Claim: A video shows a “chaotic” crowd at a rally held against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in Manila.
Rating: FALSEWhy we fact-checked this: The video bearing the claim has already received 399,000 views, 8,400 reactions, 1,900 shares, and 852 comments as of writing. It was posted on November 8 and continues to gain traction.
The crowd can be heard chanting “Duterte!” during the protest. Text on the Facebook reel reads, “Wala sa news! Philippines Manila updates today!!! Bulag pipi at bingi na si BBM matatapos ang taon walang makukulong kahit isa.”
(Not in the news! Philippines Manila updates today!!! [Bongbong Marcos] has become blind, mute, and deaf. The year is ending, and not a single person has been jailed.)
Additional text overlaid on the reel reads, “Grabe sobrang gulo. Ngayon lang to.”
(It’s incredibly chaotic. This has never happened before.)
Some Facebook users in the comments believed the video did show a protest against Marcos, with some questioning why the supposed protest was not reported on mainstream news agencies.
The facts: The video does not show an anti-Marcos rally in Manila in November 2026. It shows footage of a protest in Kathmandu, Nepal, in September 2025. The original video on TikTok also revealed that the crowd was not chanting the Duterte name while protesting.
Fact-checking organizations have already discredited previous false posts misrepresenting videos of protests in Nepal as rallies in the Philippines. In November 2025, AFP Fact-check debunked a November 2025 post using the same video and falsely labeling it as an anti-corruption rally in the Philippines.
The user who posted the TikTok video told AFP that he was the one who filmed the footage of a “GenZ” protest against the government from his office on Madan Bhandari Road in Kathmandu, Nepal.
FactRakers also debunked the same post in November 2025, referencing Google Maps’ Street View images. Key landmarks, including the footbridge, traffic control booth, and the Parliament’s perimeter fence, show that the protest happened along Madan Bhandari Road in Kathmandu, Nepal, and not in Manila.
Protests: No major rallies directed against Marcos have been held as of November 2026. Instead, the current rallies focus on US President Donald Trump’s scheduled visit to the Philippines from November 16 to 18 for the 49th Leaders’ Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and related meetings. (READ: [Rappler’s Best] Who’s coming to town?)
Activist group Gabriela staged a rally on November 9, and some groups are also set to hold a protest during the summit.
Previous fact checks: Rappler has fact-checked similar misrepresented videos of protests:
- FACT CHECK: Nepal protest, Trillion Peso March misrepresented as recent rallies in PH
- FACT CHECK: Videos of La Naval procession, Nepal protests misrepresented as rallies in PH
- FACT CHECK: INC rally misrepresented as protest against VP Sara arrest warrant
- FACT CHECK: Video of Peñafrancia procession misrepresented as rally in Metro Manila
– Angelee Kaye Abelinde/Rappler.com
Angelee Kaye Abelinde is a student journalist based in Naga City, and an alumna of Rappler’s Aries Rufo Journalism Fellowship 2024.
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