VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB posts offering ‘assistance’ with SIM registration are SCAMS
Several posts on Facebook are offering help to netizens in registering their SIM cards online. These are scams.
User need Archives
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Claim about not taking medicine for diarrhea NEEDS CONTEXT
An alternative medicine practitioner advised people not to take medicine when suffering from diarrhea or loose bowel movement. This needs context.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: CNN Philippines, DOH disown FAKE exposé on ‘hidden hypertension cure’
Several netizens are spreading links to a counterfeit “CNN Philippines” news report on a hypertension cure deliberately concealed from patients.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Neypro 1 Gold is NOT approved by FDA
Neypro 1 Gold is not on the Food and Drugs Administration’s (FDA) list of certified products as advertised.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FALSE advice about taking daily showers reemerges
A netizen reshared a five-year-old video which claims taking a shower daily negatively affects the body. This is not true, according to dermatologists.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Another FAKE ad uses Doc Willie Ong’s name to promote weight loss cereal
An impostor FB page using the name of Dr. Willie Ong posted a video promoting a cereal product that allegedly helps consumers lose weight.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Bogus CNN PH pages being used to promote FAKE diabetes cure
Impostor CNN Philippines webpages are advertising a "drug" for diabetes that allegedly normalizes blood sugar levels within 10 minutes.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FAKE DOH advisory on ‘respiratory infection’ in China circulates
A bogus warning attributed to the DOH supposedly cautions the public against an antibiotic-resistant “upper respiratory infection” from China.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: How to check for satire?
Here are three tips to discern whether an online post is satirical or not.
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Anim na maling kuro-kuro tungkol sa arbitral award ng Pilipinas sa South China Sea
Anim na taon matapos ang tagumpay ng Pilipinas sa arbitral tribunal laban sa China tungkol sa South China Sea, marami pa ring mis- at disinformation ang kumakalat tungkol dito.
