MindaNews fact-checked posts on Facebook that former President Rodrigo Duterte is dead. These are fake news.
was posted by Facebook user Random POST. It shows President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Vice President Sara Duterte and other Philippine officials sprinkling holy water on a flag-draped casket. Marcos is also shown delivering a eulogy.on 28 August 2023 where Marcos delivered a eulogy. The manipulated video had been played 4,100 times on TikTok. Random POST has 4,700 followers on Facebook.The video, which had 62,000 views as of June 20, is a clickbait.
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