Archive - Online Posts

Multiple graphics circulating on Facebook are claiming that the Comelec is hiring poll watchers for the May 12 elections. These are fake.

A clip of dismissed mayor Alice Guo of Bamban, Tarlac supposedly criticizing Marikina City Rep. Maan Teodoro is circulating on Facebook. This is fake.

A video advisory supposedly from Vice Ganda warning the public against voting for reelectionist Rep. Lordan Suan of Cagayan de Oro City is circulating on Facebook. This is fabricated.

A clip showing a Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) graduate supposedly ignoring President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. during a commencement ceremony on April 29 is circulating online. The video is incomplete and misleading.

Netizens circulated a fake quote card showing senatorial candidate Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan supposedly vowing to vote, if elected on May 12, for the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte.

A video circulating online shows supporters of opposing candidates in a brawl supposedly ahead of the May 12 midterm elections. This is false.

A YouTube video claims that Batangas Rep. Gerville Luistro will be suspended for vote buying and premature campaigning. This is misleading.

A Facebook (FB) user re-uploaded an old graphic from April 2020, falsely presenting it as a recent announcement of a 24-hour curfew in Cavite from May 1 to 15.

A national ID is NOT required to vote in the 2025 midterm elections, contrary to a claim on a photo circulating on Facebook.

An FB reel falsely claims that an arrest warrant for Sen. Bato Dela Rosa - top enforcer of the deadly drug war during the Duterte administration - has been issued by the ICC and sent to the Philippines.

A YouTube video claims that former vice president Leni Robredo has endorsed the senatorial bets of PDP-Laban. This is misleading.

Netizens are circulating a clip from a campaign rally in Manila showing Vice President Sara Duterte before a crowd that supposedly chanted "Marcos! Marcos!" while she was speaking. The posts are misleading.