Politics and government

“The Central Government allocated funds to the States on 05 January 2021 from the PM CARES fund, but the States failed to install the required oxygen plants”

FACTLY says: The PM CARES Fund Trust has allocated Rs.201.58 crores for the installation of 162 dedicated PSA Medical Oxygen Generation Plants to the Central Medical Supply Store (CMSS) (an autonomous body of the Ministry of Health …

“The central government had allocated funds to state governments for the setting up of oxygen plants.”

“A breaking news that President Rodrigo Duterte has warned China against claiming islands in the West Philippine Sea. Russia has also gotten angry at China.”

“My grandfather “suffered the indignity of being forced out of school as a third-grader to pick cotton, and never learned to read or write. … Our family went from cotton to Congress in one lifetime.”

Washington Post says: Against heavy odds, Scott’s ancestors amassed relatively large areas of farmland, a mark of distinction in the Black community at the time.

“An Italian lawmaker called for Bill Gates to be tried for “crimes against humanity”

“You know, listen: The president created a commission to look into this [whether to expand the number of seats on the Supreme Court], so I’m not going to get ahead of him on this issue. The president’s working on this, and as a member of the House, too, I’d let folks know that we have no jurisdiction over this. This falls directly to the Senate, so I’m going to let them, you know, deal with this.”

“Photo shows President Barack Obama posing with a 420 sign.”

PolitiFact says: The image was digitally altered. The original photograph was taken in Alaska in 2015 and shows that the sign’s number is 1961, not 420.

“President Rodrigo Duterte joined the United States (U.S.) in warning China about incursions in the West Philippine Sea”

“Image of Congress party office building in Wayanad”

FACTLY says: The image is actually of the Indian Union Muslim League party office in Kanhangad, Kerala. The painting of the ladder and the portrait of the man on the building indicates that the building is associated with IUML. The …

“Japan’s prime minister met with Vice President Kamala Harris holding a Trump 2024 sign and wearing a red baseball cap.”

PolitiFact says: This video was manipulated. Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga was not holding a Trump 2024 sign or wearing a red hat when he met with Vice President Kamala Harris.

“Photo of Manila Bay filled with garbage shows the body of water during the administration of former president Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III”

“Photo shows Bangladesh’s ruling party Awami League goons beating a man, who appears to be a Madrasa Student, at Brahmmanbaria district.”

“Bill Gates is going to block the sun”

MediaWise says: While Gates is one of SCoPex’s funders, the experiment is overseen by advisers run by Harvard. Additionally, the SCoPEx experiment will not actually block or dim the sun. Instead, the experiment will only release nontox…

“Video of Prime Minister Modi being criticised in Nepal Parliament”

FACTLY says: The video actually shows Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur constituency Congress MLA Jagat Singh Negi’s speech in the state assembly. Few news agencies reported the same video. Even HP’s Congress unit shared the same video on …

“Only about 6% of the president’s proposal actually goes" to infrastructure, meaning "water, wastewater ... highways, roads, bridges, perhaps broadband.”

FactCheck.org says: Thune’s low figure doesn’t hold up when we counted the very things that Thune describes as infrastructure, which add up to nearly 17% of the total spending.

“Arnell Ignacio cursed Vice President Leni Robredo and Sen. Kiko Pangilinan for spreading news that President Rodrigo Duterte is dead.”

“Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro “Teddy Boy” Locsin Jr. said Vice President Leni Robredo is “not essential” and “not a loss to the country” even if she dies.”

“President Rodrigo Duterte called Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and seated him at the Malacañang”

“Something less than 6% ... of this proposal that President Biden has put forward is actually focused on infrastructure.”

PolitiFact says: About 6% of the Biden proposal would pay for roads, bridges, and highways. But those aren’t the only types of public works that have traditionally qualified as “infrastructure.”

“Photo shows Philippine President Duterte on a wheelchair”

FactRakers says: It's an old, altered photo. The original shows Duterte on a motorcycle