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It also carried other claims similar to conspiracy theories already debunked by VERA Files Fact Check.

Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III implicitly claimed that unvaccinated persons against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have nothing to fear if they are surrounded by fully vaccinated individuals. This needs context.

The ‘before’ photo, carried by the June 17 posts of Duterte Social Media Supporter and one other netizen, was published originally by local media network UNTV in August 2018, or two years into Duterte's term.

Palace Spokesperson Harry Roque’s claim that “only” President Rodrigo Duterte has given the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) two brand new frigates as part of the military’s modernization program needs context.

There is also “no scientific evidence available that suggests that spike proteins created in our bodies from the COVID-19 vaccines are toxic or damaging [to] our organs,” according to a team of health experts from global technology nonprofit Meedan.

Palace Spokesperson Harry Roque claimed without evidence that Jose Maria “Joma” Sison, founding chairperson of the Communist Party of the Philippines, was among those who submitted a communication to the International Criminal Court (ICC) regarding the killings in President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs.

The threat was attributed to presidential spokesperson Harry Roque, but he never said this.

Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo has suggested that individuals experiencing symptoms of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) but refusing to go into quarantine should be charged with murder. President Rodrigo Duterte concurred, but Palace Spokesperson Harry Roque disagreed, arguing that the circumstances do not meet the elements of murder.

Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso wrongly attributed to the United States (U.S.) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) a study that suggested limited effectiveness of face shields in curbing the transmission of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

The video was based merely on comments made by their supporters on social media.

The president has not referred to the senator’s degree in recent speeches.

Then and now, the senator has made no mention of withholding support for Duterte allies.

DSWD is not hosting such a giveaway on its official website, or in its Facebook and Twitter accounts.

An old photo of Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno'' Domagoso working while hooked up to a bag of fluids was revived this week by several Facebook (FB) accounts, including the FB page of a lawyer who had worked as a social media consultant for the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO). It needs context.

This is false. Nowhere in the video did Duterte mention Trillanes, nor did he mention the P245-million cash transaction between him and PNoy.

They were from Brazil and Mexico.

The DSWD advises the public to immediately report and to not patronize the account.

The TV host says, “I never said this nor created this meme.”

The president has made no such orders against the Manila auxiliary bishop.

The comparison was based on surveys by different polling agencies in different time periods.

The Philippine News Agency (PNA), a state-run newswire service, reported that the Philippines ranked 2nd in Southeast Asia in terms of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination rollout. Its basis was a comparison of the number of vaccines administered per country in the region.

In explaining the government’s directive to keep using face masks and face shields to help control the transmission and spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Palace Spokesperson Harry Roque wrongly equated the protection from using these protective gear to getting vaccinated against the disease.

None of the ingredients in any of the vaccines are sources of electric and magnetic fields (EMFs), according to a team of health experts from global technology nonprofit Meedan.

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque twisted Vice President Leni Robredo’s positive reaction to a senator’s proposal for her to appear with President Rodrigo Duterte in an informative commercial (infomercial) to help boost public confidence in the vaccine against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

“We haven't observed anyone that has been given the vaccine and yet produced more symptoms,” said Rontgene Solante, infectious disease specialist and a member of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Vaccine Expert Panel in a May 21 interview.

“The vaccine does not inject the virus itself,” said Rontgene Solante, infectious disease specialist and member of the Vaccine Expert Panel of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in a May 21 interview.

It has not been scheduled for discussion in the House of Representatives.

The video's content, which is packaged with other unrelated issues, makes no mention of Duterte or his supposed disclosure about Pacquiao's debt.

The novel coronavirus has changed more than 10,000 times since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

As the Philippine government continues to roll out coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines to its target of 70 million people, anti-vaccine advocates shared a social media post in May wrongly claiming COVID-19 vaccines contain fetal tissue.