VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: Interpreting the president, until now…
When President Rodrigo Duterte speaks, his men scramble to clarify — or they try. Sometimes, their explanation supports the president’s statements; often, it contradicts.
Yearly Archives: 2019
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Aquino MISLEADINGLY dragged into Manila Water-Maynilad issue
This story is misleading. Don't believe it.
ICC warrant of arrest for Duterte may be issued end of 2020
The Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Court may wrap up its preliminary probe on President Duterte’s drug war sooner than expected.
More on Bato visa ban and ARIA
Remember this photo of Senate President Tito Sotto and Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa watching the Las Vegas fight between Senate colleague Manny Pacquiao and American boxer Keith Thurman fight at a theater in Rockwell last July?
Enacting speed limit ordinances a long way to go
Speeding is the biggest contributor to road fatalities in the Philippines, officials say, but they also acknowledge that speed limit enforcement in the country is poor.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte misinforms public on juvenile justice law
President Rodrigo Duterte misinforms the public anew in saying that the Juvenile Justice Welfare Act allows 15-year-olds to go “scot-free” no matter the crime.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Does eating hot dogs really cause cancer?
The write-up misleadingly equates the effect of eating three pieces of hot dogs to smoking a pack of cigarettes when it comes to acquiring cancer.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Ang pagkain ba ng hot dog ay nakaka-kanser?
Isang artikulo na isang taon nang online, na nag-rehash sa isang 2015 Facebook (FB) post ng magazine health show ng ABS-CBN na Salamat Dok, ang nakaliligaw na ipinarehas ang epekto ng pagkain ng tatlong piraso ng hotdog sa paninigarilyo ng isang pakete ng sigarilyo pagdating sa pagkakaroon ng cancer.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Report claiming eating too much hot dogs may cause blood, stomach cancer MISLEADING
This story is misleading. Don't believe it outright.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Netizen posts FABRICATED Ferdinand Marcos quote card on ‘media shutdown’
No records show the ex-president making such a statement.
