Rappler's latest stories on hoaxes
FALSE: Bela Padilla dies after being gunned down in car
Padilla is alive and has been active on social media platforms. The video used for the fake claim leads to a GMA News report on a shooting incident of a different woman.
FALSE: Piolo Pascual dies in carjacking incident
The video clip in the claim is from a 2015 news report on a different carjacking incident
FALSE: Dwayne Johnson dies in June 2020
The celebrity is still alive. There is also no official report of Johnson’s death from BBC News, the source cited by the posts.
FALSE: Sarah Geronimo's mother Divine 'takes own life'
The video for this claim in suspicious websites maliciously uses a clip from a 2014 news report about an entirely different death
Student arrested in Cebu for posting viral kidnapping hoax
The student will face cybercrime charges for the hoax post that went viral on Facebook
9 celebrity deaths that have been proven false
Gary Valenciano, Claudine Barretto, and Bamboo are still alive – don't fall for these celebrity death hoaxes!
U.S. energy secretary falls for Instagram hoax
Rick Perry reposts a message claiming a 'new Instagram rule' exists allowing the social media site to 'use your photos,' according to images of the since-deleted post on his account
WATCH: Say what? Don't be fooled by false quotes – here's how
Not all quotes on the web are correctly attributed – here's how you can tell fact from fiction
New Zealand police launch probe into bomb hoax that closed Dunedin airport
A New Zealand Defense Force ordinance team is brought in to neutralize the object, but the airfield didn't reopen until Monday morning
HOAX: CHR 'offers help' to Ateneo bully
The Commission on Human Rights says it did not issue such statement, and the supposed 'spokesperson' in the claim does not exist
HOAX: Miss Universe ‘bans’ mixed-ethnicity Filipinos from competing
There are no official changes to the rules of the Miss Universe competition or the Binibining Pilipinas pageant
HOAX: Ateneo to ‘delete all videos of bullying incident’
The school has not publicized any plans to delete the videos of their former student bullying others
HOAX: Ateneo bully’s 'address' posted by ex-UNTV manager Jay Sonza
The address that is circulating on social media belongs to a school, chapel, and home of a senior pastor and his family
HOAX: ISIS ‘spreading AIDS’ through vaccinations at health centers
The Department of Health says ‘this kind of rumor does nothing but erode public trust in vaccines’
HOAX: Hontiveros says Ateneo student was ‘practicing taekwondo, not bullying’
Sentaor Risa Hontiveros has called out the claims as incorrect
HOAX: Pope Francis 'agrees' with Duterte, 'slams' abusive priests
The claim as contained in a blog post's headline is not supported by the article text itself
HOAX: Pangilinan, Hontiveros 'file bill to abolish 13th month pay'
The claim is posted on Adobo Chronicles, which claims to be a satire blog
HOAX: Ronald dela Rosa 'held at airport,' 'persona non grata' in U.S.
A Facebook user supplies an unsubstantiated caption for some pictures of the ex-Bureau of Corrections chief and 2019 senatorial aspirant who went to the United States
HOAX: 'US diplomat' says Balangiga Bells were returned 'because of Duterte'
“Nobody but nobody should ever claim success for that," President Rodrigo Duterte says
HOAX: Kenyan gov't 'erects Duterte statue'
The image of the supposed statue used in the claim is actually that of former president Ferdinand Marcos in Ilocos Norte
HOAX: Risa Hontiveros files bill moving senior citizens’ age to 65
The senator has debunked the claim in March 2017 in her official Facebook page
HOAX: Abu Sayyaf leader Radullan Sahiron 'already surrendered'
Joint Task Force Sulu, through its official Facebook page, says Radullan Sahiron remains at large
HOAX: CHR chair says 'rights of NPA rebels should not be violated'
'The quote is a work of fiction,' says Commission on Human Rights Chairperson Chito Gascon
HOAX: ‘Ninoy, Cory, and Noynoy’ book ‘pulled out’ due to low sales
'We hope people will not politicize a children’s book,' says an associate publisher from Summit Books
HOAX: Robredo photo with 'a cop who killed Kian delos Santos'
The man shown in a photo with Vice President Leni Robredo is a former Uber driver, not a cop involved in Kian delos Santos' slay
HOAX: Senator Tito Sotto 'tagged' as financier of NPA rebels
There is no mention of Senate President Sotto in the embedded video
HOAX: Marcos gold bars, jewelry ‘taken by Aquinos,’ opposition
The Marcoses’ ill-gotten wealth has been proven in courts and the wealth recovered is accounted for by the PCGG
HOAX: Trillanes ‘demands to deactivate social media accounts of Duterte supporters’
Senator Trillanes denies making this statement. The websites that posted the claim failed to indicate the source of the claim.
