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At a glance:
- Claim: Tagaytay City is under total lockdown as of March 18 or 19, according to varying posts.
- Rating: FALSE
- The facts: The Tagaytay City government has not announced a lockdown at this time. This claim was rehashed from an announcement posted in 2020.
- Why we fact-checked this: Posts containing this claim were spotted on Facebook by the Rappler fact check team.
Complete details:
Facebook users falsely claimed that Tagaytay City is under total lockdown as of March 18 or 19, according to varying posts.
These posts were spotted on Facebook by the Rappler fact check team.
This claim is false.
On March 18, the city government of Tagaytay made this clarification on its page: “Ang Pamahalaang Lungsod ng Tagaytay ay walang pahayag ng lockdown o pagsasara ng anumang bahagi ng Lungsod. Ang mga lumabas na post sa social media ay lumang post mula noong nakaraang taon (Marso 2020) at hindi sa kasalukuyan.”
[The city government of Tagaytay did not announce a lockdown or closing of any part of the city. The posts that have cropped up on social media is an old post from the past year (March 2020) and not at present.]
Several users had recirculated a post from March 2020, leading people to believe it was recently announced. Proud Caviteño, the page that posted this, warned users that it was not new and reminded them to check the date to avoid false information.
The city government also labeled a post with lockdown information as “fake news.”
Earlier, Rappler debunked a claim saying the province of Cavite is preparing for a total lockdown. The graphic used to circulate this claim was also rehashed from the past year. – Loreben Tuquero/Rappler.com
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