Claim: A rare photo of Vice President Ma. Leonor ‘Leni’ Robredo was armed and in camouflage during the Marawi siege.

Rating: False

Complete details: A Facebook post shows a photo that supposedly shows incumbent Vice President and 2022 Presidential candidate Ma. Leonor ‘Leni’ Robredo in a military uniform and holding a rifle, further claims that this was taken in Marawi City during the 2017 siege by Islamic militants.

A rare photo of Vice President Ma. Leonor ‘Leni’ Robredo was armed and in camouflage during the Marawi siege is fake and was edited using a free app called "Reface app".

Why we fact-check this: Altered photos are the same as fake news which attempts to mislead, mock, or fool the viewer.

(The Mindanao Gold Star Daily is part of the more than 100 organizations online initiative from media, coalitions, civil society, business, academe, law, and the religious sector called ‘#FactsFirstPH.’ The initiative aims to collectively push for truth-telling and debunking lies through four steps: fact-checking by news organizations; networking by civil society and grassroots groups; research and analysis by academic institutions; and seeking accountability by lawyers’ groups.)

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