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None of the photos were edited.

An old election campaign video of Vice President and presidential aspirant Leni Robredo was altered with the use of unrelated images to present misleading information about her.

‘Atom Araullo is a Kakampink’ says one caption. ‘Atom Araullo for Leni’ says another.

Robredo’s spokesperson Barry Gutierrez cited a “conflict of schedule” as the reason for the vice president’s non-attendance.

The video is called a “cheap fake,” or a low-quality version of deepfakes, which are digitally altered videos or images to show people in situations that never occurred.

Carlos did not allude to the vice president in her remark.

There was no announcement or directive on the city government’s website or Facebook page requiring or urging employees to attend the campaign rally of the Vice President.

Contrary to the fake claim, she had in fact previously said that she would shift away from building “car-centric” infrastructure and focus instead on building bus rapid transit systems, protected bike lanes, and better railways.

VERA Files debunked a similar claim this week as the United Nations reported that one million refugees have fled Ukraine since Russia began its offensive against its neighbor on Feb. 24.

Vice presidential candidate Sara Duterte-Carpio has recently refrained from sharing her opinion on the matter of ABS-CBN’s franchise renewal. But two years ago, as Davao City mayor, she expressed support for the country’s largest broadcasting network.

More than 65.74 million Filipinos are expected to cast their votes on May 9 in the country’s first-ever national elections during a pandemic.

The remark has been wrongly connected to the priest as early as December and recently revived on FB from Feb. 17 to Mar. 2.

The conflict in the live stream did not happen in real life.

No recent news reports mentioned an “FA-27” jet falling from the sky after shots were allegedly fired from the Russian side.

An officer of the MBB told VERA Files Fact Check via phone call that the bureau issued no such memorandum either.

NATO recognized Ukraine as an “enhanced opportunities partner” on June 12, 2020.

Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria “Joma” Sison is alive, contrary to the claim of Communications Undersecretary Lorraine Marie Badoy in a Feb. 25 Facebook (FB) post.

Luis “Chavit” Singson, mayor of Narvacan, Ilocos Sur and a staunch ally of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., claimed that the funds deposited in Swiss bank accounts of the presidential candidate’s family and recovered by the Philippine government in 2003 are “lawfully theirs.” This is false.

ICBMs travel a wide arc, giving them the ability to strike half-way across the world within an hour.

The claim of Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana that the acquisition of two new frigates for the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) started under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte lacks context.

It further misleads by claiming that Marcos was acquitted in the international court.

All of the seven mainstream media groups called out in the post reported on his participation.

The project commenced under Aquino, who was president from June 2010 to June 2016.

This post is fake. Don't believe it.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) dismissed this complaint in 2020 due to lack of probable cause.

This is not true. Robredo’s spokesperson said the allegation is a “complete fabrication.”

While there is, indeed, no specific law on rebellion, the criminal act has been defined and made punishable under the Revised Penal Code, as amended by Republic Act 6968 in 1990.

The interaction between the two actresses never happened.

We correct and give context to each of these claims.

The tweet is counterfeit.