claim: vera files fact check: pacquiao is wrong; ph has been dealing with ‘coronavirus issue’ since january
summary: senator manny pacquiao claiming that the coronavirus issue had not come to the philippines until march, when the first recorded patient in the country was in january.
subject_description: senator manny pacquiao claiming the "coronavirus issue had not reached the philippines until mid-march"
Motive_Description: senator manny pacquiao claiming the delayed covid-19 presence in the philippines, perhaps for the sake of it.
author_description: senator manny pacquiao
keywords: coronavirus, philippines, manny pacquiao, aquino pimentel