VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Viral post contrasting Manila Bay during Duterte, Aquino terms makes FALSE claims
It is not true that nobody complained about pollution in the Manila Bay during Aquino’s term.
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Story about Mayor Isko ‘dressing down’ Bishop Pabillo bears FALSE HEADLINE
It sews together two unrelated statements from Moreno and Pabillo to support the false claim.
No need for impact assessment for Manila Bay project, says EMB exec
The Manila Bay “white sand” project did not go through an environmental impact assessment, according to an official of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental and Management Bureau (DENR-EMB).
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: This photo shows a beach in France, NOT Manila Bay
It's the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah is NOT made of dolomite
Multiple sources state the palm-shaped offshore island, a product of land reclamation, was made using sea sand and rocks.
Unsettling justifications for the ‘Boracay’ on Manila Bay project
The environment department’s project to beautify Manila Bay smacks of insensitivity to the people’s difficulties in coping with the 2019 coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and contradicts President Duterte’s vow to spend public money judiciously, particularly in this time of pandemic.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Viral ‘disente vs bastos time’ photos MISLEAD; all taken under Duterte administration
All images were shot under the term of President Rodrigo Duterte, who took office in June 2016.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB post MISLEADS with ‘before and after’ rehab photo of Manila Bay; both were taken under Duterte’s watch
The "before" photo was taken during Typhoon Ompong in September 2018.
A human chain to save Manila Bay
By NORMAN SISON Photo and video by LUIS LIWANAG WITH the waters of Manila Bay murky with pollution and littered with flotsam, it seemed unlikely that anything could survive in there. But there they were, by the waterfront near the headquarters of the Philippine Navy, about a dozen locals with fishing poles last Tuesday. “What’s
