MANILA, Philippines – A social media post showing an election campaign material of Senator Bam Aquino supposedly claiming credit for the cleanup of Manila Bay is false, a foreign news agency said on Friday. ADVERTISEMENTThe Agence France Presse (AFP) debunked a circulating Facebook post showing Aquino taking credit for the rehabilitation and cleanup of Manila Bay, which has been shared more than 2,000 times. #Support Bam.”The AFP said that a search of Aquino’s Facebook and Instagram account also revealed no campaign material on the Manila Bay cleanup drive. The AFP also said that a spokesperson from Aquino’s office told the news agency that they had not produced or issued the campaign material in which Aquino supposedly claimed credit for the Manila Bay cleanup drive. It was an edited version of one of our official posters that we released last October 2018.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer February 01, 2019 10:19 UTC