VERA FILES FACT CHECK: OLD Senate hearing footage tagged as breaking news
The posts was falsely labeled “breaking news."
Monthly Archives: April 2021
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Photos of barefoot workers in noodle factory NOT of local bihon producer
A reverse image search revealed that the pictures were taken at least six years ago in southern China.
Post-Mauro case: DFA yields to POEA jurisdiction over diplomats’ household staff
The controversial case of former Philippine ambassador to Brazil Marichu Mauro has been resolved for over a month now, but the fallout from the messy affair continues to haunt the men and women ofthe Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Mali si Badoy; Hindi sinabi ng mga korte ng PH na walang ‘red-tagging’
Bilang sagot sa pagkondena ng apat na senador sa "red-tagging" ni National General Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) Director General Alex Monteagudo sa unyon ng mga empleyado ng Senado, sinabi ni Communications Undersecretary Lorraine Marie Badoy na ang mga korte ng Pilipinas ay nagpasiya na “walang red-tagging.” Hindi totoo ang sinabi ni Badoy.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Badoy is wrong; PH courts did not say ‘red-tagging’ is nonexistent
Reacting to the condemnation by four senators of National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) Director General Alex Monteagudo’s “red-tagging” of the Senate employees’ union, Communications Undersecretary Lorraine Marie Badoy falsely claimed that Philippine courts already ruled that there is “no such thing as red-tagging.”
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Locsin DID NOT say Robredo is not essential, her death not a loss to the country
Locsin, who was referred to in the quote card as a “diehard Duterte supporter,” made no such derogatory comment toward Robredo.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Robredo and Pangilinan DID NOT say Duterte is dead
The two senior officials have spread no such news.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Palawan Express cash giveaways FAKE
In an email to VERA Files Fact Check, the Palawan Pawnshop Group—the name and photo of which is being misused by the scammer—has denied that it is connected to any raffle offering P30,000 to 50 people and P50,000 to 100 people in exchange for load or any other product.
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Paano nadidiskubre ng Pilipinas ang mga bagong SARS-CoV-2 variant
Pumasok ang ikalawang quarter ng 2021 sa Pilipinas na may record na bilang ng mga kaso ng coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Higit 864,000 na sa kasalukuyan, tinatayang aabot sa isang milyon ang bilang ng local coronavirus infection sa buong bansa sa pagtatapos ng buwan sa pagtataya ng isang research group.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Bongbong Marcos NOT back in Malacañang
This is all concocted. President Rodrigo Duterte has not called Marcos to install him in Malacañang to replace Vice President Leni Robredo.
