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Tag: Manila Bay

  • 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 […]

    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 […]

    Duterte, Manila Bay, Noynoy Aquino

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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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    Categories FACT CHECK News

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Jay Sonza, netizens revive fake photo of ‘Manila Bay beachfront’

    By VERA Files  |  Feb 03, 2021 2:15 PM

    Former broadcaster Jay Sonza, a Facebook (FB) user, and an FB page posted a manipulated photo of Manila Bay’s dolomite beach that has been debunked several times by fact-checkers.

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

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    Categories FACT CHECK

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Photo of ‘new Manila Bay’ with wider, longer dolomite beach FAKE

    By VERA Files  |  Jan 23, 2021 7:20 PM

    A sea vessel, two excavators, and other tools used for the rehabilitation of the bay were also edited out of the original image and digitally covered with sand.

    beaches, dolomite, Manila Bay

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