Fact Check: Duterte Not Back in PH; Old News Clip Misrepresented
False information claiming former President Rodrigo Duterte has returned to the Philippines is circulating online. A manipulated news clip, edited out of context from a GMA News report, is being used to spread this falsehood, while Duterte remains in the custody of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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