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Images of Italy’s crying president, COVID-19 coffins false
A photo of “the crying president of Italy” bewailing the shortage of cemetery space for fatalities of the coronavirus pandemic and...
Mar 23, 20202 min read
Misleading animal photos shared amid pandemic lockdown
Several photos of a website showing Italy's waterways, elephants in China and otters in Singapore amid the pandemic need context
Mar 21, 20203 min read
Image of coffins not of COVID-19 fatalities in Italy
A Facebook page that’s barely a week old has been passing off a 2013 photo of rows of coffins as that of COVID-19 casualties in Italy.
Mar 20, 20202 min read
P20,000 per SSS member during COVID-19 crisis a hoax
A claim that Duterte has approved P20,000 in assistance to each SSS member to help tide them over the COVID-19 crisis is a hoax
Mar 19, 20202 min read
Headline on discovery of COVID-19 drug false
A website falsely claims in its headline that Japan has finally produced a drug that can treat COVID-19.
Mar 19, 20204 min read
Claim that PH is ‘first and only’ US colony false
A 2019 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games brochure falsely claims the Philippines became the first and only colony of the United States in 1898....
Dec 5, 20193 min read
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