Spanish Colonization in the Philippines - authentic/credible sources

https://pvao.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Philippine-History.pdf

First thing I do is to check the domain name of website where I look at the three letters at
the end of the site’s, such as “edu” (educational), “gov” (government), “org” (nonprofit), and
“com” (commercial). Generally, .edu and .gov websites are credible.

Second is I become skeptical where I question everything that does the article or study
have any authors listed, do they cite or link to authoritative sources, are they writing their own
opinions without backing these up with facts and are their credentials listed, etc.
 Third I search for additional information to back up what I’ve found, I found another
website that verify its authenticity and legitimacy.
https://pvao.gov.ph/story-of-battles-pvao/

Fourth, I make sure the source is up-to-date, Nowadays, due to the speed at which
technology moves, information, and reliable sites go out of date quickly. Make sure that your
source is still relevant and applicable and comes from a trustworthy author. The source or PDF is
published in 2018 and is considered as still updated. Also, I evaluate what sources are cited by
the author, unless the author is analyzing their own data, their information came from
somewhere. Beware if the author doesn't list academic sources. Always review the type of
sources listed and make sure they stand up to scrutiny.
 Last, I examine if the author is biased, I evaluate if the source presents clear and unbiased
information, or if it aims at persuading us to take on a specific point of view. A source written
from a specific point of view may still be credible, but it can limit the coverage of a topic to a
particular side of a debate. In my conclusion, the author is not biased, he makes use of sources
that show both sides of the story.
Spanish Colonization in the Philippines - hoax/fake sources
https://localhistories.org/a-brief-history-of-the-philippines/

I do the same examination procedure that I have done on the first website so the first
thing I do is to check the domain name of the website where I look at the three letters at the end
of the site, it has an “org” domain which means (nonprofit).

Second is I become skeptical too where I question everything that does the article or
study have any authors listed, do they cite or link to authoritative sources, are they writing their
own opinions without backing these up with facts and are their credentials listed, etc. I found that
there’s one author.
 Third I search for additional information to back up the source and to evaluate what
sources are cited by the author to verify its authenticity and legitimacy using other reliable sites,
unfortunately, I haven’t found anything else. I also search the publication to make sure the
source is up-to-date and still relevant and applicable and comes from a trustworthy author.
 Lastly, I check the endorsements and reviews that the source received, also I read reviews
on the websites and I check if the authors are authoritative sources in their field, but sadly I
haven’t found one, so I go to the author's link in account to see what are reviews on him. The
account of the author shows self-proclaim achievements and the website is full of advertisement
that makes user annoyed when reading the source, the story that has some truth, but isn't 100
percent accurate, clickbait, poor quality journalism, and outdated news that leads to my
conclusion that the source is hoax/fake.