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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).