Archive - Online Posts

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.

A Facebook page uploaded a Reel supposedly of a vessel wrecked by the Chinese government, an incident allegedly concealed by the media. These claims are false. 

Yet another video compilation on Facebook allegedly showing Typhoon Egay ravaging China misleads netizens by using several old clips that were stripped out of context.

A Facebook video claims that President Bongbong Marcos has secured financial assistance as well as a defense agreement with the EU. This needs context. 

A video repeated a false claim that President Bongbong Marcos has withdrawn his family’s alleged $987 billion foreign bank deposit.

A verified YouTube channel uploaded a video claiming that two new super typhoons have entered the Philippines. This is fake.

Several website articles are circulating on social media claiming that Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire is endorsing Neocardia, a "cure" for numerous diseases. These are fake.

Netizens are still interacting with a six-week-old Facebook post offering to assist — for a fee — those obtaining their TIN cards.

Two YouTube videos wrongly claimed that President Bongbong Marcos and the Senate have approved the reinstatement of the death penalty.

A YouTube video falsely claimed that President Bongbong Marcos reclaimed Sabah during his state visit to Malaysia. This is not true.

Several websites carried digitally-altered photos claiming to show Simon Cowell in a hospital bed or in his funeral. This is a hoax.

As Habagat unleashed heavy rains in many parts of the country, a Facebook reel circulated showing a man opening a floodgate of a dam, suggesting it was in the Philippines.  

Two YouTube videos falsely claimed that the Philippines had been cleared of all its standing debt because of the Maharlika Investment Fund Act. This is not true. 

A Facebook video is claiming that former vice president Leni Robredo erred in saying she was tutoring kids when a photo actually showed her in the company of the elderly.

A Facebook video claims to show the funeral procession for Celine Dion. The funeral procession is actually for an American police officer who died in 2015. 

A video uploaded on Facebook claimed to show scenes from Typhoon Egay’s onslaught in China. Not true.

A pro-Marcos vlogger claimed that cases against the Marcoses were all fictional, and there is no such thing as “ill-gotten wealth.” Court rulings on several cases against the family here and abroad disprove this claim.

A YouTube channel used old clips of a guided missile destroyer to claim that Russia gave the country a warship. This is not true.

A Facebook video claimed that former Vice President Leni Robredo delivered her own State of the Nation Address (SONA) where she insulted President Bongbong Marcos. This is not true.

At least three Facebook videos wrongly claimed that Sen. Risa Hontiveros called President Bongbong Marcos immature, following his administration’s decision to disengage with the International Criminal Court.

A Facebook video supposedly showing fatal landslides and floods this year in India is making the rounds. The clips shown were from 10 years ago. 

Multiple impostor pages rehashed a warning of Dr. Willie Ong against fake products to fool people into buying an unregistered barley grass supplement. 

Photos from old Philippine Coast Guard operations were used to falsely claim that they recently nabbed a Chinese crew illegally fishing in Tawi-Tawi. 

A Facebook video claiming to show footage of severe flooding in South Korea last week used clips taken at different years and locations.

A Facebook video erroneously claimed that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has ordered the arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte.