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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Mga FB page, nagbebenta ng PEKENG gatas na ‘panlinis ng baga’

By VERA Files | Sep 19, 2023 5:25 PM

(Editor’s Note: Unang inilathala ang fact-check na ito sa Ingles noong Sept. 8.) Isang mambabasa ng VERA Files ang nagpa-fact-check ng isang produktong gatas na naglilinis at nag-de-detoxify raw ng baga. Kasinungalingan ito. Ayon sa post noong Aug. 9 ng Facebook (FB) page na Lung Gold Milk – Specialty Milk For Lung Patients at tatlo […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB pages sell FAKE milk product for lung detox

By VERA Files | Sep 08, 2023 2:50 PM

A reader asked VERA Files Fact Check to look into a milk product that allegedly detoxifies and cleans the lungs being promoted by four Facebook (FB) pages. These are bogus claims. “Pneumonia, Bronchitis, asthma, [chronic obstructive pulmonary disease] C.O.P.D. resolved right after 7 days of using Lung Gold Milk,” read an Aug. 9 post by […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Ad for FAKE gallstone ‘cure’ circulates, uses doctors’ names

By VERA Files | Sep 08, 2023 12:48 AM

A Facebook (FB) page posted a video advertisement for a product called Innercure supposedly endorsed by cardiologist Willie Ong and his general practitioner wife Liza Ramoso-Ong. This is fake. Nearly six months after it was uploaded on March 11, the video continues to circulate among Filipino netizens. It contains clips of the couple discussing causes […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB pages post FAKE ad for unregistered sinusitis softgel

By VERA Files | Aug 31, 2023 3:45 PM

At least two Facebook (FB) pages shared a fake advertisement for a product that allegedly treats sinusitis and other conditions. The product is neither registered with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) nor recommended by doctors featured in the video. The advertisement that started circulating last March provides a link to the product website (nosecare.store) […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Bogus site resurfaces FAKE story endorsing a ‘bitcoin trading platform’

By VERA Files | Aug 16, 2023 3:32 AM

A website posing as The Manila Times uploaded an article on an alleged cryptocurrency automated trading program and claimed it was being promoted by former senator Manny Pacquiao. This is a scam. On July 31, a Facebook (FB) page shared a link to the fabricated story, which was alleged to have also been carried by […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Cardiologist Willie Ong’s fake ads warning ALTERED to promote barley grass

By VERA Files | Jul 27, 2023 9:47 PM

Multiple Facebook (FB) impostor pages rehashed a three-month-old warning of cardiologist Willie Ong against fake products to fool people into buying an unregistered barley grass supplement. The posts by FB pages Doc Liza – Health tips Daily, Dr Wiillie&Lizza 0ng – Health Tips, and Dr. WillIe 0ng Lizza provided allegedly “legitimate” links where one can […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Scammers sell ‘scar-healing’ serums made by non-existent hospital

By VERA Files | Jul 19, 2023 6:42 PM

This month, Facebook (FB) is abound with websites and pages endorsing serums that supposedly treat skin conditions and irregularities. The products are fake. The serums are not registered with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the hospital that supposedly develops them does not exist. On July 14, a reader asked VERA Files Fact Check […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Geriatrician Gary Sy NOT promoting Glufarelin for diabetes

By VERA Files | Jul 19, 2023 5:38 PM

Netizens are still sharing a two-month-old Facebook (FB) post about a fake ad claiming that geriatrician Gary Sy promoted Glufarelin, a milk supplement that allegedly cures diabetes. In 2022, the Food and Drug Administration warned people against purchasing or consuming Glufarelin, which is not on the agency’s list of registered food products. Impostor FB page […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FAKE ‘UST Hospital’ page sells unregistered arthritis cream

By VERA Files | Jul 18, 2023 5:23 PM

An impostor of the University of Sto. Tomas (UST) Hospital is circulating an ad on Facebook (FB) for a product that supposedly cures a variety of orthopedic conditions. This is a scam. Uploaded on June 14, the fake post carried photos of UST officials receiving an award, a stock photo of a patient inside an […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: PGH, endocrinologist Augusto Litonjua NOT promoting milk supplement for diabetes

By VERA Files | Jul 07, 2023 6:25 PM

An impostor of the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) has claimed on Facebook (FB) that endocrinologist Augusto Litonjua endorsed Glufarelin, a milk supplement that could allegedly cure diabetes. “That’s fake news,” PGH Public Affairs Coordinator and pediatric cardiologist Jose Jonas Del Rosario said in a July 5 message to VERA Files Fact Check. The bogus FB […]

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