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Yahoo
a day ago
- General
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Collage of 'Philippine traffic conditions' misuses Vietnam photo
The misleading collage was posted on Facebook on May 28 by a content creator who has previously shared pro-Marcos misinformation debunked by AFP. The post features two photos, with one showing a gridlocked intersection labelled "DUTERTE TIME". This is contrasted with a second photo of orderly traffic superimposed with an image of Marcos and labelled "PBBM TIME", using the current leader's initials. The post received over 30,000 reactions, comments and shares, and has circulated elsewhere on Facebook, X and TikTok. Marcos swept to power in 2022 after joining forces with the Duterte family in the elections that year but the alliance began crumbling almost immediately (archived link). The feud exploded into open warfare this year with the impeachment of Duterte's daughter, Vice President Sara Duterte, and the subsequent arrest and transfer of the ex-president, to face charges at the International Criminal Court at the Hague tied to his deadly drug war. Comments show people appear to believe the claim -- users showered praise on Marcos, whose popularity dropped steeply following his deputy's impeachment and predecessor's stunning arrest (archived link). "'Du-dirty' made a lot of mess. PBBM is fixing these now," one wrote. "It's obvious, under PBBM there is change and people are more disciplined," another wrote. However, the photo showing major congestion was not taken in the Philippines. A reverse image search of the image labelled "Duterte Time" found it shows a gridlock Vietnam's capital Hanoi (archive link). Chinese state-run media organisation published the photo with credits to state news agency Xinhua. It is captioned: "Photo taken on Sept. 8, 2015 shows a traffic jam on a main road in Hanoi, Vietnam. Heavy rains occurred early Tuesday morning in Hanoi left several streets flooded and caused traffic jam during rush hour. [Photo/Xinhua]." The area where the gridlock occurred was at the intersection of Le Van Luong and Nguyen Tuan streets as seen on Google Maps (archived link). The second photo of traffic credited to Marcos' government was taken from a video clip posted on May 26, when the government resumed its "no contact apprehension policy (NCAP)" for motorists in the Philippine capital, which uses CCTV to detect traffic violations (archived link). Text overlaid on the video says, "Commonwealth Now / May 26, 2025/ NCAP." Commonwealth Avenue is the country's widest highway which sees a high volume of traffic daily (archived link). The TikTok clip matches similar scenes at Commonwealth Avenue published by local broadcasters GMA News, Net25 and the Metro Manila Development Authority, the government agency managing traffic in Manila (archived here, here, and here). June 6, 2025 Minor tweak in headline to say 'misuses'
AFP
a day ago
- Politics
- AFP
Collage of 'Philippine traffic conditions' misuses Vietnam photo
The misleading collage was posted on Facebook on May 28 by a content creator who has previously shared pro-Marcos misinformation debunked by AFP. The post features two photos, with one showing a gridlocked intersection labelled "DUTERTE TIME". This is contrasted with a second photo of orderly traffic superimposed with an image of Marcos and labelled "PBBM TIME", using the current leader's initials. Image Screenshot of the misleading post taken June 6, 2025 The post received over 30,000 reactions, comments and shares, and has circulated elsewhere on Facebook, X and TikTok. Marcos swept to power in 2022 after joining forces with the Duterte family in the elections that year but the alliance began crumbling almost immediately (archived link). The feud exploded into open warfare this year with the impeachment of Duterte's daughter, Vice President Sara Duterte, and the subsequent arrest and transfer of the ex-president, to face charges at the International Criminal Court at the Hague tied to his deadly drug war. Comments show people appear to believe the claim -- users showered praise on Marcos, whose popularity dropped steeply following his deputy's impeachment and predecessor's stunning arrest (archived link). "'Du-dirty' made a lot of mess. PBBM is fixing these now," one wrote. "It's obvious, under PBBM there is change and people are more disciplined," another wrote. However, the photo showing major congestion was not taken in the Philippines. A reverse image search of the image labelled "Duterte Time" found it shows a gridlock Vietnam's capital Hanoi (archive link). Chinese state-run media organisation published the photo with credits to state news agency Xinhua. It is captioned: "Photo taken on Sept. 8, 2015 shows a traffic jam on a main road in Hanoi, Vietnam. Heavy rains occurred early Tuesday morning in Hanoi left several streets flooded and caused traffic jam during rush hour. [Photo/Xinhua]." Image Screenshot comparison of the misleading image (left) and the original photo (right) The area where the gridlock occurred was at the intersection of Le Van Luong and Nguyen Tuan streets as seen on Google Maps (archived link). Image Screenshot of the intersection in Hanoi on September 8, 2015 (left) and a satellite view on Google Maps (right) The second photo of traffic credited to Marcos' government was taken from a video clip posted on May 26, when the government resumed its "no contact apprehension policy (NCAP)" for motorists in the Philippine capital, which uses CCTV to detect traffic violations (archived link). Text overlaid on the video says, "Commonwealth Now / May 26, 2025/ NCAP." Commonwealth Avenue is the country's widest highway which sees a high volume of traffic daily (archived link). Image Screenshot comparison of the circulating Facebook post (left) and the source of the image (right) The TikTok clip matches similar scenes at Commonwealth Avenue published by local broadcasters GMA News, Net25 and the Metro Manila Development Authority, the government agency managing traffic in Manila (archived here, here, and here).
