FACT CHECK: Duterte is wrong; Spanish flu outbreak did not precede WWI
President Rodrigo Duterte erred in claiming that the Spanish flu pandemic happened before the First World War (WWI) started in 1914.
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Roque repeats false claim that PH was ‘first’ to impose COVID lockdown in Southeast Asia
Taking off from erroneous assertions of President Rodrigo Duterte, Palace Spokesperson Harry Roque has claimed that the Philippines was the “first ever” country to declare a lockdown in the region in a bid to control the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB posts red-tag ABS-CBN journo with 2013 safety training photo
Two Facebook (FB) pages red-tagged Rowena “Weng” Paraan, head of ABS-CBN’s citizen journalism arm Bayan Mo, Ipatrol Mo, by using a seven-year-old photo of her conducting a safety training for fellow journalists in Mindanao and falsely claiming it showed wounded communist rebels in the mountains.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Sonza misinterprets DOH data on new COVID-19 cases in NCR
DOH data show that the rate of increase in the total number of confirmed cases in NCR from May 16 to May 17 is less than 2.21 percent, far from Sonza's claim of 83 percent.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: PH has no ‘one franchise, one channel’ policy
Estrellita Juliano-Tamano, president of the Federation of International Cable TV and Telecommunications Association of the Philippines (FICTAP), falsely claimed that media network ABS-CBN violated the law for broadcasting on multiple channels under one franchise.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte’s claim on getting virus samples from cadavers needs context
President Rodrigo Duterte’s remark about horses developing immunity through the injection of blood from deceased coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients needs context.
FACT SHEET: It’s a cloud formation, not a volcanic eruption
It was not an eruption. Mt. Halcon is not a volcano.
FACT CHECK: Palace changes tune on Tagle’s Vatican appointment
After claiming that Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle was kicked out as archbishop of Manila for “politicking,” Malacanang is now "thanking” him for the recognition his recent Vatican appointments has brought to the country.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Jay Sonza shares fake ‘ABS-CBN’ post on GCQ guideline for senior citizens
Adding fuel to calls for the nonrenewal of ABS-CBN’s legislative franchise, former broadcaster Jay Sonza published as true a satirical post claiming the network reported that senior citizens would be allowed to go out of their house under the general community quarantine (GCQ) only "if they are accompanied by their parents."
FACT CHECK: No, study does not say coconut oil can kill ‘93%’ of colon cancer cells in 2 days
A misleading article from 2018 with a headline saying consumption of coconut oil can eliminate “93%” of “colon bad cells” in two days has recently been resurrected and shared on social media. It also makes a number of inaccurate claims.
