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This video is about the deaths of two different Filipino celebrities -- actress Shaina Magdayao is alive

Published on 8 November 2019 at 05:55

A video has been viewed tens of thousands of times on YouTube and shared on Facebook and Twitter alongside a claim it shows a Filipino actress has died of “hypothyroid” disease. The claim is false; the video is a doctored version of an unrelated news report about the deaths of two other Filipino celebrities.

This is a doctored photo of a beach in Brazil -- no tsunami warning was issued in southern Philippines after a recent earthquake

Published on 29 October 2019 at 10:30

An image that purports to show a large wave hitting a beach has been shared repeatedly in multiple Facebook posts which claim a tsunami could hit the southern Philippines after an earthquake. The claim is false; the image has been doctored from a photo of a beach in Brazil to include the waves; the Philippine seismology agency has not issued a tsunami warning following an earthquake in the southern island of Mindanao on October 16, 2019.

Fees for Philippine government documents have only been waived for first time job seekers under a law passed in April 2019

Published on 23 October 2019 at 02:28

An online article has been shared tens of thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook which claim certain Philippine government documents are now “free for everyone”. The claim is misleading; processing fees for some government documents have been waived for qualified first time job applicants under a law passed in April 2019.

This video shows Typhoon Mangkhut lashing Hong Kong in 2018

Published on 18 October 2019 at 08:55

A video has been viewed more than one million times in multiple posts on Facebook alongside a claim it shows Typhoon Hagibis hitting the Japanese island of Hachijō-jima. The claim is false; the video was in fact filmed in Hong Kong during Typhoon Mangkhut in September 2018.

This photo shows a bridge in Florida -- not a planned bridge in the Philippines

Published on 16 October 2019 at 02:01

A photo has been shared thousands of times on Facebook alongside a claim it shows the proposed Bataan-Cavite Interlink Bridge in the Philippines. The photo is being used in a misleading context; it actually shows the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Florida. Previously, the same photo was also wrongly described as showing another proposed long-span bridge in the Philippines. Philippine authorities say the government is still studying the feasibility of constructing the Bataan-Cavite Interlink Bridge.

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