FACT CHECK: No survey conucted in Cebu – Pulse Asia

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Pulse Asia Research President Ronald Homes says no survey was conducted in Cebu for the gubernatorial race

Claim: Pulse Asia Research Incorporated conducted a survey in Cebu with 1,200 respondents in key cities, towns and municipalities, which resulted in a majority vote in favor of Cebu gubernatorial candidate Pamela Baricuatro.

Rating: FALSE

Why we fact-checked this: Facebook page Cebu News Updates, and other similar social media pages posted alleged survey results from Pulse Asia Research Incorporated on Sunday, May 11, only a day before the May 12 poll day.

The post claims that they had conducted the survey from May 5 to 10 and came up with results that had an alleged margin of error of around 2%. The results showed Duterte supporter and Cebu gubernatorial candidate Pamela Baricuatro getting 82% of the vote, while reelectionist Cebu Governor Gwen Garcia got 12%.

Cebu News Updates caption also included “factors” to Garcia’s alleged low rating, which include the controversial sale of P20 per kilo rice at the Cebu Provincial Capitol on May 1, and Garcia’s refusal to concede to a suspension order issued by Ombudsman Samuel Martires against her.

As of this writing, the shares of the post of Cebu News Updates has reached beyond 250, with more than 1,400 reactions, and 170 comments.

The facts: Pulse Asia Research President Ronald Homes said in a Facebook post on Sunday, May 11, that their organization did not conduct any survey in the province of Cebu.

“Our organization did not conduct any survey in Cebu province.  Once again, we denounce the false information being peddled by partisan groups,” Holmes said in his statement.

Holmes urged fact-checkers from different news organizations to assist in labeling the social media posts with the fabricated Cebu gubernatorial race surveys as fake. 

False survey results: A similar false claim misrepresenting another Pulse Asia survey regarding local races in Mindanao was recently debunked by Rappler.

Election fact checks: Rappler has also fact-checked several election-related claims:

• FACT CHECK: Local surveys showing Duterte family, others winning, are fake — Pulse Asia
• FACT CHECK: Davao City pre-election survey attributed to OCTA Research is fake
• FACT CHECK: Pasig City mayoral, vice mayoral survey circulating online is fake 
• FALSE: Marcos Jr. leads in Bloomberg survey on best candidate to lead economic recovery

– Rappler.com