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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 […]

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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.

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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.

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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.”

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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.”

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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.”