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It surfaced after a pro-Duterte vlogger aired an exclusive interview with the president.

There are no microchips in the COVID-19 vaccine. “It is impossible to place a microchip inside your body when getting vaccinated,” said the World Health Organization (WHO) on July 17 in a FB post.

The House Committee on Ways and Means is moving to suspend or reduce excise taxes on selected fuel products as temporary relief for consumers amid skyrocketing prices of oil and petroleum products in the past few months.

The statement in the rehashed graphic is just one of the many fake quotes attributed to Robredo, some of them created to mock her intelligence.

This includes some which have been debunked several times over.

Last September, Duterte accepted the PDP-Laban nomination for vice president. On Oct. 2, he declared that he was retiring from politics. On Nov. 13, Duterte said he might run as the vice-presidential running mate of Sen. Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go under the PDDS.

Tensions ran high between the Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) during the ninth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC). The two government agencies did not see eye to eye on key issues involving novel tobacco products.

VERA Files Fact Check debunked a similar graphic in July 2020.

While some people pointed out that the post was a parody, many netizens thought otherwise.

As the government eyes a three-day National Vaccination Drive later this month, President Rodrigo Duterte reopened the issue on whether it is legal for businesses to turn down unvaccinated job applicants.

Robredo never made this statement, though it resembles a real quote she made in a New Year’s video greeting to welcome 2019.

This is not true. The petition filed with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to cancel his Certificate of Candidacy (COC) has yet to reach the High Court as the poll body is only now preparing to hear the case.