VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Surigao del Sur Governor latest victim of DEATH HOAX
Several netizens fell for the wrong information and expressed their condolences, while others pointed out that it was an April Fools’ Day joke.
Several netizens fell for the wrong information and expressed their condolences, while others pointed out that it was an April Fools’ Day joke.
Multiple Facebook (FB) posts used a clickbait to direct netizens to websites which carried digitally-altered photos claiming to show English TV personality Simon Cowell in a hospital bed or in his funeral. This is a hoax. The clickbait post read: “We announce about ‘America’s Got Talent’ Simon Cowell, he has been confirmed as…See more.” Netizens […]
A video shared on Facebook (FB) claims to show the funeral procession for Celine Dion. The funeral procession is actually for an American police officer who died in 2015. “Paalam Celine Dion | Manatiling alaala Ang mga awitin mo Pahinga ka na (Goodbye Celine Dion | Your songs will be remembered, rest now),” the text […]
Over 20 Facebook (FB) posts falsely claimed that actor Jaime Fabregas has passed away. The hoaxes carried links that redirect to an e-commerce site. A netizen asked VERA Files Fact Check via FB Messenger to look into these posts. The clickbait hoaxes, published on June 15 and 16, were captioned: “Rest in Peace Mr. Jaime […]
A fake report about the death of celebrity Kris Aquino garnered over 452,000 views as Filipinos welcomed the new year. Posted Jan. 1 on YouTube and Facebook, the video carried this erroneous headline: “Pumanaw Na! Kris Aquino Natalo Na Sa Karera Sa Buhay! Biglaang Paglisan Nito Nakakaiyak! Grabe! (Passed away! Kris Aquino lost in the […]
A video circulating on Facebook (FB) has again ‘killed’ Kris Aquino, claiming she collapsed at singer Jovit Baldivino’s wake. Not true. Posted on Dec. 11 by several FB pages and a YouTube channel, the video carried the headline: “KRIS AQUINO NAG COLLAPSE SA LAMAY NI JOVIT BALDIVINO! PUMANAW NA (KRIS AQUINO COLLAPSED DURING JOVIT BALDIVINO’S […]
Several Facebook (FB) pages posted a video claiming Kris Aquino has passed away and that her family is deliberately hiding her wake from the public. This is a sham. Posted on Nov. 23, the three-minute and 30-second video bore the caption: “GRABE! UNANG GABI NG LAMAY SA BUROL NI KRIS AQUINO DINAGSA NG MGA TAO, […]
A Facebook (FB) video is duping people into thinking that celebrity Kris Aquino has passed away. Posted on June 29, the video was titled: “LATEST TODAY KRIS AQUINO SUMUKO NA SA KANIYANG SAKIT (Latest today: Kris Aquino gives up on her illness).” This is not true. A day later, in a June 30 Instagram post, […]
Kris Aquino is a victim of a death hoax yet again. A Facebook (FB) page falsely claims that the celebrity has died, but only to mislead people to visit a scam site using the Department of Social and Welfare Development’s (DSWD) name. Posted on June 12 by FB page Bong Bong Marcos Tulong Ayuda (created […]
The celebrity herself debunked the hoax on Jan. 24.