VERA FILES FACT CHECK: No, Jessica Soho did not interview Marcos Jr. in 2016
Contrary to Magno’s claim, Soho did not interview Marcos Jr. in 2016 when he was then running for vice president, according to GMA-7.
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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Ex-PCOO consultant, netizens post MISLEADING Robredo quote on ‘Biden, CIA’
A graphic featuring Vice President and presidential candidate Leni Robredo’s partial answer to a question in a radio interview was uploaded by several Facebook (FB) accounts, including an FB page of a former Palace media consultant, to make her look dumb. It is misleading.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte repeats wrong claim that youth offenders go scot-free
Discouraging Filipinos to vote for opposition senator and vice presidential aspirant Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, President Rodrigo Duterte again made false claims about the Juvenile Justice Welfare Act that the former had authored.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Jay Sonza falsely claims Robredo’s daughter skipped quarantine
Former broadcaster Jay Sonza incorrectly claimed that a daughter of Vice President Leni Robredo skipped community quarantine after arriving from abroad and later testing positive for COVID-19.
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Ang Mamatay Nang Dahil Sa …? What court documents say about Rizal’s trial and execution
Two days before the nation welcomes another year, Filipinos will commemorate Jose Rizal’s execution on Dec. 30, which the late president Emilio Aguinaldo first declared a holiday on Dec. 20, 1898.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Former spox Roque’s claim on health care law authorship needs context
Roque is only one among over a hundred other lawmakers listed as authors of the measure.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Robredo changes tune on NTF-ELCAC’s mandate
From calling the mandate of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) a “duplication of efforts,” Vice President Leni Robredo now says she is "all for [the agency's] mandate and functions."
FACT CHECK: Isko wrongly claims no ICC signatories assert the Philippines’ arbitral win
Manila City Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso, who is running for president in the May 2022 elections, falsely claimed that no member state of the International Criminal Court (ICC) asserted the 2016 arbitral award on the South China Sea dispute that invalidated China’s expansive claims in the maritime area.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte walks back on declaring Marcos Jr. a ‘capable’ successor
Two days after Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio publicly confirmed her partnership with presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. for the 2022 elections, President Rodrigo Duterte expressed his dismay over the team-up.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: SMNI News wrongly claims Marcos earned ‘bachelor’s degree’ from Oxford
Sonshine Media Network International (SMNI) News, the news broadcasting arm of televangelist Apollo Quiboloy, erroneously reported that presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. “passed” his bachelor’s degree in social studies at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.
