Archive - FACT CHECK

At least two Facebook (FB) pages and six private netizens, including former National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) chair Felipe Mendoza de Leon, reuploaded as new a photo from July 2019 showing flags of China and the Philippines supposedly hanging along the roads of Carmona, Cavite.

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The post skews a statement the Philippine ambassador to Japan made in 2019.

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. marked the recent anniversary of the Marawi siege by defending the government's war on drugs.

She did not discredit the government’s efforts.

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President Rodrigo Duterte erred in claiming that the Spanish flu pandemic happened before the First World War (WWI) started in 1914.

It's still the same from 1898.

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On the contrary, quarantine restrictions will be relaxed in several regions.

It was taken in 2017.

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It twists a statement made by ABS-CBN.

It's a sham.

Don't be fooled by the hoax on the Foo Fighters frontman.

It shows an infant from 7 years ago.

It's been debunked by several public health experts and WHO.

It deferred action on ABS-CBN's petition for a TRO.

Lawyer Larry Gadon wrongly claimed the Supreme Court (SC) junked broadcast network ABS-CBN’s petition for a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the cease and desist order of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC).

The bill was never passed and thus could not be “revoked."

The advisory covers only a municipality in Palawan.

Taking off from erroneous assertions of President Rodrigo Duterte, Palace Spokesperson Harry Roque has claimed that the Philippines was the “first ever” country to declare a lockdown in the region in a bid to control the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).