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#FactCheck: A Facebook reel claiming Vietnamese Prime Minister Le Minh Hung refused to grant loans to President Bongbong Marcos Jr. due to corruption in the Philippines is FALSE. Official records from the Viet Nam Government Portal confirm no such statement was ever made. #PressOnePH

#FactCheck: An AI-generated graphic with a manufactured quote attributed to Sen. Mark Villar, falsely insinuating that he had publicly criticized the Senate minority and the vice president, has been racking up significant engagement on social media. #PressOnePH

#FactCheck: A Facebook post claiming that Vice President Sara Duterte was “free now” after a court lifted her arrest warrant left out a crucial fact: the warrant was lifted because she posted bail, not because the grave threats case against her was dismissed. #PressOnePH

#FactCheck: A viral Facebook graphic claiming Malabon Rep. Antolin “Lenlen” Oreta wished death upon Vice President Sara Duterte is fake. Oreta personally denied issuing the statement, and legislative records confirm no such remark was ever made. #PressOnePH

#FactCheck: A Facebook graphic claiming Russian President Vladimir Putin offered assistance in the case of the late Ateneo student-athlete Rene Baterbonia is fake. Official Kremlin records show no such statement was ever made, and the image falsely used the logo of the Russian Mission to the OSCE to fabricate official credibility. #PressOnePH

#FactCheck: Pictures of Sen. Robinhood Padilla reading a book made the rounds on social media, particularly Facebook. Various iterations of the photo surfaced, likely manipulated by artificial intelligence, including a version of him reading a book about Albert Einstein. #PressOnePH

#FactCheck: A Facebook post with an AI-generated graphic falsely claimed that Davao City did not receive national funding for four years under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. #PressOnePH

#FactCheck: Palace Press Officer Claire Castro did, in fact, make the remarks regarding how some teachers influence behavioral issues in students during a press briefing on Aug. 18. This fact-check verified the authenticity of the viral statement and did not assess the truthfulness or validity of the claim she had made about teachers. #PressOnePH

#FactCheck: A viral quote card falsely claims MMDA GM Nicolas Torre III said the 911 hotline responds in five minutes. Torre denied issuing the statement and no record supports it. #PressOnePH

When TB medicines run short, patients may be forced to interrupt or delay treatment, increasing the risk of drug resistance and transmission while shifting costs onto families. #PressOnePH