VERA FILES FACT CHECK: SATIRE post on Bongbong-Sara caravan misleads
Several netizens believed the satirical page was a legitimate news organization and accused it of “biased” reporting.
Monthly Archives: December 2021
A corporate cloud over the right to health
Despite more than half a century’s worth of evidence detailing tobacco’s deadly health consequences, the tobacco industry still lures millions of people worldwide and remains deeply entrenched in society, thanks to a strong political lobbying and well-funded marketing to interfere with public health campaigns.
Bong Go is not a modern-day Andres Bonifacio
When he announced that he was withdrawing from the 2022 presidential race, Sen. Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go somehow likened himself to Andres Bonifacio whom he described as "the president who never was."
SC declares two provisions of the ATA unconstitutional, upholds the rest
The Supreme Court declared two provisions under the contentious Republic Act (RA) 11479 or Anti-Terrorism law unconstitutional but left the other controversial issues intact.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Claims that Comelec junked disqualification petitions vs Marcos FALSE
The two videos carried similar headlines but different contents to support their false claims.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Claim that foreign donations for Yolanda victims unaudited FALSE
Based on its 2014 report, COA created audit teams that focused on the sources and receipt of foreign aid, the release of local funds by the budget department and other offices, the inter-agency transfer of funds, procurement and logistics, and the distribution of goods and services.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: The Marcoses did NOT win all cases filed against them
The Marcoses lost several court cases before the Supreme Court and the Sandiganbayan.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: This is a 2018 video shot in Malaysia, NOT a pro-Marcos rally
The fake clip was shared from a Dec. 1 post of Facebook (FB) page BBM for President. It bore TikTok’s watermark and was originally uploaded by user mbfcel, but said copy had been taken down.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Online posts on adverse reactions in WHO’s VigiBase NEED CONTEXT
The data is insufficient to establish a causal link between the vaccine and the reported adverse reactions.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Filipina vlogger’s claim on vaccines causing COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations FALSE
According to the Department of Health and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. CDC), none of the approved vaccines against COVID-19 contains the live virus that causes the illness. Hence the vaccines cannot cause COVID-19 positive cases.
