{"id":929413,"date":"2021-10-27T17:43:57","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T21:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=929413"},"modified":"2021-10-27T17:43:58","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T21:43:58","slug":"fact-check-viral-facebook-post-claims-to-show-manila-bay-before-and-during-the-duterte-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-viral-facebook-post-claims-to-show-manila-bay-before-and-during-the-duterte-administration\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Viral Facebook Post Claims To Show Manila Bay Before And During The Duterte Administration"},"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-viral-facebook-post-claims-to-show-manila-bay-before-and-during-the-duterte-administration%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=929413&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--><div><\/div>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/edward.abad.12\/posts\/4644118618971795\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">viral Facebook post<\/a> shared over 600 times allegedly shows Manila Bay before and during the administration of&nbsp;Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: Misleading<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Both photos were taken during Duterte\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/edward.abad.12\/posts\/4644118618971795\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook post<\/a> uses the two pictures in an attempt to compare the cleanliness of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Manila-Bay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manila Bay<\/a> prior to Duterte\u2019s administration and during it. The top picture depicts a beach covered in trash, while the bottom one features a clean beach with people on it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMANILA BAY BEFORE AND CURRENTLY WITH PRES. DUTERTE\u2019S ADMINISTRATION,\u201d reads the Facebook post. \u201cLOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/03\/09\/fact-check-joe-biden-threaten-cancel-visas-philippines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did Joe Biden Threaten To \u2018Cancel All US Visas To Be Issued In The Philippines\u2019?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Duterte has served as president of the Philippines <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-36670012\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">since late June 2016<\/a>, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-58772586\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BBC News<\/a>. A reverse image search traced the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pna.gov.ph\/photos\/36803\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">top photo<\/a> back to July 2018, when the state-run Philippine News Agency posted it on its website.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTons of garbage washes ashore Manila Bay along Roxas Boulevard due to the southwest monsoon or habagat on Sunday (July 15, 2018),\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pna.gov.ph\/photos\/36803\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reads<\/a> the Philippine News Agency\u2019s caption of the picture. \u201cGarbage is still a major problem in the Manila Bay even as government personnel haul truckloads of trash during cleanup.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Like the top photo, the bottom image in the Facebook post was also taken during Duterte\u2019s presidency. It can be found on the website of the Philippines-based outlet ABS-CBN News, where <a href=\"https:\/\/news.abs-cbn.com\/amp\/spotlight\/10\/01\/20\/up-marine-scientists-explain-why-dumping-dolomite-cant-solve-manila-bay-problems\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the description<\/a> says it shows \u201ca view of the \u2018white sand\u2019 project in Manila Bay as it temporarily opens to public on September 19, 2020.\u201d The Philippine government brought in crushed dolomite to create a stretch of white sand beach in Manila Bay as part of a beautification project, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/news.abs-cbn.com\/news\/multimedia\/slideshow\/09\/19\/20\/look-manila-bays-white-sand-baywalk-temporarily-opens-to-the-public\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ABS-CBN News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Manila Bay\u2019s waters are often polluted with trash, oil and other items, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-philippines-environment-manila-bay\/polluted-stretch-of-manila-bay-gets-fake-white-sand-makeover-idUSKCN26A0L2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reuters<\/a>. For example, over 40 tons of trash were collected in early 2019 as part of a clean-up effort, the Straits Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/asia\/se-asia\/tons-of-garbage-removed-from-manila-bay-at-start-of-clean-up-drive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A viral Facebook post shared over 600 times allegedly shows Manila Bay before and during the administration of\u00a0Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.Verdict: Misleading Both photos were taken during Duterte\u2019s administration. 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