Archive - Online Posts

A Facebook video is claiming that China conducted a military drill on the South China Sea in an alleged attempt to “taunt” the Philippines.

A Facebook video misled netizens into thinking that Russian warships recently entered the territories of the Philippines and Taiwan.

A video on Facebook is claiming that President Bongbong Marcos has not received any pay or allowance. This is misleading.

A Facebook page pretending to be affiliated with the DSWD posted an announcement that the agency is giving away free housing to poor Filipinos and all they have to do is register through the page.

A video claimed that President Bongbong Marcos was the first to award cash incentives to national athletes who won international competitions. This is false.

A YouTube channel falsely claimed that President Bongbong Marcos expelled Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian following the Aug. 5 water cannon incident in the West Philippine Sea.

A website posing as The Manila Times uploaded an article on an alleged cryptocurrency automated trading program and claimed it was being promoted by former senator Manny Pacquiao. This is a scam.

A recently resurfaced claim of entertainment columnist Cristy Fermin saying President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. did not promise to lower the price of rice to P20 per kilo during his presidential campaign lacks context.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. did not declare martial law after a Chinese vessel fired water cannons at Philippine Coast Guard supply boats near Ayungin Shoal on Aug. 5. 

As the Philippines experienced the effects of the southwest monsoon and back-to-back typhoons, a Facebook Reel showing people running away from a landslide resurfaced and gained traction.

Two Facebook posts falsely insinuated that high school and college graduates can apply at the Bureau of Internal Revenue and earn as much as P90,078. 

A U.S. fighter jet did not fly by a Chinese vessel that fired a water cannon at two Philippine Coast Guard vessels in the West Philippine Sea.