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Newly appointed Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddy Boy Locsin Jr., who has tweeted he is “never wrong,” incorrectly claimed that the United Nations Human Rights Council is a “treaty body” in the same post.

In his first press briefing as presidential spokesperson, Salvador Panelo claimed the Philippines never “withdrew, actually” from the International Criminal Court (ICC). This contradicts his statement in March when he said the country’s withdrawal from the ICC was already “in order, in fact.”

A netizen published Oct. 19 a misleading online post that passes off several big-ticket infrastructure projects as initiatives of President Rodrigo Duterte.

An old story revived recently by amredeemed.com which claims that the Catholic Church had said pedophilia is "religious freedom" for priests is fake news.

The Philippines' "Queen of All Media" is very much alive.

An old online post currently circulating on Facebook claiming that an Austrian firm has declared President Rodrigo Duterte as the "world's best president" is fabricated.

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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.