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Panelo’s anti-poor quote concocted
An Inquirer.net quote card has been altered to attribute a fabricated anti-poor statement to former presidential spokesperson Salvador...
Apr 16, 20202 min read
Avigan, promising COVID-19 remedy, is not a vaccine
Avigan is not a vaccine, but an existing anti-flu drug being tested to see if it can treat COVID-19, an infectious disease caused by the...
Apr 16, 20204 min read
PH posts amplify false story on 21M COVID-19 deaths in China
More than 40 Philippine Facebook pages and groups and a website have been amplifying a false viral report started by a website that...
Apr 13, 20204 min read
Message on coronavirus, pH levels contains 4 false claims
A chain message claiming that eating more of alkaline food that exceeds the pH level of the novel coronavirus will beat the virus is...
Apr 11, 20203 min read
Administration ally Joy Belmonte mislabeled ‘dilawan’
Pro-Duterte social media accounts have mistagged Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte as “dilawan” or “yellow”—a color associated with former...
Apr 10, 20204 min read
Chart on ‘net approval ratings’ of NCR mayors misleads
A chart showing the net approval ratings of Metro Manila’s 17 mayors amid the COVID-19 pandemic was not put out by the lobbying and...
Apr 10, 20203 min read
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