Archive - Online Posts

Japanese naval commander Noguchi Yuta did not threaten a war against China if the latter did not follow laws of the sea.

A YouTube video is claiming that Congress had kicked out Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio from her post. Not true.

A video showing a tower in Gaza leveled by an Israeli airstrike is being passed off as a recent event. This needs context.

Yet another website imitating The Manila Times posted a story endorsing a cryptocurrency trading platform supposedly endorsed by ex-Finance secretary Carlos Dominguez III. This is a rehashed hoax.

A video has claimed that ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro pushed for an increase in the budget of the office of the former vice president but is now blocking additional funding for the office of current Vice President Sara Duterte. This needs context.

Facebook pages posted a clip from a military simulation video game and falsely claimed it was taken in Israel as its clash with Hamas escalates.

FB pages and groups imitating DSWD uploaded lists of chosen beneficiaries and online registration for the agency’s supposed scholarship program. These posts are fake.

A YouTube video is claiming that the Senate ordered the closure of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office or PCSO. Not true.

A fake quote card of VP Sara Duterte supposedly saying she spent P20 million in confidential funds a day as Davao City mayor is circulating on Facebook.

A YouTube video erroneously claimed that the Philippines and Canada have signed a mutual defense treaty. This is not true.

Multiple YouTube videos are claiming that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. had ordered that Sen. Robin Padilla be removed from the Senate, jailed or banished from the country. There were no such orders from Marcos.

A YouTube video used altered clips from an air show to falsely claim that the Philippines has tested its fighter aircraft supposedly bought from Sweden. This is not true.

Contrary to a YouTube video’s claim, China was not kicked out of ASEAN because it is not a member state.

Sen. Robin Padilla did not call the president stupid. But he did throw the insult against his critics after his remark on the West Philippine Sea.

A fake quote card claimed that San Miguel Corp. Ramon Ang told people to avoid Starbucks to save money.

A Facebook page uploaded an ad for a product that allegedly treats arthritis, supposedly promoted by Willie Ong and Liza Ramoso-Ong. This ad is fake.

A quote card of VP Sara Duterte that shows her saying she can spend her offices’ confidential funds in an hour or a minute if she wants is fake.

A Facebook video claimed that the Philippines and South Korea have entered into an alliance to oppose China. This is false.

Facebook netizens resurfaced an old clip of Taal Volcano spewing plumes, claiming it happened last month. Not true. The clip was from the volcano’s eruption in March 2022. 

A Facebook page posted a fake front page of the Manila Bulletin that shows a headline about the Sandiganbayan ordering the arrest of CamSur Rep. LRay Villafuerte Jr. for an P800 million graft and corruption case.

A verified YouTube channel is claiming that Typhoon Jenny is twice as powerful as Super Typhoon Yolanda. This claim is false.

A two-month old YouTube video claimed that the US, in a show of force, flew a nuclear bomber plane over Chinese airspace. This is not true. 

A video on YouTube is falsely claiming that President Ferdinand Marcos and the Senate sentenced France Ruiz, employer of Elvie Vergara, to death by hanging.

Netizens recently shared a video of Taal Volcano’s eruption from 2020, according to Phivolcs.