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Fact check: Media actually did report on Ilocos Sur caravan for Marcos

A blogger on Facebook and YouTube made two posts that 'mainstream' media did not want to report on the caravan for presidential aspirant Bongbong Marcos Jr. This is false.
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Fact check: Despite lacking expertise, blogger claims Robredo has speech and mental problems

MANILA, Philippines - A blogger who runs a YouTube channel that has taken numerous jabs at Vice President Leni Robredo has recently claimed in a new video that Robredo has 'palilalia', a speech condition that makes people repeat words and phrases.
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Fact check: Revived disente vs bastos time of Pasig River

A composite photo showing Pasig River filled with trash during the time of the late President Benigno Aquino III and another with clean waters under the time of President Rodrigo Duterte is again making rounds on social media. The post contains false claim.
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Fact check: Comelec has not disqualified Robredo from 2022 polls

Several video posts on Facebook and YouTube claimed that the Commission on Elections had confirmed the disqualification of Vice President Leni Robredo, supposedly due to a crowdfunding initiative by her team. These claims are false.
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Fact check: Duterte says PDP-Laban got no support from 'oligarchs'

MANILA, Philippines - President Rodrigo Duterte claimed before new officers of the administration Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan party that the party is largely funded by the Filipino middle class, in contrast to the minority Liberal Party.
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Fact check: Who established IRRI?

A newly released vlog and a 2015 column on BusinessMirror claim it was under the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos that the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) was established. This claim is false.
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