FACT CHECK: Comelec backtracks on banning premature campaigning in 2025 polls
From saying it will ban premature campaigning in the 2025 polls, Comelec now says it cannot circumvent the 2007 law that repealed the restriction.
Claims by Public Figures
FACT CHECK: Marcos’ claim on ‘decreased’ poverty index in BARMM needs context
Poverty figures in the BARMM have, indeed, decreased since 2018. But it remains to have the highest poverty incidence in the country at 34.8% as of the first half of 2023, according to PSA.
FACT CHECK: Sen. Robinhood Padilla flip flops on political dynasties
Less than a month after saying that having three Dutertes in the 2025 senatorial race is “good news,” Sen. Robinhood Padilla filed a bill prohibiting political dynasties.
FACT CHECK: Marcos touts MISLEADING ‘bloodless’ drug war claim
President Ferdinand Marcos misleads with the claim that his administration’s drug war has remained “bloodless.”
FACT CHECK: Jay Sonza errs on conviction of France Castro, Satur Ocampo
A Tagum City RTC convicted ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro and former Bayan Muna representative Satur Ocampo for endangering the lives of minors, not kidnapping as claimed by former broadcaster Jay Sonza.
