more);
- c.) it is a topic or issue of odd nature;
- d.) it is a topic or issue widely talked about amongst the general public, both offline or online/through other mediums;
- Trendrod condemns the following actions and behaviors, and hereby declare to not publish articles and posts that are:
- a.) defamatory, abusive, obscene, profane or offensive;
- b.) infringing of one’s copyright;
- c.) invasive of any party’s right to privacy;
- d.) threatening, harassing, racist, promoting bigotry, hatred, physical harm or discrimination of any kind against any group or individual;
- e.) violent in nature, and/or containing gore material; with the exception of it being in the educational context, as part of news reports, and/or report its portrayal in the media;
- f.) sexually explicit; with the exception of it being in the educational context, as part of news reports, and/or report its portrayal in media;
- g.) deliberately inaccurate, false or misleading (see Section 5 for errors and corrections);
- h.) in support of any illegal activities;
- i.) containing personal information of any party such as phone numbers, addresses, car registration numbers etc;
- j.) containing harmful software, such as viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment.
- Trendrod may use third-party photo(s), video(s), and quote other publications or people for articles published on its platforms. The owners of these materials must always be properly given due courtesy and credit.
- Errors, whether factual, grammatical, typographical, among others are immediately addressed and corrected when necessary.
- a.) Should it be a developing story, an update in the same article or post, or a new article or post complete with the initial context will be posted.
- b.) In the case of a social media post, an erratum will be issued and/or the original post will be deleted.
- c.) Rest assured that while these errors may occur from time to time, the sources used in all stories published on this website and Trendrod’s social media accounts are reputable and reliable.
- Trendrod does not directly promote or endorse any person, product, event, and other commodities for its news and opinion articles. However, non-news articles, such as features and paid partnerships, might include promotional messaging that will be declared through a disclaimer under the same content.
- Trendrod does not solicit, may it be in the form of money/cash, gifts or any in kind goods, among others, from its subscribers, followers, and other third-party in exchange for news and opinion content published on its website and social media accounts.
- For press release or publicity materials, please be notified that while Trendrod accepts such items to be sent to any of its available lines of communication linked in the ‘Contact’ page linked below. However, please be informed there is no guarantee that these press release or publicity materials will be published wholly or in part on the website. Although, these items can also be used as factual basis for an originally-written post on this website;
- Statements or official response to our content can be sent through the same channels, and will be published in its entirety, if needed.
- Trendrod is open to covering various events for its stories. In case that a special access or pass is required to cover those events, such as press conferences, media conferences, concerts, Trendrod requires the same level of access or accreditation given to the media, press, writers, and/or bloggers (whichever applies), care of the organizer(s) of the said event. However, the content that will be formed afterwards will not be a promotional material and will be objective in nature. Trendrod will also state that it gained such permission in the final article.
- Trendrod reserves the right to introduce new provisions to these clauses without any prior consultation to users, but users will be duly notified once changes do occur.
UPDATED: October 1, 2024
Paid partnerships
• “Trendrod” refers to Trendrod Information Services, the Philippine-registered business entity that owns this website, its related social media accounts, and assets.
• “Website” refers to this website that you are currently accessing.
• “Social media accounts” refers to Trendrod’s accounts and pages on other platforms (e.g. Facebook, Instagram, Threads, X etc.)
• “Article(s)” refers to all written pieces, photos, videos, and/or infographics with dedicated pages published on this website.
• “Post(s)” refers to all written pieces, photos, videos, and/or infographics published on third-party social media platforms (e.g. Facebook, Instagram, Threads, X, TikTok, and YouTube).
• “Content” refers to all articles, posts, audiovisual materials, among others, that are published on Trendrod’s website and social media accounts.
• “Paid partnership” refers to all articles, posts, audiovisual materials, among others, that are published with payment on Trendrod’s website and social media accounts. These must and do not include news and opinion content.
