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  • 2019-02-20 (xsd:date)
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  • No, a banner saying belongings should be checked because there are many thieves was not hung at this campaign event for Philippine senatorial candidates (en)
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  • A photo which has been shared hundreds of times on Facebook shows a banner saying belongings should be checked because there are many thieves which was purportedly displayed at a campaign event for senatorial candidates endorsed by the political party of Sara Duterte, daughter of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. The image has been doctored, original pictures and videos of the event show no banner with this message was hung at the venue. The photo, which can be seen here and here on Facebook, shows a packed event with a banner hanging over a stage, above a poster bearing the faces of the senatorial candidates. Here is a screenshot of one of the Facebook posts: (Screenshot of Facebook post) The text in the banner at the top of the photograph says: REMINDER: Always check your belongings, there are many thieves here. The status here when translated to English, says: Dear Fellow Filipinos: THERE ARE MANY! You may say WE WERE NOT INFORMED! STUPID VOTERS BEWARE! #Nothingtosay #Weknowthis #SilentNoMorePH In the misleading posts, the banner was circled, as were the faces of several senatorial candidates including (from left to right): former special assistant to the president Christopher Lawrence Bong Go, former senator Jinggoy Estrada, Imee Marcos, incumbent governor of the northern province of Ilocos Norte, and former senator Bong Revilla. All the candidates are endorsed by Hugpong Pagbabago, the political party of Duterte’s daughter. Go faced a Senate probe in 2018 for allegedly meddling in a $310 million-navy frigate deal. Estrada faces a plunder case for allegedly misusing at least 180 million pesos of a Priority Development Assistance Fund when he served as senator from 2004 to 2012. Revilla also was charged with plunder but was acquitted on December 1, 2018 by the country’s anti-graft court. The ruling said however, that the accused in the case must return some 124.5 million pesos in public funds. Revilla has said he will not return the money. Marcos is the daughter of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos. Her mother, Imelda, was convicted of graft by the Philippines’ anti graft court on November 9, 2018 for funneling $200 million to Swiss foundations when she was still governor of Metro Manila in the 1970s. The court verdict said that her children had benefited from these foundations. But a video of the February 12, 2019 campaign event showed that no such banner was hung at the venue. This video was shot by CinEmotion Digital Films, a production company which has shot videos of events and programs of the Duterte government. Below is a screenshot taken from the video : (Screenshot of video ) Here is a different video of the campaign event taken from Revilla’s official Facebook page. The stage can be seen 22 seconds into video: Pictures shared by CinEmotion and tweeted by one of the senatorial candidates in the lineup, Cynthia Villar, also showed that there was no such banner at the venue. ICYMI: Day 1 of campaign with #HugpongNgPagbabago ? Maraming salamat, Pampanga! ? #MisisHanepBuhay #CynthiaVillar pic.twitter.com/qqh8V5CZP1 — Cynthia Villar (@Cynthia_Villar) February 12, 2019 A reverse search found the doctored photo first appeared on a satirical Facebook account called Malacañang Events and Catering Services , where it had been shared more than 4,000 times. Comments like the one below indicate that many Facebook users believed the banner had been placed at the event: (Screenshot of comment) This one, when translated to English, says: Ahahahaha, what, they intentionally put it there because they know the administration candidates will come? (Screenshot of comment) (en)
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