VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video of Virgin Mary statue floating down flooded street FAKE
Several Facebook pages are spreading a video of a statue of the Virgin Mary being swept away by flood water along a busy street. This is fake.
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Gerald Bantag NOT back as BuCor chief
A video on Facebook claims that suspended Bureau of Corrections Director General Gerald Bantag has been reinstated. This is false.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Collapsed building in a YouTube video NOT from Abra quake
A YouTube video shows a collapsed building supposedly due to the magnitude 6.4 earthquake that hit Abra, last month. It's misleading.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video claiming Bantag ‘acquitted’ from Lapid case MISLEADS
A video falsely claims that a supposed case implicating a former BuCor director in the murder of broadcast journalist Percy Lapid has been junked.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Old photos FALSELY passed off as Paeng’s effect on farmers
Various Facebook (FB) pages are sharing an album of images supposedly showing the ramifications of Typhoon Paeng (international name: Nalgae) on Filipino farmers. The album erroneously used old photos and passed them off as new. Uploaded on Oct. 29, the posts featured eight images of devastated crops, crying farmers and dead livestock. Its caption read:
