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In 2019, quote cards were the most preferred format to spread online disinformation followed by videos and full-text articles as tracked by Vera Files in its fact-check project with Facebook. Duterte critics were the usual targets of viral fake quotes, with Vice President Leni Robredo on top of the list.

KABAYAN party list Rep. Ron Salo’s pronouncement in November that part of the P2.5 billion slashed from the budget of the 30th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) hosting was moved to fund infrastructure projects in “Iloilo” is unproven.

The recent signing of the United States’ 2020 budget law drew flak from President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration as it introduced quite a steep price for some: an entry ban to the U.S. for Philippine government officials involved in the detention of opposition senator Leila de Lima, who has been detained at Camp Crame for over two years on alleged drug-related charges.

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Information about cures for cancers, and dengue reach online audiences in the millions. This year, the country faced a dengue epidemic and polio outbreak, while coronary heart disease and cancer continue to take Filipinos’ lives more than any other illnesses. But the public had to deal with yet another virus: the proliferation of health mis- and disinformation on social media.

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The sinking of a Filipino fishing boat and the near-release of an ex-mayor convicted of rape and murder are but some of the issues that made headlines in President Rodrigo Duterte’s third year in office.

Every year, the “average” Filipino uses 591 pieces of sachets, 174 shopping bags, and 163 plastic labo bags every year, making single-use disposable plastics “the greatest obstacle to sound waste and resource management,” according to a 2019 report by environmental organization Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA).

The effect of President Rodrigo Duterte’s strong personality has apparently rubbed off on people he works closely with and those who admire him. Duterte's allies mimic him, especially when talking about his government’s banner program of war on drugs and anti-corruption.

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When President Rodrigo Duterte speaks, his men scramble to clarify — or they try. Sometimes, their explanation supports the president’s statements; often, it contradicts.

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President Rodrigo Duterte misinforms the public anew in saying that the Juvenile Justice Welfare Act allows 15-year-olds to go “scot-free” no matter the crime.

The write-up misleadingly equates the effect of eating three pieces of hot dogs to smoking a pack of cigarettes when it comes to acquiring cancer.

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