In promoting the use of copper-infused face masks amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, former beauty queen Miriam Quiambao-Roberto shared in her Facebook status on Jan. 6 a “forwarded message” that cited faulty reasoning on the ability of copper to “disinfect virus and bacteria.”
Lawyer Lorenzo "Larry" Gadon, a self-confessed Marcos loyalist, wrongly claimed that Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Marvic Leonen had "no experience" in litigation, and was thus "not qualified" for his position.
Sen. Imee Marcos inaccurately claimed that the Philippines imposed the “earliest lockdown … in the world” to curb the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in the country.
In just four days, President Rodrigo Duterte went from expressing support to the proposal in the United Nations (UN) for a global ceasefire during the pandemic to killing any possibility of a truce with the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) for the rest of his term.
While recalling his experience in dealing with disasters as former Davao City mayor, President Rodrigo Duterte mistakenly claimed that Davao City is the “biggest” city in the world.
Several social media users, including former ABS-CBN broadcaster Jay Sonza, shared on Facebook (FB) an altered photo of an ABS-CBN News van, falsely claiming it overturned as Typhoon Ulysses raged over Luzon on Nov. 12.
In a press briefing on Nov. 5, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque contradicted President Rodrigo Duterte’s stance on the legalization of same-sex marriage for Lesbian, Gay, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ) couples.
In a press release, Interior and Local Government Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya erred in including the National Democratic Front (NDF) among the terror groups declared by the Philippines and other countries, as well as the United Kingdom (UK) and European Union (EU).
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque erroneously claimed that the European Union (EU) has not delisted any country from its Generalized Scheme of Preferences (GSP), which removes taxes from several products exported by developing countries like the Philippines.
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque cited the wrong executive order in connection with the new guidelines in processing requests for Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) that the Office of the Ombudsman released on Sept. 15.
