A news card targeting Quezon City congressmen for allegedly misusing infrastructure funds uses an old photo of the MRT-7 construction to falsely depict an unfinished project in one of the city’s congressional districts.
The card posted on April 13 by the Davao City-based Facebook page Balitang Metro shows MRT-7’s construction site with the accompanying text:
Budget ng QC congressmen para sa imprastraktura, umabot sa bilyones — halos kalahati, hindi pa nakompleto o “unfinished” (The infrastructure budget of QC congressmen reached billions — almost half are not yet completed or unfinished)
The material misleadingly suggests that the project shown is still unfinished. In truth, it shows a portion of the MRT-7 project of San Miguel Corp. and the Department of Transportation, which would connect San Jose del Monte, Bulacan to North Avenue, Quezon City.
A Google reverse image search found the photo of the construction site for MRT-7’s station in Quezon City appeared in a Rappler article on Feb. 28, 2020.
As of April 2025, uncompleted infrastructure projects across all six districts in Quezon City are said to amount to ₱14.3 billion. The news card features Arjo Atayde (District 1), Ralph Tulfo (District 2), Franz Pumaren (District 3), Marvin Rillo (District 4), Patrick Michael Vargas (District 5) and Marivic Co-Pilar (District 6) who are all seeking reelection in May.
Balitang Metro’s post has garnered around 1,500 reactions, 447 comments and 344 shares.
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