FACT SHEET: Why is government underspending a problem?
The Department of Information and Communications Technology topped the list of agencies that had low fund use with only a 5.6% utilization rate.
Claims by Public Figures
FACT CHECK: Marcos’ claim on surge in rice prices contradicts EO
This contradicts Marcos’ Executive Order (EO) No. 39 which cited a report from the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Trade and Industry that “global events” have also influenced the price surge.
FACT CHECK: TikTok influencer echoes First Gen claim that natural gas is the ‘cleanest-burning of all fossil fuels,’ which needs context
The United Nations Environment Programme notes that methane is a hazardous gas and is 80 times more potent at warming the Earth than CO2 over a 20-year period.
FACT CHECK: Quiboloy falsely claims Commission on Human Rights ‘doesn’t pry’ into human rights violations of the New People’s Army
The CHR investigates killings allegedly committed by the NPA. It launched at least two probes in April this year, and another two in May and October 2022.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Former Philstar.com editor not a CPP-NPA-NDF operative, as Badoy claims without evidence
“I am also no longer an editor at Philstar.com. I resigned in June and my last day was July 24, so there is no basis to connect me to the story – which was a legitimate story, in any case – at all,” said Jonathan De Santos, the incumbent chairperson of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines.
