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These photos of a dirty and clean beach in Manila were both taken during Rodrigo Duterte’s presidency

Published on 24 September 2019 at 10:30

A photo of a dirty beach in the Philippine capital of Manila has been shared hundreds of thousands of times in a post on Facebook which claims it was covered in rubbish before President Rodrigo Duterte took office. The photo is being used in a misleading context; it shows the beach covered in rubbish after Typhoon Mangkhut hit the Philippines, which happened during Duterte’s presidency.

This is an old photo of a Philippine senator's US passport -- she renounced her US citizenship

Published on 19 September 2019 at 10:30

A blurry photo of a US passport belonging to Philippine legislator Grace Poe has been shared hundreds of times in multiple Facebook posts which claim it proves she is an American citizen and is therefore ineligible to hold public office in the Philippines. The claim is false; the photo of the passport has been taken from an old news report; Poe renounced her American citizenship in 2010 and has been ruled eligible to run for public office by the Philippine Supreme Court.

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.

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