VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Facebook DID NOT remove ‘unsend a message’ feature
A vlogger claimed in a video that Meta has removed the option to delete messages sent between two users on Facebook Messenger. This is false.
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Raffy Tulfo NOT expelled from the Senate
A YouTube video falsely claims that President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos and Rep. Rodante Marcoleta had Sen. Raffy Tulfo removed from the Senate.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Posts about a 206-year-old Tibetan monk being the oldest person in the world NOT TRUE
Facebook (FB) pages and groups shared photos supposedly of a 206-year-old Tibetan monk discovered in a state of deep meditation in Nepal in January. Not true.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: DepEd to revise, NOT abolish K to 12
Sara Duterte announced during the presentation of the Basic Education Report 2023 that the DepEd will revise the K to 12 program, not abolish it.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FALSE video of 399-year-old woman’s death spread online
Netizens, including Filipinos, are sharing and interacting with a Facebook (FB) Reel falsely stating that a 399-year-old woman recently passed away. There is no one on record who has yet reached that age and the person in the video was actually a 109-year-old man.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Remulla skips context on Philippines’ membership in the ICC again
Article 127, paragraph 2 of the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the ICC, states that a country that has withdrawn is not cleared of its obligations for incidents that occurred during its membership. The Philippines officially became a member of the ICC in November 2011, thus binding the country to the treaty’s provisions until its official withdrawal on March 17, 2019.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos wrongly states that PH is ‘leading’ in economic recovery in Asia-Pacific, world
According to the World Bank, indicators of economic recovery include a rebounding GDP, decreasing unemployment rate and stabilizing inflation rate. The Philippines does not lead the Asia-Pacific region in any of these indicators.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Remulla falsely claims ICC has no member in ASEAN
Contrary to Remulla’s statement, Cambodia and Timor-Leste are signatories to the International Criminal Court (ICC).
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Posts FALSELY claim Tulfo abolished K to 12 program
Posts circulating on Facebook claim Sen. Raffy Tulfo has taken action to abolish the K to 12 education system. This is not true.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos presidency NOT predicted by Nostradamus
A video repeats an untrue claim that a 16th-century astrologer Nostradamus predicted President Bongbong Marcos’ win in the 2022 elections.