Yahoo
22-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Fabricated screenshot fans baseless claim Philippine first lady 'detained' in US
"You can see here how they've been fooling the people but [diehard Duterte supporters] are too smart for this," reads a Facebook post on March 30. It included two screenshots apparently taken from First Lady Liza Marcos's verified account. One shows four photos of an event taken on March 27. The other is supposedly a collection of over 2,330 photos posted September 26, 2022 which includes a five-photo collage, including the four pictures as the recent post. "To those who are pro-Marcos, please answer me this, are you still fighting for the right thing?" the post adds. Rumours that the first lady was held up by law enforcement in Los Angeles surfaced online in early March after she came back from a working visit to the United States (archived link). The false claims spread after President Marcos's government handed over former leader Rodrigo Duterte to the International Criminal Court to face a crimes against humanity charge tied to his drug war in which thousands were killed (archived link). The presidential palace dismissed the rumours on March 13 and there have been no official reports that the first lady has been detained in the United States as of April 22 (archived here, here, here). The images spread elsewhere on Facebook and were cross-posted across multiple platforms such as X, Threads, TikTok and Instagram. Keyword searches found one of the screenshots corresponds to a March 29 post on Liza Marcos's verified Facebook page (archived link). The caption read: "Cocktail reception to celebrate Women's Month with lady ambassadors & female spouses of heads of diplomatic missions in the Philippines. Kalayaan Hall, Malacañan Palace, Manila. 27 March 2025." A corresponding video of the event was also posted on the same day (archived link). But the other screenshot supposedly showing the older post has been fabricated. A review of the photos and video of the event shows foreign envoys who began their assignment in the Philippines after the supposed September 26, 2022 date in the fabricated post. Ambassadors Yuliia Fediv of Ukraine, Emma Hickey of Ireland, Saija Nurminen of Finland and Megawati Dato Paduka Haji Manan of Brunei can be seen in one of the photos (archived here, here, here and here) Fediv was posted to the Philippines in March 2025; Hickey and Nurminen in September 2024; and Manan in March 2023. A review of the video found more ambassadors whose posting came after 2022. These include Marie Fontanel of France and Constance See Sin Yuan of Singapore appointed in 2023; Catherine McIntosh of New Zealand posted in 2024; and Smiljana Knez of Slovenia who arrived early this year in February (archived here, here, here and here). Six of the envoys seen in the first lady's Facebook posts also attended an event at Manila's De La Salle University on the same day of the first lady's cocktail party on March 27 (archived link). The other photo in the fabricated collage came from a post from March 28 and showed the first lady in an inter-agency meeting at held at her office the day before (archived link). A further review of Liza Marcos's Facebook timeline from August 2022 -- when the page was created -- to December 2022 found that social media posts with photos only included a maximum of four pictures. There are no posts that carried thousands, contrary to what's displayed in the fabricated screenshot. AFP has debunked another post that falsely claimed Liza Marcos was "detained" in the United States.
