No, these flip flops with the Philippine vice president's name on them were not found at an abandoned communist rebel camp

The posts, including this and this, claim the photo shows the flip slops were found at an abandoned camp of the New People’s Army (NPA), the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines.

The NPA has said it aims to overthrow the government of incumbent President Rodrigo Duterte, Robredo’s rival. In the Philippines, the president and vice president are elected separately, and can belong to rival parties.

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The post, when translated to English, says:

“Look: Thousands of unused Robredo's slippers found in Abandoned NPA Camp. Leni is actually the one who distributes slippers to the NPA rebels. I thought Korina Sanchez Roxas was the one who always give away the yellow slippers,  Leni does it too! This just proves that Leni is connected to the NPA!

Korina Sanchez Roxas is the wife of Manuel “Mar” Roxas II and was Robredo’s partymate in the 2016 elections. Robredo and Roxas run under the Liberal Party, which is now the main opposition under the Duterte administration.

A reverse image search traced the photo back to an image taken by local news organization Inquirer.net in 2016. 

Here is a screenshot of the Inquirer’s website showing the photo:

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Screenshot of Inquirer's photo of the flip flops

The caption for the photo explains the flip flops were given by Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte to residents of the Bahay Toro village in Quezon City on March 14, 2016. They were distributed during her birthday celebration.

The photo was taken by Inquirer photographer Niño Jesus Orbeta. He confirmed to AFP that it was his photo and that the claim made in the Facebook post was not true.

“That is the downside of social media/ internet. Especially when you're a photographer and your photos are out there, they can too easily be copied and pasted and used for other people's agenda,” he told AFP via Facebook messenger on November 21.

Ibarra Gutierrez III, Robredo’s spokesman, also told AFP the posts were false.

“This is a complete fabrication,” Gutierrez said via Facebook messenger on November 20.

Two of the false posts, which went on Facebook on November 17 and 18, were shared more than 11,000 times in less than four days.