Archive - Online Posts

A YouTube video claimed that former GSIS president Rolando Macasaet replaced Michael Regino as president and CEO of SSS due to the latter’s failure to provide a P1,000 pension increase to SSS beneficiaries. 

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) branded as fake a P500 banknote featuring a tarsier and a P150 bill featuring a portrait of Jose Rizal.

Several FB pages uploaded videos claiming Dr. Vicki Belo and other Filipina actresses are promoting an egg mask that “moisturizes and brightens skin” and “prevents acne and aging.” These are fake. 

Netizens are sharing an inaccurate tally of fines supposedly imposed by the Land Transportation Office (LTO) on motorcycle owners who violate the law.

A recording of a popular video game made to look like footage of the fatal Jan. 15 plane crash in Nepal is currently circulating among Filipinos on social media.

A video on social media purports that President Bongbong Marcos removed Justice Secretary Boying Remulla from his post. This is not true. 

An allegation is making the rounds on social media that Philippine Airlines (PAL) canceled a 777 flight to Canada as a result of President Ferdinand Marcos’ trip to Switzerland. This is not true.

Several posts on Facebook are offering help to netizens in registering their SIM cards online. These are scams.

A blog link claiming Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio has ordered the scrapping of the K to 12 education system is false. 

An alternative medicine practitioner advised people not to take medicine when suffering from diarrhea or loose bowel movement. This needs context.

A YouTube video falsely claims the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas newly released a P500 bill bearing the face of former president Ferdinand Marcos Sr.

A text post is spreading among Filipinos claiming the new COVID-19 subvariant XBB.1.5 is more lethal than the Delta variant. This is not true.