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VERA Files is a verified signatory to the International Fact-Checking Network. It is also part of Meta's third-party fact-checking program that aims to fight misinformation and disinformation spread on the internet. With support from the National Endowment of Democracy, the team tracks and debunks false claims, flip-flops, misleading statements of public officials and figures.

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FACT CHECK: Marcos’ claim on ‘decreased’ poverty index in BARMM needs context

By VERA Files

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Jul 26, 2024

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2-minute read

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.

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FACT CHECK: Sen. Robinhood Padilla flip flops on political dynasties

By VERA Files

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Jul 26, 2024

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2-minute read

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.

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FACT CHECK: ‘Bacoor flood’ photos NEED CONTEXT

By VERA Files

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Jul 25, 2024

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2-minute read

Amid Typhoon Carina's onslaught, FB posts circulated claiming to show the flood situation in Bacoor, Cavite. The photos used were from 2018.

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FACT CHECK: Netizens fall for MISLEADING Xi Jinping ‘stroke’ photo

By VERA Files

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Jul 24, 2024

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2-minute read

A photo showing Chinese President Xi Jinping with his eyes closed is being circulated in social media to claim that he suffered a stroke this month. This is misleading.

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FACT CHECK: Marcos touts MISLEADING ‘bloodless’ drug war claim

By VERA Files

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Jul 24, 2024

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2-minute read

President Ferdinand Marcos misleads with the claim that his administration’s drug war has remained “bloodless.”

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Read Our Fact Checks in Filipino

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FACT CHECK: PEKE ang ‘Ayala Corporation’ ad tungkol sa cryptocurrency

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FACT CHECK: HINDI pinatalsik sa pagkasenador o ikinulong si Lito Lapid

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FACT CHECK: PEKE ang ipinakakalat na anniversary promo ng Jollibee

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FACT CHECK: HINDI bawal sa airport ang chocolate 

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FACT CHECK: Mga picture ng pagpapadala ng America ng mga kagamitang pansundalo, sa Ukraine at HINDI sa Pilipinas 

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Teaching of human rights in PH stuck in infancy stage; advocates cite youth’s role in promotion

"When youth are involved in matters relating to them or concerning them, decisions are better informed and hopefully, outcomes are more inclusive." —Sarah Jane Elago, former Kabataan Partylist representative (from UP IHR Human Rights Education in PH Public Forum)

By Nikki Shane Pillejera

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Jul 26, 2024

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4-minute read
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Can 3 high-ranking PNP officials get out of ICC ‘suspects’ list?

Former senator Antonio Trillanes IV said the formal naming of the five former and current PNP officials in Duterte’s drug war probe puts them in the “blue notice” of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol).

By Ellen Tordesillas

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Jul 26, 2024

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4-minute read
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Team Philippines sa The Hague: Sa Manlulupig, ‘Di Pasisiil

Gugunitain ngayong Hulyo 12 ang ikawalong anibersaryo ng pagkapanalo ng Pilipinas laban sa China sa arbitral ruling sa The Hague noong 2016.

By VERA Files

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Jul 10, 2024

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1-minute read
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