VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Doc Willie Ong NOT selling pesticide, ALTERED photos used
Scammers are again using the identity of cardiologist Dr. Willie Ong to fraudulently promote unlicensed products, this time for "Bestkill" pesticide.
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Impostor site posts FAKE ‘ANC’ story on ‘instant cure’ for cataract, glaucoma
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.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: News report ALTERED to advertise hair growth serum
It also featured video snippets of a celebrity dermatologist and vlogger-doctors to suggest they are endorsing Hairtech.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Bio Stomach NOT in FDA list and NOT endorsed by Doc Willie Ong
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.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Doc Willie Ong NOT endorsing hemorrhoid cream
A Facebook page has again used the name and face of Dr. Willie Ong, this time, to promote a hemorrhoid cream. It is bogus marketing.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Willie Ong is NOT the new Health sec
A video is misleading people by implying that President Bongbong Marcos has appointed cardiologist Dr. Willie Ong as Health secretary.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Doc Willie Ong DID NOT endorse anti-arthritis supplement
Dr Liza Ramoso-Ong, wife of vice president candidate Doc Willie Ong, denied this in a phone call with VERA Files Fact Check.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Doc Willie Ong will NOT REPLACE Duque as Health Secretary
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.
