FACT CHECK: Old video PASSED OFF as recent flooding in Batangas
A viral video claims to show flooding in Lipa, Batangas caused by the recent heavy rains brought by the southwest monsoon. This is false.
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MALI-ta Minute: Pilipinas, sinalanta ng sunod-sunod na mga maling impormasyon nitong Hulyo
Kasabay ng sunod-sunod na bagyo nitong Hulyo ay ang pagbaha rin ng maraming disinformation online. Kasama na rito ang mga video ng umano’y pagbaha at pagguho ng lupa sa ilang bahagi ng Pilipinas.
FACT CHECK: Picture ng mga bahay na lubog sa baha, HINDI sa Bulacan, kundi sa Brazil
Viral ang isang larawan sa Facebook na nagpapakita umano ng mga kabahayan na lubog sa tubig-baha sa probinsya ng Bulacan. Mali ito.
FACT CHECK: Flooded QC ‘underground tunnel’ AI-GENERATED
An AI-generated video is showing an alleged underground tunnel in Quezon Avenue submerged in flood.
FACT CHECK: Mga picture ng baha sa Bacoor, KAILANGAN NG KONTEKSTO
Nang manalasa ang bagyong Carina, kumalat sa FB ang mga picture na nagpapakita raw ng baha sa Bacoor, Cavite. Mula pa 2018 ang ilan dito.
Marikina taps Twitter, FB for info dissemination
Text and photos by MARIO IGNACIO IV WITH citizens now turning to social media for information, the Marikina local government has taken to using Twitter and Facebook to post updates about the Marikina River’s water level, the main concern of residents during the rainy season. Marikina public information office (PIO) head Paul Edward P. Sison
Roxas District: Floods the nth time around
Slideshow by LUIS LIWANAG PORTIONS of Roxas District in Quezon City have again gone under water as relentless rain brought on by typhoon “Maring” and the monsoon caused the San Juan River to overflow. Like in the previous great deluges in 2009 (“Ondoy”) and last year (the monsoon or “habagat”), floodwaters reached chest to one-story
How Boracay copes with ‘habagat’
By MYLAH REYES-ROQUE
FROM the sea, Boracay’s White Beach looks like it has curtains stretched along its shores. Up close, the curtains are actually nylon mesh screens stretched on metal or bamboo poles ten to 15 feet high and buried deep on the beach. Welcome to Boracay during the habagat season.
Yes Virginia, their telephones work
By MARILYN MANA-AY ROBLES
THE week past was very revealing. Filipinos again displayed resilience in the midst of tragedy. As the floods came and swept away treasured material possessions people grinned and bore it out. Some were unable to have food for days and shivered in the cold. Even the untimely death of loved ones buried in mud was taken as mere fate. Could something have been done to prevent or reduce the effect of this calamity?
Malabon’s forgotten evacuees
MALABON City—While evacuees in other parts of Metro Manila have gotten quick attention and assistance, residents of flooded areas in this city say they have been trapped in evacuation centers with little food, clean water, and aid from rescue and relief organizations.