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FACT CHECK: No, this is not a photo of littering UP students angry at Duterte

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 14 07:31 PM

A photograph that has been shared thousands of times on Facebook shows a street littered with disposable cups which it claims were discarded by students who were angry with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. The photo was taken four years before Duterte was elected president and shows a National Geographic Earth Day run. Read more »

Imee Marcos insists she graduated from Princeton

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 13 05:23 PM

Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos insisted on Tuesday that she earned a degree from Princeton University. Read more »

Facebook expanding fact-checking in India before election

Reuters
Posted at Feb 11 04:54 PM

Facebook has added 5 new partners including the India Today Group, a leading local media house, to its fact-checker network taking the total number of such partners to 7, Menlo Park, California-based Facebook said in a statement. Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, this is not a photo of Pope Francis meeting Duterte

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Feb 06 05:52 PM

A reverse image search found that the picture is a doctored version of a photo showing Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg meeting Pope Francis at the Vatican in 2016. Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, this is not a photo of Duterte urging voters to reject opposition candidate

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 05 05:36 PM

A reverse image search found the picture had been doctored from a 2016 photograph showing Duterte holding a chart about a narcotics network.   Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, this campaign material does not show an opposition senator taking credit for a Manila Bay cleanup

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 01 04:52 PM

The image has been doctored from an original campaign poster which said Bam Aquino was the author of a bill reducing the price of fuel.   Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, these bishops do not pray in front of statue of Corazon Aquino

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 31 08:41 PM

An image that has been shared more than 1,000 times on Facebook is false, as it fabricates the scene by combining parts of at least three unrelated photos. Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, the new national ID is not yet available

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 30 07:10 PM

A Facebook post that has been shared tens of thousands of times claims that a new Philippine national identity card is now available. Philippine authorities said the claim is false and the application process for the new national ID card has not yet begun. Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, Bongbong Marcos did not write a free education bill

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 30 02:10 AM

A post shared hundreds of times by multiple Facebook accounts claims that Philippine politician Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is the "original" author of a senate bill that mandates free education for students at state colleges and universities. Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, a TIME magazine cover did not say Marcos had been acquitted in all corruption cases

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 26 06:06 PM

A search of the TIME magazine archive shows that this is a doctored image and the original cover featuring Marcos did not describe him in this way. Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, Trillanes did not wear a shirt bearing Duterte’s nickname

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 25 04:45 PM

The claim is false, the image has been doctored from an original picture.    Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, Obama is not supporting PH opposition candidates

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 24 08:23 PM

A picture shared by a Facebook group with thousands of members purports to show former US president Barack Obama holding a t-shirt and his wife Michelle wearing a dress bearing campaign emblems of the Philippine opposition party.  Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, this photo does not show Chinese fishing boats in Philippine waters

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 17 07:31 PM

A reverse image search found that the image was taken by the Reuters news agency in China four years before Duterte was elected president. Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, these pictures do not show the ‘clean’ hometown of Duterte

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 11 05:00 PM

A reverse search and a check of Google maps reveals that the photos, however, show another city.   Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, these photos do not show Duterte celebrating start of 2019 in ‘simple’ style

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 08 09:18 PM

A reverse search reveals that the photos were taken in December 2016. Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, the Philippines did not win Miss Universe twice during Duterte administration

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 02 08:29 PM

Multiple Facebook posts claim the Philippines has won the Miss Universe title twice since Rodrigo Duterte became president. The pageant’s official website shows this is not true as the country's two most recent victories were in 2015 and 2018. Duterte was elected in 2016. Read more »

Fact checking fibbing politicians works, study finds

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 21 04:24 PM

The "results suggest that fact checking could serve as a genuine threat to the electability of politicians who regularly make false statements." Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, these senators did not file bill to end '13th month' bonuses

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 18 04:57 PM

Multiple posts, which have been shared thousands of times since they first appeared on Facebook December 11, claim two Philippine opposition senators have proposed legislation to abolish “13th month” end-of-year bonuses. Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, this US diplomat did not credit Duterte with Balangiga bells return

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 14 06:42 PM

The claim is false, the diplomat mentioned has retired from the US foreign service and was not involved in the December 11 return of the bells. Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, Drilon did not sleep through the UP-Ateneo game

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 14 03:34 AM

Multiple Facebook posts have shared a photo they claim shows opposition senator Franklin Drilon sleeping at a major basketball game between the nation’s top colleges. The claim is false and the image was altered. Read more »