Claim: Vice President Ma. Leonor Robredo’s proposed Angat Buhay NGO plans to compete with the Department of Social Welfare and Development in the distribution of goods and services to victims of the Bulusan Volcano eruption.
Category: False
Complete details: In its Facebook post, an account called "We Are One Pilipinas" posted an infographic of the Department of Social Welfare and Development showing the details of the planned distribution of assistance for the Mount Bulusan eruption-affected residents. The user account then captions its post with: “Angat Buhay NGO plans to compete with DSWD? How will they do it?”
Why we fact check this: there is no basis for this accusation against the former presidential candidate, and this article tries to skew the perception of the reader.
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