“Photo shows Martin Romualdez in a hospital bed alongside Rodrigo Duterte sleeping under a mosquito net in the same room.”
What Vera Files found
This AI-generated image creates a deceptive scene mocking the high-profile arrest of former House speaker Martin Romualdez. While Romualdez was indeed served a plunder warrant at Cardinal Santos Medical Center, the scene was synthetically expanded to include former president Rodrigo Duterte sleeping under a mosquito net in the same room.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 8 September 2026. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 21 September 2026, 13 days later. Its rating was “Fake”.
Where the claim appeared
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This check was done by Vera Files, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.