False2026-11
What is circulating
“Malacañang ordered a 50-kilometre-long, 80-storey velvet curtain to be put up in Metro Manila to hide poverty ahead of the November 2026 ASEAN summits.”
Claimed by Facebook page CEBU KNOWS · social media
The facts
Neither Malacañang nor the Metro Manila Development Authority announced any such curtain; official briefings covered logistics and security for the 16 to 18 November summits at the Philippine International Convention Center. VERA Files traced the post to an earlier satirical item, yet it drew more than 108,000 reactions and many commenters took it as real.