{"id":1476820,"date":"2022-05-16T13:44:40","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T17:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1476820"},"modified":"2022-05-16T13:45:03","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T17:45:03","slug":"fact-check-were-the-kuwait-towers-lit-up-to-celebrate-the-election-of-ferdinand-marcos-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-were-the-kuwait-towers-lit-up-to-celebrate-the-election-of-ferdinand-marcos-jr\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Were The Kuwait Towers Lit Up To Celebrate The Election Of Ferdinand Marcos Jr.?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-were-the-kuwait-towers-lit-up-to-celebrate-the-election-of-ferdinand-marcos-jr%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1476820&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/aggTW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> purportedly shows two towers in Kuwait lit with green and red lights in celebration of Ferdinand \u201cBongbong\u201d Marcos Jr.\u2019s victory in the 2022 Philippines presidential election.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7429480\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7429480\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Facebook\/Screenshot<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><span>Verdict: False<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The photo predates Marcos Jr.\u2019s election by several years and shows buildings illuminated to celebrate the United Arab Emirates\u2019 National Day.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Fact Check:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Marcos Jr. and his running mate Sara Duterte won the Philippines\u2019 recent presidential election in a landslide, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/asia-pacific\/20220509-ferdinand-marcos-jr-wins-landslide-election-victory-in-the-philippines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">France 24<\/a>. He has since received congratulations on his victory from world leaders such as President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping, the outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/live-news\/20220512-us-china-congratulate-marcos-for-philippine-election-win\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One image shared on Facebook claims to show two towers in Kuwait lit with green and red, the colors of Marcos Jr.\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bongbongmarcos.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">campaign<\/a>, in recognition of the electoral victory. \u201cKuwait celebration BBM SARAH FOR THE WIN,\u201d reads the May 9 Facebook post\u2019s caption.\u00a0The image appears to show Kuwait City\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kuwaitembassy.az\/index.php\/travel-and-culture\/why-visit-kuwait\/30-kuwait-towers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kuwait Towers<\/a>.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/05\/13\/fact-check-philippines-election-vote-count\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Altered Image Shows Fake Vote Count In Philippines\u2019 2022 Presidential Election)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A reverse image search reveals the photo was shared online long before Marcos Jr. won the presidency in 2022. It can be found in a 2016 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kuwait.upto.date\/photos\/a.181058088617326\/1231016516954806\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook post<\/a> from the Kuwaiti news outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kuwaitup2date.com\/?fbclid=IwAR3LXmTDEVwhV2SjO_7u1G84-jz0JdUP-PzOYCj20zxy7mekPfDZ9F5p7KM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kuwait UpTo Date<\/a> with a caption that reads, \u201cKuwait Towers Celebrating UAE National Day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The public holiday is <a href=\"https:\/\/u.ae\/en\/information-and-services\/public-holidays-and-religious-affairs\/public-holidays\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">observed<\/a> annually in the UAE in December. Images of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/United-Arab-Emirates-flag-of-the\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Emirati<\/a> flag are visible on the towers.<\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact found no credible news reports about the towers in Kuwait being lit to celebrate the election of Marcos Jr. There is no mention of such a demonstration on the Philippine Embassy in Kuwait\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/kuwaitpe.dfa.gov.ph\/newsroom\/press-releases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PHinKuwait\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PHinKuwait\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">media<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/phinkuwait\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posts<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook purportedly shows two towers in Kuwait lit with green and red lights in celebration of Ferdinand \u201cBongbong\u201d Marcos Jr.\u2019s victory in the 2022 Philippines presidential<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":1483256,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1476820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1476820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1476820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1476820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1483256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1476820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1476820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1476820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}