FactRakers

02/06/2025

WHAT HAFEN, DUTERTE? 🥲

Nag-viral sa social media ang AI-generated sculptures ni dating pangulo at bagong halal na Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte na gawa raw ng mga taga-Netherlands.

Kumalat ang mga ito pagkatapos ng eleksyon at bago ang May 31 meet-up umano ng ilang mga Pinoy sa The Hague.
Pero kahit may AI disclaimer, ‘wag magpaloko; dapat i-tsek mo!

22/05/2025

Netizens mistakenly believe an AI-generated image showing a Duterte sculpture in the Netherlands that circulated online after he was proclaimed Davao City mayor.


https://www.factrakers.org/post/no-duterte-sculpture-in-the-netherlands

22/05/2025

Old pregnancy rumors about Vico Sotto and Atasha Muhlach resurface after elections.

A false rumor that reelected Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto got actress Atasha Muhlach pregnant–first circulated in 2024–has gone viral again on social media shortly after the May 12 midterm elections. page NL Star Buzz posted on May 14 a photo collage featuring the Muhlach family and Sott...

22/05/2025

A Facebook post says all of Duterte’s “DuterTEN” senatorial candidates won in the 2025 elections—but official results say otherwise.

Only three, not all 10 senatorial candidates endorsed by former president Rodrigo Duterte, known collectively as the “DuterTEN,” won in the 2025 midterm elections, contrary to a misleading Facebook post.The page Rodante Marcoleta Solid Supporters posted the false claim on May 19, saying...

20/05/2025

No, Duterte hasn’t returned to Davao. A viral TikTok uses a 2022 clip to falsely claim he's back in the Philippines even though he remains detained in The Hague.

Former President Rodrigo Duterte isn’t back in the country despite winning the mayoral race in Davao City in the recent midterm elections.TikTok user , however, recycled an old report in his May 17 video, passing it off as a recent news update that falsely claimed that Duterte had retu...

20/05/2025

WORK FROM HAGUE, THE NEW WFH?

EXPLAINER: Naihalal na bilang Davao City mayor si dating pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Pero paano niya magagampanan ang kanyang tungkulin kung siya’y nakakulong sa International Criminal Court sa The Hague dahil sa kasong crimes against humanity ukol sa kanyang drug war?

14/05/2025

A fake “Kitty Duterte” page used unrelated photos to mock P20/kilo rice, falsely calling it “dolomite sand.”

A Facebook fan page impersonating “Kitty Duterte” has posted a misleading compilation of photos to mock and discredit the government’s P20 per kilo rice, sarcastically labeling it as “dolomite sand” and suggesting it was suitable only as animal feed.The caption of the May 2 post read:P20/K...

12/05/2025

A viral Facebook post falsely claimed early election results in Davao del Norte before polls even closed.

A Facebook post falsely claimed that partial election results in Davao del Norte were available by 2 p.m. on May 12—well before voting had officially ended.The post, published by DAVNOR Facts at 2:38 p.m., featured unofficial percentages for congressional, gubernatorial and mayoral races along wit...

12/05/2025

A 2022 photo was used to prematurely claim reelectionist Didoy Suan as winner in the mayoralty race in Cordova, Cebu.

A post containing the image of the 2022 online voting results for the mayoral race in Cordova, Cebu falsely suggests that reelectionist candidate Didoy Suan had already won in this year’s midterm elections.Facebook user Roland Dela Cruz posted the photo at around 5 p.m. on election day on a group ...

12/05/2025

A letter of support with a fake letterhead and signature of the Misamis Occidental Governor is being used as campaign material in favor of a reelectionist in Plaridel, Misamis Occidental.

An open letter supporting the reelection bid of Plaridel mayor Diego Ty is falsely attributed to Misamis Occidental Gov. Henry Oaminal using a fake letterhead and signature.In a public advisory on Facebook, the provincial government of Misamis Occidental labelled the open letter posted around 9 a.m....

12/05/2025

A Facebook user shared announcements from a fictitious “Queen Elizabeth III” and “UN head Queenhelen Abdurajak," falsely stating that the May 12 elections were canceled.

A Facebook user posted two consecutive announcements — one from “Queen Elizabeth III” and another from an alleged “United Nations (UN) head Queenhelen Abdurajak” — falsely claiming that the midterm election would not take place on May 12.The Commission on Elections did not release any an...

12/05/2025

A doctored screenshot has falsely shown Bacolod mayoral candidate Rep. Greg Gasataya sweeping the race against his rival, incumbent Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran, even before vote counting began.

A screenshot of the Bacolod mayoral race on a poll results portal has been altered to falsely and prematurely show a landslide victory for mayoral candidate Rep. Greg Gasataya even before vote counting had even started.Uploaded at 4 p.m. on election day by EL Sa Liar Nardia’s Facebook account, the...