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None of the three personalities made such a statement.

We debunked a similar bogus claim in February.

Gomez himself refuted the report.

There is no change in the vice presidency. The Supreme Court in fact dismissed last month Marcos' protest against Robredo’ swin in the 2016 national polls. And Sen. Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao has not commented on the matter, contrary to the claim.

This is misleading. In May 1986, or three months after Marcos’ 20-year rule was put to an end by the Feb. 22-25 People Power Revolution, the Supreme Court (SC) dismissed three petitions that challenged the legitimacy of Aquino’s presidency.

Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo claimed that a vaccine is “not needed” to control the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), and that New Zealand and Vietnam did not impose lockdowns to curb the pandemic. Both claims are false.

Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo misleadingly implied that a person may prevent getting infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), by gargling with salt and water.

During the first six months of 2021, International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda is expected to decide whether to recommend launching an investigation into President Rodrigo Duterte's bloody war on drugs.

British lawyer Karim Khan is set to assume the post of retiring International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda on June 16, 2021. Bensouda said a decision on whether to investigate the "crimes against humanity" that allegedly took place in the conduct of President Rodrigo Duterte's anti-drug campaign will be issued before she steps down.

The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) and at least four Facebook (FB) pages claimed that the University of the Philippines - College of Engineering (UP CoE) is housing a branch of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). Not true.

Several Facebook users circulated last weekend a supposed “announcement” about a “circuit-breaker lockdown” in Metro Manila for at least two weeks starting March 22 following a surge in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections.

Bragging about the Philippines’ coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic response, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque erroneously cited the country’s global rankings of active COVID-19 cases and cases per million population.

In comparing the compliance of citizens in the Philippines with those of its neighboring countries on following coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) health protocols, Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III erroneously claimed that Singapore is under martial law.

The Philippine News Agency (PNA), a state-run “web-based newswire service,” recently reported a wrong date for the establishment of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Herd immunity ー the indirect protection from an infectious disease among the population ー is the goal that most governments, including the Philippines, hope to achieve in one to two years’ time through vaccination against COVID-19.

There has been no new pronouncement about an additional grade level.

This statement is manufactured.

Duterte, while openly critical of Robredo, has said no such thing in his speeches.

The image was an altered screenshot of a March 12, 2020 FB post of Inquirer.net temporarily prohibiting domestic travel in and out of Metro Manila to curb the spread of COVID-19.

The very first coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines in the Philippines were officially administered at the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) and five other referral hospitals in Metro Manila on March 1.

LGUs may still require testing prior to travel. Quarantine is not required except if individuals “exhibit symptoms upon arrival at the LGU of destination.”

The so-called survey was an informal Twitter poll.

In a speech on March 4 that lasted less than 13 minutes, President Rodrigo Duterte made at least three false claims during the inauguration of new school buildings at the Lawang Bato National High School (LBNHS) and Canumay East National High School (CENHS) in Valenzuela City.

The guidelines for OFWs “have not changed,” Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Programs Services Division staff Krista Zulueta told VERA Files Fact Check in a phone interview on March 11.