Archive - Online Posts

A short video on Facebook (FB) is misleading netizens, claiming that certain “fake cabbages” are being sold in the country. The clip was taken from an old video showing several wax displays in Japan and were not being marketed as food.

A YouTube channel and a Facebook page uploaded a video of a drone firing missiles and claimed it was manufactured in the Philippines. This is not true. A company based in the United Kingdom designed the aerial vehicle in the video.

A YouTube video’s headline and thumbnail erroneously claim that President Ferdinand Marcos ordered the appointment of his predecessor Rodrigo Duterte as his administration’s anti-drug czar. Not true.

A YouTube channel posted a video of a submarine in a shipyard and claimed it was Philippine-made. This is false. Shown in the clip is a naval vessel built by an American shipbuilding company.

A video claimed that Sen. Risa Hontiveros called President Bongbong Marcos lutang (spaced out). This is misleading. The senator used the term to describe the hasty passage of the Maharlika Fund bill, and was not referring to the president.

Five Facebook posts by netizens falsely claimed that the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is giving away P10,000.

A Facebook Reel is showing two clips purportedly featuring the havoc wrought by supertyphoon Mawar in Guam.

An Instagram reel is claiming that the minimum wage in Metro Manila has been raised to P720, from P570. This needs context.

A netizen falsely passed off old clips of structures crumbling down and being swept away by flood as taken during Super Typhoon Mawar’s onslaught. 

A viral video is erroneously claiming to show footage of strong winds and severe flooding supposedly caused by Super Typhoon Mawar in Guam.

Netizens are sharing a fake statement attributed to Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio where she allegedly said DepEd learners need only basic — and not quality — education.

A YouTube channel published a video that claims to show a P30-million fighter jet manufactured by a Filipino. This is false. It passed off as locally-made an aircraft manufactured by Boeing, an American aerospace corporation.

A YouTube channel is erroneously claiming that President Ferdinand Marcos recently revealed that the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will give the Philippines $30 billion to support its development programs. It made a miscalculation.

Facebook pages uploaded clips of a medical television program that have been doctored to endorse Cancr Guard, a capsule that supposedly boosts immunity and fights cancer. This is a scam.

An old video was doctored and falsely passed off as showing a tornado during the onslaught of Super Typhoon Mawar in Guam. The original clip was taken in Florida in 2018 and showed no tornado.

A YouTube video falsely claimed that the late president Ferdinand Marcos Sr. established the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Marcos Sr. was not ADB’s founder.

A video advertisement for a device that allegedly reduces energy consumption contains altered clips from a five-month-old CNN Philippines interview with a Department of Energy official. The DOE is not endorsing Sonic Energy Saver.

A Facebook Reel is passing off scenes from a film as real-life events, claiming that an unspecified popular convenience store is selling factory-processed human meat.