VERA FILES FACT CHECK: AI-generated ad uses Willie Ong, Manny Pacquiao for bogus health site
Voices and mouth movements of Pacquiao and Ong in the video were digitally altered using AI.
Voices and mouth movements of Pacquiao and Ong in the video were digitally altered using AI.
Links shared on Facebook (FB) lead to a supposed ABS-CBN News article claiming that cardiologist Willie Ong is endorsing a product for diabetes. This is fake. ABS-CBN News did not publish such a story and Ong is not promoting this product GlucoCalm. GlucoCalm is not a food or drug product registered with the Food and […]
A three-month-old fake ad on Facebook (FB) used the names and videos of cardiologist Willie Ong and his physician wife Liza Ramoso-Ong to promote an unregistered collagen cream. This is the third fake ad associated with the Ongs that VERA Files Fact Check debunked in barely two weeks into the new year. “Same as before, […]
A bogus website imitating ABS-CBN claims that cardiologist Willie Ong promoted a cure for hypertension and other illnesses. This is fake. Impostor website (qy14.poremu.com) showed three versions of the claim: one shows the alleged hypertension drug called Neocardia, another shows Ong allegedly talking to talk show host Boy Abunda, and the last supposedly showing a […]
Ong denied endorsing Fitrum apple cider gummies, and called the ad fake.
Arthrelief is not a drug or food product registered with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]