AFP
22-04-2025
- Politics
- AFP
Fabricated screenshot fans baseless claim Philippine first lady 'detained' in US
"You can see here how they've been fooling the people but [diehard Duterte supporters] are too smart for this," reads a Facebook post on March 30. It included two screenshots apparently taken from First Lady Liza Marcos's verified account. One shows four photos of an event taken on March 27. The other is supposedly a collection of over 2,330 photos posted September 26, 2022 which , including the four pictures as the recent post. "To those who are pro-Marcos, please answer me this, are you still fighting for the right thing?" the post adds. Image Screenshot of false post taken on April 10, 2025 Rumours that the first lady was held up by law enforcement in Los Angeles surfaced online in early March after she came back from a working visit to the United States (archived link). The false claims spread after President Marcos's government handed over former leader Rodrigo Duterte to the International Criminal Court to face a crimes against humanity charge tied to his drug war in which thousands were killed (archived link). The presidential palace dismissed the rumours on March 13 and there have been no official reports (archived here, here, here). The images spread elsewhere on Facebook and were cross-posted across multiple platforms such as X, Threads, TikTok and Instagram. Fabricated screenshot Keyword searches found one of the screenshots corresponds to a March 29 post on Liza Marcos's verified Facebook page (archived link). The caption read: "Cocktail reception to celebrate Women's Month with lady ambassadors & female spouses of heads of diplomatic missions in the Philippines. Kalayaan Hall, Malacañan Palace, Manila. 27 March 2025." A corresponding video of the event was also posted on the same day (archived link). But the other screenshot supposedly showing the older post has been fabricated. A review of the photos and video of the event shows foreign envoys who began their assignment in the Philippines after the supposed September 26, 2022 date in the fabricated post. Ambassadors Yuliia Fediv of Ukraine, Emma Hickey of Ireland, Saija Nurminen of Finland and Megawati Dato Paduka Haji Manan of Brunei can be seen in one of the photos (archived here, here, here and here) Fediv was posted to the Philippines in March 2025; Hickey and Nurminen in September 2024; and Manan in March 2023. Image Screenshot comparison of the fabricated post (left), and the photo seen in the original post (right) taken by AFP on April 21. The original shows Philippine first lady Liza Marcos (left) Yuliia Fediv of Ukraine (second from left), Emma Hickey of Ireland (third from right), Saija Nurminen of Finland (second from right) and Megawati Dato Paduka Haji Manan of Brunei (right). A review of the video found more ambassadors whose posting came after 2022. These include Marie Fontanel of France and Constance See Sin Yuan of Singapore appointed in 2023; Catherine McIntosh of New Zealand posted in 2024; and Smiljana Knez of Slovenia who arrived early this year in February (archived here, here, here and here). Six of the envoys seen in the first lady's Facebook posts also attended an event at Manila's De La Salle University on the same day of the first lady's cocktail party on March 27 (archived link). A further review of Liza Marcos's Facebook timeline from August 2022 -- when the page was created -- to December 2022 found that social media posts with photos only included a maximum of four pictures. There are no posts that carried thousands, contrary to what's displayed in the fabricated screenshot. Image Screenshot comparison of the fabricated post (left), and a post on the first lady's official Facebook page in September 2022 (right) AFP has debunked another post that falsely claimed Liza Marcos was "detained" in the United States.
Yahoo
28-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Duterte clan rallies as ex-Philippine leader marks 80th in jail
Family and supporters of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte will rally Friday to mark his 80th birthday and protest his detention in The Hague on a charge of crimes against humanity. Duterte could spend the remainder of his life in jail if convicted at the International Criminal Court (ICC) of the charge tied to his "war on drugs" in which thousands were killed. Supporters are planning more than 200 simultaneous birthday rallies demanding his release. Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte, his eldest daughter, has been in the Dutch city for more than two weeks helping assemble his legal team. Another of the ex-president's daughters, 20-year-old Veronica as well as her mother, Cielito Avancena, said they failed to get inside the prison to see him on Wednesday -- but remained hopeful. "I will make sure I get to see him," Veronica told a Philippine television network outside the ICC detention centre. Another of the ex-president's sons is expected, as well as his ex-wife Elizabeth Zimmerman, according to Sara Duterte. - 'Systematic attack' - The ICC chief prosecutor's application for his arrest said Duterte's alleged crimes were "part of a widespread and systematic attack directed against the civilian population" in the Philippines. "Potentially tens of thousands of killings were perpetrated," the prosecutor alleged of the campaign that targeted mostly poor men, often without proof they were linked to drugs. But Sara Duterte has said that the once wildly popular president is convinced that what the ICC did "was wrong and there is no case to begin with". Duterte's arrest on March 11 and rapid handover to the international tribunal came on the heels of his family's bitter falling out with his successor, President Ferdinand Marcos. Cracks began to appear in their alliance soon after Marcos teamed up with Sara Duterte to sweep the presidential and vice presidential elections in May 2022. The vice president quit her cabinet post as education secretary after being denied the defence portfolio, while Duterte himself began calling Marcos a drug addict. Last month, Sara Duterte was impeached by a pro-Marcos House of Representatives on charges that include an alleged assassination plot against the president. The outcome of her Senate trial will likely depend on the number of seats her allies win in May 12 mid-term elections. One of her party's candidates, former Philippine police chief and drug war enforcer Ronald Dela Rosa, says he expects to be arrested by the ICC next. The ex-president faces six months wait inside the United Nations' Scheveningen prison before his next scheduled court appearance on September 23. The court session will confirm the charges against him and allow him to contest the allegations. Chief ICC prosecutor Karim Khan has disclosed 181 unspecified items of evidence to the defence, led by British-Israeli lawyer Nicholas Kaufman. The prisoner is only allowed two visits per day -- a lawyer and a family member, said the vice president. "I urged him to write a book and then when you get out, we'll sell it and make money out of it," she said. cgm/cwl/pjm
