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Eleven of the 26 prisoners in the image were later executed for various crimes.

The quote is fake. There are no existing transcripts of any Duterte interviews or news reports on record that prove Duterte actually said this.

The posts mixed recent images with old photos taken way before the pandemic hit the globe.

Duterte has said no such thing.

The 16-minute video’s content, composed of two clips, also did not support the claim in its headline.

Contrary to Roque’s claim, Locsin said he apologized only to his “friend” and counterpart, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and “nobody else.”

Israel still has 1,179 active COVID-19 cases as of May 6, according to its Health Ministry.

These studies were conducted, however, to demonstrate ivermectin’s safety and efficacy as an antiparasitic drug and not as a COVID-19 medicine.

President Rodrigo Duterte claimed that he “never mentioned” anything about the dispute between China and the Philippines in the West Philippine Sea during his campaign for the 2016 presidential election. This is not true.

A VERA Files Fact Check reader wants to know why National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) Director General Alex Paul Monteagudo and several other Facebook users share wrong information that can be easily verified.

The original images feature youth activists carrying white bond paper with slogans that read: “DEFUND NTF-ELCAC! DEFEND COMMUNITY PANTRIES!."

Health experts underscored the need to “increase the pace of vaccination” as the Philippines' coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections breached the one million mark on April 26.