With Bam Aquino poised to make a Senate comeback based on his high ranking in the May 12 polls, VERA Files Fact Check observed a barrage of posts online questioning the role he played in the passing of the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act.
Former president Rodrigo Duterte is not returning to the Philippines any time soon. The photo of the supposed video call is actually two different images spliced together.
Kumakalat ang isang graphic na nagsasabing pinaboran ng International Criminal Court (ICC) ang mosyon ni dating pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na pauwiin na siya sa Pilipinas. Ito ay satire.
The image of a sculpture of former president Rodrigo Duterte supposedly made by the Dutch in The Netherlands is fake and AI-generated.
A video supposedly showing the arrival of former president Rodrigo Duterte at the Manila International Airport (MIA) is circulating online. This is false. Clips from two unrelated events were spliced to create the video.
The International Criminal Court did not junk the charges against Duterte. No such announcement can be found on its official website.
Netizens are circulating a graphic claiming that the ICC granted former president Rodrigo Duterte's appeal to return to the Philippines. This is satire.
As the former president is in the middle of a legal process, particularly the pre-trial stage, of the ICC, he cannot walk free unless the court approves his temporary release. A senator has no power to bring him back from detention in The Hague.
These narrative shifts are only possible because the Dutertes are doing Tiktok content like it’s nobody’s business… Now there is barely any pro-Marcos content, and even Imee rarely appears unless she’s with VP Sara…Now, it is all the Dutertes. The For You Page shows it, and the surveys, too.
A Facebook user claimed that the ICC will release former president Rodrigo Duterte after his bail was paid. The post is satire. There is no bail under the Rome Statute, only an "interim release," which must be applied for.
