SunStar Davao did not resurrect old news about a 2021 quarantine, nor did the newspaper announce a quarantine for 2025 due to Mpox.
Netizens resurrected an old post dated June 2021 about a so-called MECQ (Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine) supposedly from June 5 to 20, 2025.
Some believed it as breaking news, others scolded SunStar for supposedly posting false information. Some were aware that the dates of posting were years ago – in June 2021 – during the COVID-19 pandemic.
We are fact-checking this post along with at least two other Facebook social media cards from the newspaper.
SunStar Davao has since clarified that the viral post was an old one, posted in June 2021. It encouraged its followers to check the dates of their posts to avoid misinformation.
Netizens likewise brought back two other pandemic-era posts and blamed SunStar Davao for supposedly causing panic.
The swarming happened from May 29 to 31.
As of May 31, 6 p.m., MindaNews monitored at least 876 social media users that made at least 784 comments using fact-checking tools. Mentioning others in the comments also contributed to the post’s virality.
According to the data MindaNews gathered on SunStar Davao’s publicly available comments, the first bump on the June 4, 2021 post was made on May 29, 2025, at 1:09 a.m.
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