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President Rodrigo Duterte blames the nine-year-high inflation rate on rising oil prices. Yet his finance department tells a different story.

Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos falsely claimed that reports about ill-gotten wealth and massive corruption during her father’s 20-year rule have not been proven in court.

Then he wrongly described it as the highest among all local government units.

Broadcaster Benjamin Tulfo recently misled listeners of his state-run teleradyo program with a report that said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres supports President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs.

Newly-appointed Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo, in his first press briefing on Oct. 12, made two wrong claims about the International Criminal Court (ICC)—bringing to four the total number of blunders he has made about the tribunal so far.

Politiko, a social news blog, used a misleading headline for the video of Alliance of Concerned Teachers Representative Antonio Tinio’s comment on the president’s trip to Hong Kong early this month.

But what he calls a “jail-friendly job” did not stop him from fighting back through art and humor, hoping he and Najib Razak would trade places someday.

Red-baiting in its most extreme can lead to warrantless arrests, torture, enforced disappearances, or worst, extrajudicial killings.

Just yesterday, Oct. 9, however, Inquirer.net and website Politiko published videos of Drilon very much alive and speaking to media.

The report is fake, but uses the findings from an SWS poll released on Oct 7 about whether or not Filipinos believe President Rodrigo Duterte has health problems.

The senator herself confirmed her relationship with Francis Manuel in a statement released Oct. 2.