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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Doc Willie Ong video endorsing varicose vein spray FAKE

By VERA Files | Jun 22, 2023 1:12 PM

Netizens are still interacting with a two-month-old advertisement made to look like cardiologist Willie Ong is promoting a spray to reduce varicose veins. This is fake. The video, posted May 8 by Facebook (FB) page Matiyagang Doctor, promotes a spray called South Moon Varicose Veins. The spray is not in the drug product list registered […]

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ANO RAW: HINDI nag-eendorso si Doc Liza Ong ng pabango sa ari ng babae

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: HINDI nag-eendorso si Doc Liza Ong ng pabango sa ari ng babae

By VERA Files | Jun 04, 2023 9:06 AM

Ilang pekeng Facebook page ang gumagamit kay Doc Liza Ramoso-Ong bilang endorser ng pabangong nakagagamot daw ng mga impeksiyon at amoy sa ari ng babae. Peke ito.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Liza Ong is NOT endorsing an unregistered vaginal perfume

By VERA Files | May 15, 2023 2:08 PM

Several impostor Facebook (FB) pages are using doctor Liza Ramoso-Ong as an endorser of an “intimate perfume” that allegedly cures gynecological infections and odor. These advertisements are fake. This vaginal perfume, Vitoria, is not on the Food and Drug Administration’s list of cosmetic products with Certificates of Product Notification. It is not listed as a […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Doc Willie Ong NOT selling pesticide, ALTERED photos used

By VERA Files | May 05, 2023 12:24 PM

Scammers are again using the identity of cardiologist Dr. Willie Ong to fraudulently promote unlicensed products, this time for pesticide. The advertisements continue to circulate this May, over two weeks since first appearing on April 18. Part of the text of one of the ads read: “[T]he Japanese Institute of Biological Research has introduced [a […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Impostor site posts FAKE ‘ANC’ story on ‘instant cure’ for cataract, glaucoma

By VERA Files | Jan 26, 2023 6:12 PM

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.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: News report ALTERED to advertise hair growth serum

By VERA Files | Nov 25, 2022 10:41 PM

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 […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Bio Stomach NOT in FDA list and NOT endorsed by Doc Willie Ong

By VERA Files Fact Check | Oct 21, 2022 11:31 AM

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.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Doc Willie Ong NOT endorsing hemorrhoid cream

By VERA Files | Aug 04, 2022 9:59 AM

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 […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Willie Ong is NOT the new Health sec

By VERA Files | Jul 20, 2022 6:59 PM

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 […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Doc Willie Ong DID NOT endorse anti-arthritis supplement

By vera files fact check | Jun 21, 2022 7:31 PM

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 […]

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