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Tag: Manila Bay

  • Save Manila Bay, save the country 1/6 Photo by Bullit Marquez
    Categories Bullit's Eye

    Save Manila Bay, save the country

    By Bullit Marquez  |  Jun 07, 2023 7:00 AM

    Environment advocates brought their demand to stop the reclamation in Manila Bay, Bulacan and other parts of the country to Mendiola, near Malacañang. They also want to hold accountable government agencies and officials allowing the destruction of the environment.

    Manila Bay, reclamation

  • Cavite folks protest reclamation of Manila Bay
    Categories Bullit's Eye News

    Cavite folks protest reclamation of Manila Bay

    By Bullit Marquez  |  Mar 14, 2023 5:37 PM

    Man tampers with God’s design for the Earth disturbing the natural ecosystem and displacing marine life. Photos by Bullit Marquez for VERA Files.

    Cavite, dredging, Manila Bay, PAMALAKAYA

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: 2018 photos of dirty Manila Bay FALSELY claimed as ‘pre-Duterte’

    By VERA Files  |  Jul 15, 2022 3:42 PM

    A TikTok video misused photos showing Manila Bay full of garbage to claim that this was the state of the body of water under five presidents before Rodrigo Duterte.  Through reverse image search, VERA Files Fact Check found that six of these photos were from 2018, within the term of Duterte, who took office in […]

    Manila Bay

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Another graphic comparing Manila Bay conditions MISLEADS netizens

    By vera files fact check  |  Jun 16, 2022 11:07 AM

    Several Facebook (FB) pages posted an image showing contrasting conditions of the Manila Bay, suggesting that outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte did a better job than his predecessor, the late former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, in cleaning up the famous harbor. It is misleading. The deceptive graphic was posted on June 7 and continues to […]

    Duterte, Manila Bay, Noynoy Aquino

  • 110921-fake-marcos-manila-bay.png
    Categories FACT CHECK

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: TikTok video of crowd chanting Marcos’s name in Manila Bay is FAKE

    By VERA Files  |  Nov 11, 2021 6:57 PM

    The video was overlaid with an audio from another TikTok video where a crowd can be heard chanting “Marcos, Marcos pa rin”, with the former senator seen encouraging them to continue chanting his name. This was uploaded last Oct. 25.

    bongbong marcos, Manila Bay, marcos

  • 102121-misleading-manila-bay-photo_web-copy.png
    Categories FACT CHECK

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Post on contrasting conditions of Manila Bay MISLEADING

    By VERA Files  |  Oct 23, 2021 11:24 PM

    The two shots were taken in two different areas of the Manila Bay, both under Duterte’s term.

    Manila Bay

  • 062121-misleading-noydu30-manila-bay_web-copy.png
    Categories FACT CHECK

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: 2020 photo of Manila Bay WRONGLY claimed as taken during PNoy’s time

    By VERA Files  |  Jun 30, 2021 8:15 PM

    Both were taken over the past nine months.

    Duterte vs Aquino, Manila Bay

  • 062121-misleading-manila-bay-banda (4).png
    Categories FACT CHECK

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Posts MISLEAD with 2018 ‘before Duterte’ photo of Manila Bay

    By VERA Files  |  Jun 23, 2021 1:22 PM

    The ‘before’ photo, carried by the June 17 posts of Duterte Social Media Supporter and one other netizen, was published originally by local media network UNTV in August 2018, or two years into Duterte’s term.

    Aquino, Duterte, Manila Bay, PNoy

  • 041921-misleading-dilawan-vs-duterte-manila-bay_web-copy.png
    Categories FACT CHECK

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Another ‘Aquino vs Duterte’ comparison MISLEADS with 2018 Manila Bay photo

    By VERA Files  |  Apr 19, 2021 6:21 PM

    The top image was taken two years into the presidency of Rodrigo Duterte.

    Dilawan, Duterte, Manila Bay, Manila Bay beachfront, Rodrigo Duterte

  • thumbnail_020121-fake-sonza-dolomite-beach_web-copy.jpg
    Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Jay Sonza, netizens ginamit ulit ang pekeng litrato ng ‘Manila Bay beachfront’

    By VERA Files  |  Feb 03, 2021 3:42 PM

    Nag post ang dating brodkaster na si Jay Sonza, isang Facebook (FB) user, at isang FB page ng dinoktor na litrato ng dolomite beach ng Manila Bay na ilang ulit nang pinasinungalingan ng mga fact-checker.

    fake photo, Jay Sonza, Manila Bay, Manila Bay beachfront

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