Tulfo, Gomez heated exchange used to promote crypto website

A Facebook page posted a photo of congressmen Erwin Tulfo (ACT-CIS Partylist) and Richard Gomez (Leyte, 4th District), claiming the two argued after the latter accidentally exposed a secret government-backed income program during a plenary session. This is false.

Published on May 5, the post alleged that the income program, accessible only to government insiders and select elites, allows users to earn between Php 15,000 and Php 30,000 per month.

Packaged like a news report, the fake post bore a caption that read:

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Tulfo and Gomez did not argue over such an income program.

The photo was a screenshot from a House of Representatives session on Dec. 16, 2024, where the two were in a heated argument over the amendment of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2022.

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