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  • Vico Sotto didn’t light Pasig bridge in Marcos-Duterte campaign colors

    President Sara Duterte used in their election campaign, contrary to a claim made in recent social media posts Services Network were among those who miscaptioned the photo of the Parklinks Bridge in their Nov. 29 posts Robredo and Pangilinan lost to Marcos and Duterte in May. The photo appearing in the tweet and FB post bears the watermark of the Philippine Star with credits Other photos in the post show the bridge lit in other colors – blue, purple, teal, white and yellow –

  • Vlogger gets ICC jurisdiction over PH drug war probe wrong

    member ang Pilipinas ng ICC, so anong pinagsasabi niyong imbestigasyon, ha (It has been mentioned in the news Duterte faces new complaint before Int'l Criminal Court. RealNumbersPH Year 2. http://www.pnp.gov.ph/images/News/2019/RealNumbers/rn_32719.pdf Mr. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/Mr.Riyoh2/posts/2836399930003593 Mr. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/Mr.Riyoh2/posts/2836406833336236

  • Image of coffins not of COVID-19 fatalities in Italy

    Infographix, which was created on March 12 and identifies itself as an IT company in Angeles City, posted The photo was also posted by Facebook page DDS New York nearly 12 hours later with the following text DDS New York's post had 760 likes and 991 shares. Created in 2017, the page has 115,671 followers. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/DDSNewYorkOfficial/posts/1871965756269249 Jackson, J. (2013, Retrieved from https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/coffin-of-victims-are-seen-in-an-hangar-of-lampedusa-news-photo

  • Meme falsely claims Duterte pro-HK independence

    A Facebook user posted Oct. 16 a manipulated photo of President Rodrigo Duterte supporting Hong Kong The meme Kebong Samala shared shows Duterte carrying an umbrella and wearing a face mask with the text to the manipulated image were a photo of an umbrella and an illustrated black facemask on Duterte’s face As of writing, his post has been shared about 1,100 times. Retrieved from https://pcoo.gov.ph/photo_gallery/president-rodrigo-roa-duterte-administers-the-oath-to-the-newly-appointed-government-officials-during-a-ceremony-at-the-malacanan-palace-on-july

  • Claim that FDA ‘approved’ remdesivir needs context

    In a Facebook post on May 5, internist-cardiologist Willie Ong said remdesivir became the first drug The World Health Organization said in a press conference on May 4 it would discuss with Gilead how to make Ong’s post received 217,000 likes, 22,000 comments and 249,000 shares. Retrieved from https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-clinical-trial-shows-remdesivir-accelerates-recovery-advanced-covid Retrieved from https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2020/05/remdesivir-gets-emergency-approval-from-fda-for-covid

  • Photo for vegetable glut taken 2 years ago, not during lockdown

    A photo on multiple Facebook posts depicting the oversupply of vegetables from the Cordillera region The picture, posted March 27 first by Facebook page Gapnod and later DDS News before it was further shared The photo on Gapnod, DDS News and other Facebook accounts belongs to the news site Rappler and accompanied The social media posts credited neither Rappler nor Victa for the photo. Retrieved from https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/regions/731380/fresh-veggies-from-ifugao-benguet-go-to-waste-amid-covid

  • Video misused to suggest Robredo, Comelec official met to rig polls

    with Commission on Elections spokesperson James Jimenez was taken during the briefing of the Comelec-hosted Facebook page Palerista Proj posted the misleading video on April 20 with the caption “Focus naba sa The video of the briefing is also posted on Comelec’s official Twitter account showing that Manila Mayor At 0:22 mark, the video creator said: Usap-usapan ngayon sa social media ang post ng isang anak ni VP nasa larawan ay si James Jimenez at ang kaniyang ina na si VP Leni (The talk of social media is the post

  • ICC retains jurisdiction over PH crimes before March 2019

    Roque also said the international court lost jurisdiction over cases against Duterte because the ICC on Nov. 1, 2011, a move that Roque, who specializes in international law, applauded in his 2011 blog post

  • Photo of floods not in Mindanao, but in Iloilo

    Facebook page Noel Landero Sarifa, in its Dec. 19 post. Retrieved from https://www.manilatimes.net/2020/12/20/news/top-stories/vicky-floods-visayas-mindanao/ ABS-CBN News. Retrieved from https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/16/20/leon-intensifies-into-tropical-storm-over-west-ph-sea-pagasa Panay News. (2020, September 16).

  • Vehicle number coding in Lapu-Lapu, not in Metro Manila

    An online poster announcing an odd-even vehicle coding scheme taking effect April 20 in keeping with the COVID-19 quarantine has been mistaken as a new regulation for Metro Manila. The new vehicle reduction scheme applies to Lapu-Lapu City in Central Visayas. The announcement was posted by the Lapu-Lapu City government and its mayor, Junard "Ahong" Chan, on their In their posts, Chan and the city government urged the city’s 408,112 residents to save the poster on

  • No, London Bridge Tower also isn’t lit up for Marcos-Duterte’s presumptive victory

    Pro-Marcos supporters are sharing this time a Facebook post that falsely claims that the London Bridge Canada, Eiffel Tower in France, Burj Khalifa in the United Arab Emirates and the Auckland Sky Tower in New Facebook page BBM-Sara for Visayas that posted the London Bridge photo on May 12 with the caption: LOOK As of writing, the post has garnered over 529 reactions, 65 shares and 29 comments. (PA)

  • Doctored photos of rival bets Leni, Bongbong surface

    A reverse image search traced the photo to a video uploaded on Jan. 21, 2020 to One News and Philippine A reverse image search showed that the original photo was posted Wednesday afternoon on Marcos’ Facebook fbid=407162604111659&set=pb.100044537672013.-2207520000 One News. (2020, January 21).

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