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Tag: GCQ

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FAKE infog claims NCR, 4 provinces under GCQ with heightened restrictions

    By vera files fact check  |  May 17, 2022 8:48 AM

    A Facebook user edited an old infographic to claim that the National Capital Region or Metro Manila and the provinces of Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal were placed on general community quarantine (GCQ) status with heightened restrictions from May 15 to 31 this year.  “This announcement is FAKE. The government no longer uses quarantine levels […]

    fake announcement, GCQ, LOCKDOWN

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    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pre-pandemic photos of Visayas, Mindanao used to contrast current Luzon lockdown

    By VERA Files  |  Apr 08, 2021 9:06 PM

    The photos of people swimming and frolicking on the beach in the central and southern regions are misleading.

    COVID-19, ECQ, GCQ, LOCKDOWN, Pandemic

  • 012021-false-philippines-total-lockdown_web-copy.png
    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK

    ​VERA FILES FACT CHECK: No ‘total lockdown’ in Luzon, entire country

    By VERA Files  |  Jan 23, 2021 8:45 PM

    No such announcements have been made by the president nor the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases.

    COVID-19, ECQ, GCQ, LOCKDOWN

  • June 1 GCQ.jpg
    Categories Commentary

    The terror of incompetence

    By Ellen T. Tordesillas  |  Jun 02, 2020 4:04 AM

    All that officials who are being paid by Filipino to manage the country can say about last Monday’s disastrous General Community Quarantine, when thousands were left stranded waiting for public transport that never came was “konting pasensiya.”

    Anti-terror bill, GCQ

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    Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Jay Sonza nag-share ng pekeng ‘ABS-CBN’ post sa GCQ guideline para sa mga senior citizen

    By VERA Files  |  May 05, 2020 10:53 AM

    Dumadagdag sa mga panawagan na huwag irenew ang prangkisa ng ABS-CBN, inilathala ni dating broadcaster Jay Sonza bilang totoo ang isang satirical post na nagsasabing ibinalita ng network na ang mga senior citizen ay papayagan na lumabas sa kanilang bahay sa ilalim ng general community quarantine (GCQ) “kung sila ay sinasamahan ng kanilang mga magulang.”

    covid-19PH, GCQ, general community quarantine

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    Categories FACT CHECK News

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Jay Sonza shares fake ‘ABS-CBN’ post on GCQ guideline for senior citizens

    By VERA Files  |  May 05, 2020 9:56 AM

    Adding fuel to calls for the nonrenewal of ABS-CBN’s legislative franchise, former broadcaster Jay Sonza published as true a satirical post claiming the network reported that senior citizens would be allowed to go out of their house under the general community quarantine (GCQ) only “if they are accompanied by their parents.”

    covid-19PH, GCQ, general community quarantine

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