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The circulating images are nearly nine years old and show the aftermath of a different typhoon.

Self-proclaimed political operator and strategist Franco Mabanta, a supporter of President Rodrigo Duterte and defeated vice presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., wrongly said that the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the first pandemic “in a century.”

Only one image actually shows Rolly’s aftermath. The rest show the damage from two powerful storms from past years.

In a press briefing on Nov. 5, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque contradicted President Rodrigo Duterte’s stance on the legalization of same-sex marriage for Lesbian, Gay, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ) couples.

As the country prepares for late-stage clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccines to start in December, President Rodrigo Duterte named Presidential Peace Adviser Carlito Galvez Jr. as vaccine czar.

In his Oct. 26 public address, President Rodrigo Duterte promised to dedicate the remaining one and a half years of his term to “fighting corruption” in government.

The "leaked email" that was the source of the information is fabricated. The UK.-based vlogger also made erroneous claims about vaccines and vaccination practices in the U.K.

The false claim has circulated online since May, and has been debunked by fact-checkers in South America, Europe and Asia.

They were captured by Reuters photographer Erik de Castro on Nov. 10, 2013.

PCSO has made no announcements of such giveaways in its official website and FB page.

The report contains factual inconsistencies, and events not supported by any official records or reports by the news media.

The video revived old statements of Sotto that were not directed at Robredo and the senators.

The actress has denied the allegation, and a senior government official has told the public not to brand Locsin a terrorist. The photos also provide no proof that she has joined any rebel organization.

For at least the second time, President Rodrigo Duterte claimed that SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus-2), the causative agent of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), is airborne. This lacks context.

In a press release, Interior and Local Government Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya erred in including the National Democratic Front (NDF) among the terror groups declared by the Philippines and other countries, as well as the United Kingdom (UK) and European Union (EU).

The World Health Organization (WHO) presented on Oct. 15 “conclusive” findings in the interim results of its Solidarity Therapeutics Trial, six months after starting a worldwide search for an effective treatment drug for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

The false post continues to gain traction nearly a month after publication.

Krizette Laureta Chu, writer and associate lifestyle editor of Manila Bulletin, blogger, and vocal supporter of President Rodrigo Duterte, erroneously claimed that Facebook (FB) third-party fact-checkers were responsible for the removal of FB page Hands Off Our Children, an “advocacy group” supposedly launched by parents against the recruitment of minors to the New People’s Army (NPA).