VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FALSE FB posts claim Robredo caught sleeping in airport lounge
FB post claims that Vice President Leni Robredo slept in an airport lounge for five hours. The sleeping woman in the photo is actually her daughter.
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Robredo did NOT request for priority landing for a flight
A local airline pilot alleged that Vice President Leni Robredo asked for priority landing, causing the diversion of their flight to another airport. This is false.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FAKE infog claims NCR, 4 provinces under GCQ with heightened restrictions
“This announcement is FAKE. The government no longer uses quarantine levels such as ‘GCQ’ in favor of the Alert Level system, the Department of Health (DOH)’s official Facebook page said in a May 13 public advisory.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Sydney Opera House NOT lit up with images of Marcos, Duterte
Jayne Blackwell, the Opera House’s Head of Venue and Event Sales, disowned the circulating photo in a May 16 email to VERA Files Fact Check.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Kuwait DID NOT celebrate Marcos-Duterte victory through tower-lighting, air shows
Reverse image search shows that the photo of the towers was originally uploaded to Twitter on Dec. 2, 2016, during the 45th anniversary of United Arab Emirates (UAE) National day. The tower lights also flashed images of the UAE’s national flag, and had nothing to do with the political campaign in the Philippines.
