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.
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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:
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Impostor group posts FAKE DSWD ayuda call for typhoon victims
A Facebook group posing as the DSWD created posts falsely interpreted by typhoon victims as a legitimate raffle for government aid.
