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Different datasets used to conclude Cebu City tops COVID-19 cases
Reports that Cebu City has overtaken Quezon City’s tally of COVID-19 infections as of May 10 extracted figures from different sources and...
May 11, 20203 min read
PCOO files refute Andanar rant vs reports on ABS-CBN closure
Official releases from his own agency refute Press Secretary Martin Andanar’s claim that media reports linking President Rodrigo Duterte...
May 9, 20207 min read
Claim that FDA ‘approved’ remdesivir needs context
A claim that the antiviral remdesivir is the first drug the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved as treatment for COVID-19...
May 7, 20205 min read
Duterte's take on virus survival in hot weather needs context
Like American President Donald Trump, President Rodrigo Duterte believes hot weather may reduce the transmission of the novel coronavirus...
May 6, 20204 min read
Claim about China’s ‘next plan’ uses misleading photos
A Facebook user has resurrected a two-year-old report on the confiscation of canned mackerel from China in Malaysia to back a groundless...
May 4, 20202 min read
Post recycles meme, falsely claims child has coronavirus
Multiple Facebook groups have been circulating a meme of a young girl appealing to people to like her photo and pray for her, accompanied...
May 3, 20203 min read
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