VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB pages, netizens FALSELY claim only 43.3M voted in last elections
According to the Comelec’s recent data, more than 65.7 million Filipinos registered to vote and 83% of them cast their votes in the May 9 elections.
Online Posts
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcoses DON’T own GMA stocks
A Facebook video used an old report of a 2007 petition by Sen. Imee Marcos, which claimed the Marcos family owned a third of GMA Network, Inc. This is false.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Claim that Ferdinand Marcos Sr. is the wealthiest man in the world has NO BASIS
Dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. Marcos was never recognized or named in any list as the “wealthiest person in the world.”
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Claim that SC junked petitions vs Marcos FALSE
The Supreme Court has yet to decide on the outcome of these petitions and is currently on writing break and will meet again en banc next month.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Mandatory ROTC for Grades 11 and 12 NOT yet a law
No such bill making ROTC mandatory has been passed. Both Houses of Congress need to pass a bill on third reading, reconcile both versions, and ratify the final measure before transmitting it to the President for signing into law.
