Claim: Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu inaccurately claimed that the Philippines was a commonwealth of the United States  when the Spanish flu ravaged the world in 1918.
Fact-check: VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Cimatu falsely claims PH was an American Commonwealth during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic
Verdict: environment secretary roy cimatu inaccurately claimed that the philippines was a commonwealth of the united states  when the spanish flu ravaged the world in 1918.
Organisation: VERA Files
Author: Unknown
Date published: 2020-07-03T15:50:00