- Trendrod is a digital media brand owned and operated by the Philippine-registered business entity Trendrod Information Services. Any person or corporation acting as this particular ‘Trendrod’ outside of our official website, social media accounts, and authorized person(s), shall be deemed illegitimate and be reported to authorities, if possible.
- Trendrod is open to work with other registered business entities based in the Philippines to explore the following paid partnership prospects:
- a.) Site-level sponsorship;
- b.) Post-level sponsorship;
- c.) Cross-platform sponsorship;
- d.) Advertorial (original piece);
- e.) Guest post;
- f.) Other content formats
- For business transactions, Trendrod, as the payee, encourages payor(s) to issue a check or wire the amount through a bank transfer within seven (7) days after the transaction has been finalized. Once completed, Trendrod is also required to issue an official invoice to the payor.
- While Trendrod is open for paid partnership prospects from person(s), group(s), and company/ies from various industries, we are not accepting or not open to work with those involved in:
- a.) illegal activities (e.g. illegal gambling, smuggling, etc.), and;
- b.) pornographic content production, and;
- c.) promoting violence by threatening, harassing, racist, promoting bigotry, hatred, physical harm or discrimination of any kind against any group or individual, and;
- d.) publication of deliberately inaccurate, false or misleading content, and;
- e.) selling of non-FDA approved drugs and/or items, and;
- f.) other unspecified entities that do not reflect or conform to Trendrod’s mission, core values, guidelines, and content standards
- Similar to our editorial guidelines, paid partnership content published on Trendrod’s website and/or social media accounts must not include:
- a.) defamatory, abusive, obscene, profane or offensive;
- b.) infringing of one’s copyright;
- c.) invasive of any party’s right to privacy;
- d.) threatening, harassing, racist, promoting bigotry, hatred, physical harm or discrimination of any kind against any group or individual;
- e.) violent in nature, and/or containing gore material; with the exception of it being in the educational context, as part of news reports, and/or report its portrayal in the media;
- f.) sexually explicit; with the exception of it being in the educational context, as part of news reports, and/or report its portrayal in media;
- g.) deliberately inaccurate, false or misleading;
- h.) in support of any illegal activities;
- i.) containing personal information of any party such as phone numbers, addresses, car registration numbers etc;
- j.) containing harmful software, such as viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment.
- After publication on the website and/or social media accounts, Trendrod may opt to remove/take down any paid partnership content if:
- a.) the period for the campaign has ended;
- b.) the partner has requested for the material to be removed;
- c.) it had been reported by users or have been deleted unilaterally by platforms due to unforeseen/unspecified reasons
- Trendrod does not profit in any way from the non-native advertisements that appear on this website. Furthermore, Trendrod does not have any control over these advertisements, which are automated by its hosting provider WordPress. Trendrod’s paid partners are hereby informed that these advertisements placed by WordPress are beyond Trendrod’s control and should not be held liable with.
- Unless declared as an affiliate link through a formal disclaimer below each content, Trendrod does not generate income from any links or advertisements that may appear on this site.
- Trendrod does not directly promote or endorse any person, product, event, and other commodities on its news and opinion articles. However, non-news articles, such as features and paid partnerships, might include promotional messaging that will be declared through a disclaimer under the same content.
- Trendrod does not solicit any payment or compensation, may it be in the form of money/cash, gifts or any in kind goods, among others, from its subscribers, followers, and other third-party in exchange for news and opinion content published on its website and social media accounts.
- For content collaborations, Trendrod will publish these content with a special tag in the article indicating that it is a work done in association with other entities, may them be person(s) or group(s). Please be notified that for collaborative pieces that will be published on Trendrod’s website or social media accounts, Trendrod shall be able to maintain a high degree of authority over the outcome of the work.
- Trendrod reserves the right to introduce new provisions to these clauses without any prior consultation to users, but users will be duly notified once changes do occur.
UPDATED: October 1, 2024
For your concerns
For further information or concern, you may direct yourselves to the ‘Social Media’ tab below or send in an e-mail to trendrodph@gmail.com with the subject “Editorial Guidelines Concern”.