FACT CHECK: Remulla hospitalization, death rumors FAKE
Several posts circulating on Facebook claim that Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla passed away after being rushed to the hospital. These are fake.
Online Posts
FACT CHECK: Photo of world leaders calling for Duterte’s release is a SPOOF
A post circulating on Facebook claims that world leaders gathered in The Hague to demand the release of detained former president Rodrigo Duterte. This is satire.
FACT CHECK: Clip of Mayon eruption is FROM 2018, NOT this January
Amid Mayon Volcano's unrest this early January, a video showing its 2018 eruption is being circulated online with the wrong context.
FACT CHECK: Hontiveros did NOT call youth killed in Occidental Mindoro clash ‘real hero’
A statement attributed to Sen. Risa Hontiveros is going viral online, claiming she called the youth who died during the Jan. 1 clash between the military and the New People's Army in Occidental Mindoro a "real hero." This is fake.
FACT CHECK: Circulating Trump quotes on ‘releasing Duterte’ after Maduro arrest FAKE
Following the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro by the United States military, fabricated quotes of U.S. President Donald Trump supposedly promising to rescue former president Rodrigo Duterte from the detention facility of the International Criminal Court in The Hague have circulated online.
