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Rosario Manalo, Philippine expert to the UN's CEDAW, has made no such claim.

Carpio never said the first quote. The FB page spuriously twisted his actual statement from a June 13, 2018 Tempo story.

Palawan Pawnshop has denied any affiliation with that FB account, and said it does have an online giveaway with Tan as benefactor.

Shifting gears in just two days, President Rodrigo Duterte backed out from his challenge to debate with retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio about the withdrawal of Philippine Navy ships during the 2012 maritime standoff at Scarborough Shoal between China and the Philippines, as well as the latter's 2016 win at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA).

In reiterating his stance on avoiding “trouble” with China, President Rodrigo Duterte called the Philippines’ historic arbitral win in 2016 against the Asian giant on the South China Sea dispute as “just a [piece of] paper” that he would “throw into the wastebasket,” in a televised address on May 5.

Taking up the cudgels for Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go, actor Robin Padilla asserted “there is historical fact” to the senator’s claim that Lapulapu, regarded as the Philippines’ first pre-colonial hero in recorded history, was a Muslim-Tausug leader from the defunct Sultanate of Sulu.

The original photos were taken in Camarines Sur.

Eleven of the 26 prisoners in the image were later executed for various crimes.

The quote is fake. There are no existing transcripts of any Duterte interviews or news reports on record that prove Duterte actually said this.

The posts mixed recent images with old photos taken way before the pandemic hit the globe.

Duterte has said no such thing.

The 16-minute video’s content, composed of two clips, also did not support the claim in its headline.

Contrary to Roque’s claim, Locsin said he apologized only to his “friend” and counterpart, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and “nobody else.”

Israel still has 1,179 active COVID-19 cases as of May 6, according to its Health Ministry.

These studies were conducted, however, to demonstrate ivermectin’s safety and efficacy as an antiparasitic drug and not as a COVID-19 medicine.

President Rodrigo Duterte claimed that he “never mentioned” anything about the dispute between China and the Philippines in the West Philippine Sea during his campaign for the 2016 presidential election. This is not true.

A VERA Files Fact Check reader wants to know why National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) Director General Alex Paul Monteagudo and several other Facebook users share wrong information that can be easily verified.

The original images feature youth activists carrying white bond paper with slogans that read: “DEFUND NTF-ELCAC! DEFEND COMMUNITY PANTRIES!."

Health experts underscored the need to “increase the pace of vaccination” as the Philippines' coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections breached the one million mark on April 26.

The Bayanihan 3 bill, formally known as the Bayanihan to Arise As One Bill filed by House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco and Rep. Stella Quimbo, has yet to be signed as Congressional sessions will not resume till mid-May.

The senator did not cause any delay in transporting the crash victims, said the state broadcaster, quoting an Air Force official.

The clip, being passed off as "breaking news", spliced a recent news report with a 2017 statement of President Rodrigo Duterte on the country's territorial dispute with China.

The baby has been out of the hospital since March.

Blogger Sass Rogando Sasot, a vocal supporter of President Rodrigo Duterte, made at least seven inaccurate claims about the West Philippine Sea issue as tensions in the region rise with the continued unauthorized presence of Chinese vessels in the Philippines’ maritime areas.

Drawing inspiration from the community pantry on Maginhawa St. in Quezon City put up by 26-year-old Ana Patricia Non on April 14, more than 300 similar food stalls have sprouted across the country in less than a week. However, the top three executives of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and some security officials gave confusing and contradicting statements on what to do with the charity initiative.

In a statement issued the same day, the news network clarified: “Ang nasabing lalaki ay hindi po bahagi ng GMA News and Public Affairs coverage team. Siya po ay isang talent make-up artist ng isang programa ng GMA. Wala pong koneksyon ang GMA sa kanyang pagpunta sa lugar.”

The post is misleading. There is no ongoing case or arrest warrant against Locsin.

The document has not been peer-reviewed and is currently being assessed.

The Manny Pacquiao Foundation said these posts were a scam.

An expert advised against putting a whole garlic clove inside one’s ear.