A Facebook (FB) page has made it appear that Vice President Leni Robredo brought more reporters to cover the turnover of a small number of donated construction materials to typhoon victims. The post gave deflated numbers on the distributed materials.
In a Feb. 6 post, FB page The publisher wrote:
“vp leni nag donate ng tatlong kilong pako | 20 na dos por dos at limang yero | habang kasama ang sang katirbang media
(VP Leni donated three kilograms of nails, 20 pieces of 2”x2” lumber and 5 sheets of corrugated GI sheets | while accompanied by a ton of reporters).”
In support of the claim, the post uploaded an Inquirer.net photo shot a day earlier during Robredo’s turnover of shelter starter kits to 50 families in Barangay Gil Montilla, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental. Beneficiaries were residents whose homes were ravaged by Typhoon Odette (international name: Rai) last December.
Millie Kilayko, president of nonprofit organization Negrense Volunteers for Change (NVC) Foundation, told VERA Files Fact Check via email that these were the materials that comprised a shelter starter kit received by each of the beneficiaries:
- 73 pieces of 2”x3”x8” coconut lumber
- 16 pieces of fiber cement boards, and
- 11.2 kilograms of nails.
Read the full story on VERA Files Fact Check.
