Video of Nepal protest misrepresented as PH rally
- FactRakers
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A video of a political demonstration in Nepal from early September has been passed off as a rally in the Philippines timed with the religious group Iglesia Ni Cristo’s (INC) anticorruption protest.
The 20-second Facebook reel posted by Bukas Ako Naman on Nov. 16 shows a heavily crowded street with the overlaid text:
Milyon-Milyon Ito 😳🇵🇭
Nov. 16, 2025
Its caption reads:
Nov 16-18 2025🇵🇭😳😳
Commenters mistook the video as footage from the INC’s Nov. 16 rally, which ran until Nov. 17 and demanded transparency from government officials following the discovery of anomalies in flood control projects. The protest was initially planned as a three-day event but was cut short after the second day.
A reverse image search shows that the footage was posted to TikTok on Sept. 8 by user mahesh.hartford, who said in the comments the video was taken in Nepal.
Google Maps’ street view imagery shows that key landmarks in the clip match structures along Madan Bhandari Road in Kathmandu, directly in front of the Nepalese Parliament building. These include a footbridge, a traffic control booth and the Parliament’s perimeter fence.
The Nepal protest was part of a series of anticorruption demonstrations in September that led to the resignation of Prime Minister K.P Sharma Oli and several government officials.
The Facebook reel’s claim that millions attended the Nov. 16 rally is also inflated. The Manila Disaster and Risk Management Office estimated the crowd at 650,000 at its peak around 6 p.m.
As of writing, Bukas Ako Naman’s reel has gained 754,000 views, 26,700, 1,600 comments and 5,600 shares. The page, which mainly posts political content, was created on July 26, 2024 and has amassed 240,000 followers.
Other media organizations have debunked similar false claims about recent anticorruption protests in the Philippines, including:
(GV)