FACT CHECK: Tingog party-list group shares outdated, falsely captioned ‘live’ video of Duterte
The video in Trending Lahat’s live stream is actually Duterte’s late night “Talk to the Nation” address on COVID-19 aired on April 6.
Claims by Public Figures
FACT CHECK: Duterte repeats false claim that PH was ‘first’ to impose COVID lockdown in Asia
President Rodrigo Duterte repeated his erroneous claim that the Philippines was the first to impose a “lockdown” in Asia to combat the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
FACT CHECK: Duterte’s claim that COVID-19 is airborne needs context; wrong in saying China has highest death toll
President Rodrigo Duterte made two inaccurate claims about the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in his previous late night speeches: that the novel coronavirus is airborne, and that China has registered the highest death toll.
FACT CHECK: Duterte says he’s been warning of ‘deadly’ COVID-19 from the beginning. Not quite.
President Duterte downplayed the gravity of the outbreak and likened the nature of the novel coronavirus to others that are either treatable or have already been contained in a press briefing two months ago.
FACT CHECK: Pacquiao is wrong; PH has been dealing with ‘coronavirus issue’ since January
Sen. Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao’s claim that the “coronavirus issue” had not reached the Philippines until later in March is false.
