Netizens are sharing online a video from a penitential walk in Cebu City last January and falsely claiming that it shows a prayer rally for former president Rodrigo Duterte.
On March 29, a Facebook (FB) page posted fourteen seconds of drone shots of the crowd of supposed “Duterte supporters.” It carried the text:
“Cebu City Gathers For a Massive Solidarity & Prayer Rally on Tatay Digong’s Birthday — March 28!”
The same day, a reader forwarded a copy of the post to the VERA Files Misinformation Tip Line for verification.
The video was first posted on March 21 by another FB page – WanderLens Aerials – only bearing the caption:
“PRAYERS FOR FPRRD. CEBU, PHILIPPINES.”
Four days later, the latter FB page clarified in the comment section that its post was “for illustrative/entertainment purposes only and does not depict an actual event.“ However, other netizens continued to repost copies of the video with false context, with some claiming the parade was for Duterte’s birthday or that it happened in Davao.
These posts are false. The video shows devotees during the Walk with Mary procession in Cebu City in January.
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