VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte errs on COVID-19 response timeline, pandemic history
President Rodrigo Duterte made two inaccurate claims on the government’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response and the world’s history of past pandemics.
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Roque errs in COVID-19 data, wrongly classifies countries in WHO regional grouping
When asked to clarify some discrepancies in the numbers on the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque insisted on inaccurate data he earlier presented to the media and erroneously said those were for member-states of the Western Pacific region of the World Health Organization (WHO).
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Cimatu falsely claims PH was an American Commonwealth during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic
Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu inaccurately claimed that the Philippines was a commonwealth of the United States (U.S) when the Spanish flu ravaged the world in 1918.
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: No such thing as ‘cancer-free,’ oncologist says
On June 8, several netizens, including Pinoy Ako Blog author Jover Laurio, pointed out seemingly contradicting statements from San Juan City Mayor Francisco Zamora, who recently referred to his wife as a “stage 3 breast cancer patient” after claiming seven months ago that she was already “cancer free.”
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Kennedy scion falsely claims US-made dengue vaccine wrongly used on Filipino children, worsening their conditions
Lawyer and environmentalist Robert Kennedy Jr., nephew of the late United States President John F. Kennedy, wrongly claimed that a dengue vaccine developed by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) was administered on children in the Philippines, making them more sick and even causing deaths.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Former NCCA chair, netizens mislead with outdated photos of Chinese flags in Cavite
At least two Facebook (FB) pages and six private netizens, including former National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) chair Felipe Mendoza de Leon, reuploaded as new a photo from July 2019 showing flags of China and the Philippines supposedly hanging along the roads of Carmona, Cavite.
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.
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.
