supporter President Ferdinand Marcos misrepresented a photo of a crowded Vietnam road, depicting the Philippines during his presidency, Rodrigo Duterte. These posts mislead images compared to one of the busy Manila highways in May 2025.
The Misleading Collage was posted on Facebook on May 28 by a content creator who previously shared Pro-Marcos error messages debunked by AFP.
The post has two photos, one showing a deadlock intersection marked “Dutt Time.” This contrasts with the photo of the second ordered traffic marked with the “PBBM Time” using the abbreviation of the current leader.
Screenshot of misleading post taken on June 6, 2025
The post received over 30,000 reactions, comments and stocks and was distributed elsewhere on Facebook, X and Tiktok.
Marcos swept into power in 2022 after joining forces with the Duterte Family that year, but the league began to collapse almost immediately (a saved link).
Duterte's daughter, Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment, and subsequent arrests and transfers of the former president, broke out this year in an open war to face charges in the International Criminal Court linked to his deadly war on drugs.
Comments show people seem to believe this statement – users appreciate Marcos, whose popularity has dropped dramatically after the stunning arrest of the deputy deputies and the ex (link to archive).
One person wrote: “'du-dirty' has caused a lot of confusion. PBBM is now fixing these issues.”
Another wrote: “It is obvious that under PBBM, there is change and people are more disciplined.”
However, the Philippines did not take photos of large congestion.
A reverse image search for images marked “Duter Time” found it showing the impasse in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam (archive link).
The Chinese state-owned media organization, the Chinese media organization, published the photo and the National News Agency, which uses credit as the newest.
Its title is: “Photo taken on September 8, 2015 shows traffic congestion on a major road in Hanoi, Vietnam. Heavy rains occurred in Hanoi early Tuesday morning, leaving several streets in Hanoi and causing traffic congestion during peak hours. [Photo/Xinhua]. ”
Comparison of screenshots of misleading images (left) and original photos (right)
The area where the deadlock occurred was the intersection of Le Van Luong and Nguyen Tuan streets seen on Google Maps (Archive Link).
Screenshots of Hanoi intersection on September 8, 2015 (left) and satellite view on Google Maps (right)
The second traffic photo attributed to the Marcos administration was taken from a video clip released on May 26, when the government resumed the “Contactless Arrest Policy (NCAP)” of the motorist in the Philippines’ capital who used CCTV to detect traffic violations (archive link).
The text covered on the video says: “Now / May 26, 2025, Commonwealth / ncap.”
Commonwealth Avenue is the most extensive highway in the country, with a lot of traffic every day (archive link).
Comparison of the looping Facebook post (left) and screenshots of the image source (right)
Tiktok edits similar scenes on Commonwealth Avenue published by local broadcasters GMA News, Net25 and Manila Development Authority (government agencies manage traffic in Manila (here, here and archive here).
June 6, 2025, titled “Abuse”
