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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: 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: Doctors Willie, Liza Ong NOT promoting unlicensed arthritis cream

By VERA Files | May 19, 2023 1:59 PM

Several Facebook (FB) pages posted advertisements featuring doctors Willie Ong and Liza Ramoso-Ong, for a cream that allegedly cures a wide range of orthopedic disorders. These are fake. Posted as early as April 17, the fake advertisements carried photos of the couple and other doctors who supposedly endorsed the product: Perfectx Joint and Bone Therapy […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Doctors Willie Ong, Liza Ramoso-Ong NOT endorsing unregistered intimate wash

By VERA Files | Apr 26, 2023 3:24 PM

Several impostor Facebook (FB) pages and sites are spreading a post about an antibacterial gel and claiming it is being promoted by cardiologist Willie Ong and his general practitioner wife Liza Ramoso-Ong. This is fake. The couple is not endorsing this product called Kavern intimate wash. The photos and videos showing the couple holding the […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Another FAKE ad uses Doc Willie Ong’s name to promote weight loss cereal

By VERA Files | Jan 09, 2023 11:08 AM

An impostor Facebook (FB) page using the name of cardiologist Willie Ong posted a video promoting a cereal product that allegedly helps consumers lose weight. Ong is not endorsing MEIZOU chia seeds cereal and the product is not registered with the Food and Drug Administration, as the post claims. Published on Dec. 23, the one-minute- […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: ‘Buy one, get scammed free’: Mga scam, nagkalat sa social media nitong 2022

By Enrico Berdos and Bryan Manalang | Dec 28, 2022 8:00 AM

Iba-iba ang mga modus ng bogus posts na nagkalat sa social media: mga biglaang anunsyo ng ayuda, mga gamot ng iba’t ibang sakit at mga pila ng tao na bibili ng bagsak-presyo na aircon.

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Ad for Philippine Heart Center’s alleged vascular supplement is FAKE; Not BFAD-approved

By VERA Files | Dec 09, 2022 6:34 PM

A fake website article shared on Facebook (FB) claimed that a capsule called Vascolex, allegedly developed by the Philippine Heart Center (PHC) in 2015 can clean blood vessels, help with weight loss, and restore eyesight. “Absolutely not true,” Gerardo Manzo, PHC Deputy Executive Director for Medical Services, told VERA Files Fact Check via email. In […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Golden Gout Colostrum does NOT treat gout

By VERA Files | Nov 15, 2022 4:49 PM

A Facebook (FB) page is circulating a fraudulent advertisement about a milk product that allegedly treats gout within a week and reduces uric acid levels after using it for a month. FB page Golden Gout + posted about Golden Gout Colostrum on Oct. 14, and claimed the product was the “number one solution to gout […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB page DECEPTIVELY promotes unregistered diabetes supplement

By VERA Files | Nov 02, 2022 12:12 PM

Another Facebook (FB) page has illicitly used the face of Web-popular cardiologist Doc Willie Ong, this time, to promote a supplement supposedly effective against diabetes. On Oct. 20, the page uploaded a video advertising a product called “Gluzabet,” which could supposedly stabilize blood sugar levels in just a week without using insulin. The video received […]

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Dr. Willie Ong DID NOT endorse a cure for skin diseases

By vera files fact check | Sep 19, 2022 6:40 PM

An old fake video that showed cardiologist Dr. Willie Ong recommending a gel that can allegedly heal scars, stretch marks, keloids, pimples, and acne continues to deceive netizens. The product, so-called Scar Gel, is neither registered in the country nor sold by major drugstores. The gel is not being endorsed by the former vice presidential […]

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