FACT CHECK: Impostor pages post FAKE company ‘anniversary giveaways’
Several Facebook pages imitating private companies are promising "anniversary giveaways" to netizens. These are scams. The companies have disowned the posts.
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FACT CHECK: FAKE CNN report on Marcos alleged drug use spreads online
Multiple Facebook posts are claiming that US-based CNN has reported that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is addicted to cocaine. This is fake. CNN has not published such a report and the image is fabricated.
FACT CHECK: The Philippines does NOT hold world record for “most trees planted in an hour”
A Facebook post falsely claimed that the Philippines broke a world record by planting 3.2 million trees in an hour.
FACT CHECK: Marcos NOT rushed to hospital, hidden in ‘safe house’
A YouTube video falsely claims that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was rushed to the hospital this September.
FACT CHECK: NO typhoon ‘bigger than PH’ coming in
A Facebook post erroneously claimed that a storm bigger than the Philippines is going to hit the country. PAGASA debunked this claim.
