FACT CHECK | No ICC arrest warrant issued against former President Duterte
MindaNews fact-checked a claim made by lawyer Harry Roque about the “impending arrest” of former President Rodrigo Duterte based on an arrest warrant supposedly issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC). His claim is false. Roque, who served as presidential spokesperson under Duterte, made the claim both on mainstream and social media. His Facebook live […]
FACT CHECK: No meteor photographed during Magnitude 7.4 quake in Mindanao
There was no meteor captured on camera during the Magnitude 7.4 earthquake that rocked parts of Mindanao at 10:37 p.m. on Saturday. Facebook user Yrram Neaj Sonreb Itmana posted the false photo following the tremor that shook parts of Mindanao in the southern Philippines. “What is the meaning of this. Na capture lang saku night […]
FACT CHECK: Contrary to Sara Duterte’s claim, not all kidnap victims of Abu Sayyaf have been rescued
The claim of Vice President-elect Sara Duterte that all kidnap victims abducted by the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in Mindanao since 2016 have been successfully rescued is false. Duterte, the outgoing Davao City Mayor, issued the pronouncement as part of her reaction to the recent tweet of journalist Raissa Robles that opening up Mindanao to […]
FACT CHECK: Journo’s tweet on Mindanao tourism vis-à-vis kidnapping surge lacks context
(Editor’s note: This story was updated to include the advisories of some foreign governments to their citizens against travelling to some parts of Mindanao.) Mindanao. A recent tweet by journalist Raissa Robles that opening up Mindanao to tourism will lead to a rise in kidnapping activities by the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) and other bandits […]
FACT CHECK: No call from Baste Duterte to rename University of the Philippines to Bagong Pilipinas University
Weeks after the May 9 elections, a Facebook page called Baste Duterte FP made a call asking for a petition to rename the University of the Philippines to Bagong Pilipinas University. The post is fake as Duterte, the runaway winner in the recently concluded 2022 mayoral race in Davao City, did not make such call. The […]
FACT CHECK: Sara Duterte camp belies viral claim on K to 12 change and mandatory military service without pay
A claim circulating on Facebook that Vice President-elect Sara Duterte will ask Congress to add two more years to the K to 12 Program and include two years of mandatory military service without pay is fake news. Facebook pages such as Samasa Kontra Mandarambong and Clinton Balud’s Tidbits posted the false claim in a quote […]
FACT CHECK: No rice priced at P20-level per kilo in Davao City
Old photos of rice priced at the P20-level per kilo in Davao City have resurfaced on Facebook to boost the campaign promise of President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. With three weeks before the May 9 elections, the former senator from Ilocos Norte, should he win, had vowed to subsidize the price of rice and bring […]
FACT CHECK: Bangsamoro Parliament Member and MILF commander Jack Abas hits false FB post
Bangsamoro Member of Parliament (MP) Akmad Abas has not endorsed local candidates in five towns in Maguindanao as claimed by a false post circulating on Facebook. “Let us not spread lies and falsehood,” said Abas, who is popularly known as Commander Jack, chief of the Eastern Mindanao Front of the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces, the […]
FACT CHECK: No SWS April 2022 survey showing Marcos retains lead in presidential race
A post circulating on Facebook claiming that former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. retains the lead in an April 2022 presidential preference survey conducted by Social Weather Stations (SWS) is false. SWS, which usually posts its survey results on its website and often accompanied them with media releases, did not conduct such survey. A check […]
FACT CHECK Only DSWD, and not politicians, can remove beneficiaries from 4Ps list
A post on Facebook that beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) could not get their benefits or will be removed from the list if they will not vote the reelectionist governors and mayors in their areas is fake news. The threat has been circulating in Mindanao provinces since last month, according to various […]
FACT CHECK Photo of P203-B Marcos estate tax in Samal ‘sari-sari’ store is altered
The original photo was published on the front page of the Philippine Daily Inquirer on October 27, 2006. It was taken by Mindanawon journalist Dennis Jay Santos to accompany his story on how a sari-sari (mom-and-pop) store owner unconventionally collected debts owed by neighbors in their community in Samal Island, Davao del Norte. Store owner […]
