FACT CHECK: Manila, QC among Asian cities with highest crime rate NEEDS CONTEXT
A photo ranking Manila and Quezon City as among the top cities in Asia with the highest crime rate has been circulating on Facebook since February. This needs context.
Online Posts
FACT CHECK: FALSE post on Heidi Mendoza’s UN appointment resurfaces
A false 2018 Facebook post of Bobi Tiglao claiming the late president Noynoy Aquino rewarded Heidi Mendoza with a United Nations nomination has resurfaced on social media.
FACT CHECK: Claims Marcos was hospitalized due to kidney problem have NO BASIS
Several posts on Facebook, YouTube and TikTok claimed that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was brought to the hospital for alleged kidney problems. These have no basis.
FACT CHECK: Hungary’s ICC withdrawal NOT linked to Duterte’s arrest
A YouTube video is claiming without basis that Hungary's withdrawal from the International Criminal Court was connected to the arrest of former president Rodrigo Duterte.
FACT CHECK: NO Guinness World Record for Duterte birthday rallies; NO call from Vatican for release
Netizens are circulating a graphic claiming that the gatherings for the 80th birthday of former president Rodrigo Duterte on March 28 received a Guinness World Record and that the Vatican urged the U.N. to have him released from the ICC. Both claims are untrue.
