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FACT CHECK: Water supply in Davao City's Toril and Matina districts safe for drinking

Claims circulating on social media that the recent outbreak of diarrhea in Toril and Matina districts in Davao City was caused by water contamination is partly false and needs context.
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FACT CHECK: Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe did not visit Davao City's 'Little Tokyo' in 2017

The claims of several local publications and some social media pages that the slain former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Barangay Mintal, known as Davao City's "Little Tokyo," in 2017 were false.
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FACT CHECK: Senator Bato dela Rosa's 'Alsa Masa' did not cannibalize Fr. Tullio Favali's brain

In a post on Facebook on Tuesday, 26 July 2022, Eric HJ Mallonga claimed: "Bato's Alsa Masa cannibalized Fr. Tullio Favali's brain. Now he wants ROTC (Reserve Officers' Training Corps) in SHS (Senior High School) for military discipline. Discipline pala yon?" The claim is false.
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FACT CHECK: PDEA-12 warns vs fake agents following killing of 3 persons in South Cotabato

The armed men who introduced themselves as operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency - Region 12 (PDEA-12) in an alleged operation that killed three persons in South Cotabato are fake agents.
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FACT CHECK: Post-oathtaking, Sara Duterte still VP-elect until assumption on June 30

The claim of Facebook Page Nick Nañgit - NCN Law that incoming Vice President Sara Duterte must no longer be referred to as Vice President-elect after taking her oath of office last Sunday, 19 June, as the 15th Vice President of the Republic of the Philippines, is false.
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FACT CHECK: Old photo of Duterte in eatery surfaces anew

A Facebook post claiming that former President Rodrigo Duterte was seen having breakfast at a "carinderia" or eatery as "Citizen Digong" was false.
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