VERA Files
A website posing as ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC) published a report on a product that allegedly treats two eye conditions without surgery. Cardiologist Dr. Willie Ong supposedly developed the cure.
A television news report was spliced to produce an ad for a hair growth serum, and featured video snippets of a celebrity dermatologist and vlogger-doctors to suggest they are endorsing Hairtech. Hairtech is not registered under the Food and Drug Administration’s list of verified drug and cosmetic products. The video uploaded by a Facebook page […]
A Facebook (FB) page used a YouTube video of popular physician Doc Willie Ong to promote a product for stomach pain said to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Not true. The product is not FDA-certified as claimed. Nor is it being endorsed by Ong.
A Facebook (FB) page has again used the name and face of cardiologist and social media personality Dr. Willie Ong, this time, to promote a hemorrhoid cream. It is bogus marketing. The quote card appeared online on July 3 and was created as if published by The Philippine Star. It featured an image of Ong […]
A video circulating on social media is misleading people by implying that President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has appointed cardiologist Dr. Willie Ong as Health secretary. The position remains unfilled. The July 16 video by the YouTube channel PHILIPPINES TRENDING NEWS made the false implication in its headline, a portion of which read: “JUST IN […]
A Facebook (FB) video used a clip of cardiologist and social media personality Doc Willie Ong to claim that he endorsed an anti-arthritis supplement called Arthriheal. Not true. Posted by the FB page Reinvigorate on May 18, part of the video played a seven-second clip from one of Ong’s vlog posts while a male narrator […]
Before and after the dubious video was posted on Aug. 19, President Rodrigo Duterte had declared full support for Duque amid calls for his resignation. During his weekly briefing on Monday night (Aug. 23), the president reiterated he would not ask his health secretary to quit, but would accept his resignation if he did so voluntarily. There has been no word from Duque since.