BAGUIO CITY, Philippines. (The Adobo Chronicles, Baguio Bureau) – It is still being investigated but the Baguio Chronicle is reporting that the float of “Martyr or Murderer” was not an official entry in last Sunday’s Panagbenga Grand Parade. How the float managed to gate-crash the event remains a mystery.
Many netizens who saw the posted fact check however disputed it, saying that the subject float was actually that of the Baguio City Bureau of The Adobo Chronicles.
Is this then a case of fake news, satire or a figment of the imagination?
No comment yet from Darryl Yap, Imee Marcos or the city’s tourism office.
RAPPLER’S TWEET:
In a tweet dated May 6, Rappler shared photos of 30-year-old Antonio Esquelador with the Mayon volcano as backdrop and described him as “a scholar of Vice President Leni Robredo for the last five years.” Esquelador is a man born without legs.
Rappler said Esquelador Jr. of Barangay Puro, Legazpi City, was making his way through 5 kilometers to join the May 6 Albay grand send-off for Robredo.
CHALLENGED:
As reported by the Philippine News Agency, Commission on Higher Education chairperson J. Pros Pero “Popoy” de Vera questioned Rappler’s tweet.
De Vera pointed out that Esquelador was actually a Tertiary Education Subsidy (TES) beneficiary under Republic Act 10931 or the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education (UAQTE) law.
RA 10931, signed by President Rodrigo Duterte in 2017, helps qualified disadvantaged students and those residing and studying in cities and municipalities without public universities to support their studies.
In view of the foregoing , The Adobo Chronicles tags the Rappler tweet as:
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