HOAX: Imelda Marcos convicted on law that 'doesn’t exist'
RA 3019 or the 'Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act' is still in effect
HOAX: Mislatel 'already installed' a submarine cable in November 2018
The Philippine DICT and China Telecommunications Corporation, which is part of the Mislatel Consortium, signed a letter of intent only on November 20
HOAX: Vatican ‘prohibits’ priests, nuns from joining political rallies
Nuns and priests are not excommunicated for joining political rallies, according to the CBCP
HOAX: Teddyboy Locsin ‘forced to falsify’ report on Jabidah Massacre upon Ninoy’s order
The massacre is well-documented. Locsin himself tweeted in 2016 that it was authorized by an officer in the defunct Philippine Constabulary.
HOAX: 'US Senator' Richard Black calls Duterte a ‘druglord’
(UPDATED) In the embedded interview video, the Virginia State Senator did not mention this term
HOAX: Foreign Minister Wang Yi claims Benham Rise as 'Chinese territory'
There is no official document, press release, or news report containing this quote
HOAX: Angat Buhay houses in Marawi have no water and power supply
(UPDATED) Photos sent to Rappler by the program's lead coordinator show that there is both water and power supply
HOAX: Photo of ‘newest’ airport in Manila
The thumbnail of the video is a design of Dalian airport in China. Meanwhile, the proposed airport in Bulacan has yet to begin construction.
WATCH: How to check if a report is a hoax
Here's what you should look out for when reading news on the internet
HOAX: 'New MRT3 trains from Japan' besides Dalian trains
There are no new Japanese trains, only a Japan-funded rehabilitation for MRT3
HOAX: Trump ‘supports’ Sara Duterte for ‘2022 presidential run’
The picture of US President Donald Trump ‘supporting’ Sara Duterte is a manipulated 2015 photo taken in New York City
HOAX: ‘Yolanda rehabilitation funds used by dilawans - UN’
The embedded video is a news report on the United Nations on the slow release of funds to rebuild homes post-Yolanda
HOAX: Photo of Marawi housing projects
It's a stock photo used by a number of American companies
HOAX: Pope Francis excommunicated Fr. Robert Reyes
The original content is posted by a website that labels itself as satire but has a history of posting content that fooled readers
HOAX: Bam Aquino’s ‘quote’ on Boracay rehabilitation
The quote is fabricated, says the senator's office
HOAX: Alejano's 'quotes' on Bong Go
Magdalo Representative Gary Alejano says the quotes are fake and part of black propaganda ahead of the 2019 elections
HOAX: COA 'flags unliquidated funds of Mocha Uson, Alan Peter Cayetano'
Audit reports do not contain the claim by Facebook page Silent No More PH that Mocha Uson and Alan Peter Cayetano had 'unliquidated funds' before they resigned from PCOO and DFA, respectively
HOAX ALERT: 'Quotes' by celebrities, world leaders on President Duterte
We compile online posts that contain fake or non-existent 'praises' or statements supposedly about Duterte
HOAX: Photo of houses in ‘Marawi rehabilitation project’
The photo used is a 2011 post-earthquake ‘container temporary housing’ in Japan
HOAX: Philippines 'acquires' new amphibious tanks from Japan
The tanks will be used only for joint military exercises with the United States and Japan
HOAX: Bam Aquino's 'quote' on Dengvaxia
The quote and the graphic it was placed on are fabricated
