“The Philippines was a commonwealth of the United States during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic.”
Roy Cimatu
Environment Secretary. Claim dated 22 Jun 2020.
Vera Files rated thisFalse
What Vera Files found
The Philippines became a commonwealth of the U.S. only on Nov. 15, 1935 -- more than a decade after the Spanish flu pandemic.
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In short
Roy Cimatu (Environment Secretary) made this claim around 22 June 2020. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 3 July 2020, 11 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://youtu.be/hkIIUqA2T0g?t=3379
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