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These legislative bills do not contain provisions to defrock priests over same-sex marriage in the Philippines

Published on 12 September 2019 at 11:05

A Facebook post shared thousands of times claims proposed new anti-discrimination legislation in the Philippines will allow the government to defrock priests who object to same-sex marriage and ban parents from specifying the gender of their new-born child. The claims are false; none of the 13 bills covering sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGIE) currently pending at the Philippine Congress contain any such measures.

This is a doctored CNN broadcast -- 'Amazon' has not asked the Philippine President for help

Published on 12 September 2019 at 09:45

A doctored image of a CNN report has been shared hundreds of times in multiple Facebook posts which claim that the “president of Amazon” has asked Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte for help. The claim is false; the Amazon does not have a president; Duterte’s spokesman told AFP they had not received any requests for help from any of the countries affected by the fires in the Amazon rainforest; the doctored CNN screenshot was created by a meme generator.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte did not approve a new ‘bonus’ for workers

Published on 12 September 2019 at 04:30

An online report shared thousands of times on Facebook claims Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has approved a bonus of almost US$1,000 for workers who pay into the nation’s social security system. The claim is false; the government said the claim is “fake news”; the video included in the misleading posts is an old news report that does not mention any new bonus for workers.

This is not a photo of a Chinese military base in the Philippines -- it shows a tunnel in Switzerland

Published on 11 September 2019 at 09:30

A photo has been shared hundreds of times in multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter which claim it shows a hidden Chinese military base in Zambales, a province northwest of Manila. The claim is false; the photo shows the Gotthard Base Tunnel in the Swiss Alps; the story about a hidden Chinese military base in Zambales originated from a satirical article in 2016.

This photo has been doctored to suggest Donald Trump endorsed Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s daughter for president in 2022

Published on 9 September 2019 at 10:15

Multiple Facebook posts have shared a photo purportedly showing US President Donald Trump endorsing Sara Duterte, daughter of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, to be the next president of the Philippines in 2022. The claim is false; the photo has been doctored from a 2015 Getty Images photo of Trump, before he became president; the original image shows Trump pledging his support for the Republican nominee for the White House, were to fail to win the nomination.

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