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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
Imposter DSWD page, online SAP ‘audit’ dupe netizens
A newly created Facebook page posing as the official account of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has been cashing...
May 1, 20204 min read
Claims about senior citizens need context
Until Malacañang clarified that senior citizens aren’t under “house arrest,” the clamor to let elderly people out of the house and return...
May 1, 20204 min read
Claim about CDO’s share in Bayanihan grant needs context
A claim made by a TESDA regional official that Cagayan de Oro City got more than Metro Manila cities from the national government’s...
Apr 29, 20203 min read
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