Archive - FACT CHECK Year all all 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 Items per page 12 12 18 24 30 FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: FALSE post on Heidi Mendoza’s UN appointment resurfaces A false 2018 Facebook post of Bobi Tiglao claiming the late president Noynoy Aquino rewarded Heidi Mendoza with a United Nations nomination has resurfaced on social media. By VERA Files | Apr 11, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Claims Marcos was hospitalized due to kidney problem have NO BASIS Several posts on Facebook, YouTube and TikTok claimed that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was brought to the hospital for alleged kidney problems. These have no basis. By VERA Files | Apr 11, 2025 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Hungary’s ICC withdrawal NOT linked to Duterte’s arrest A YouTube video is claiming without basis that Hungary's withdrawal from the International Criminal Court was connected to the arrest of former president Rodrigo Duterte. By VERA FILES | Apr 11, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: NO Guinness World Record for Duterte birthday rallies; NO call from Vatican for release Netizens are circulating a graphic claiming that the gatherings for the 80th birthday of former president Rodrigo Duterte on March 28 received a Guinness World Record and that the Vatican urged the U.N. to have him released from the ICC. Both claims are untrue. By VERA FILES | Apr 10, 2025 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Elon Musk promising legal funds for Duterte FAKE Elon Musk did not promise to donate to Duterte’s legal defense fund on his social media accounts. VP Sara Duterte also said the family will not accept donations for expenses related to her father’s detention. By VERA Files | Apr 10, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: AI-GENERATED videos spread after Myanmar, Thailand quake Several videos online are showing AI-generated clips, not real footage taken during an earthquake event in Thailand. By VERA Files | Apr 10, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Clip of ICC president saying Court has no jurisdiction NEEDS CONTEXT ICC President Tomoko Akane was referring to the Court's lack of jurisdiction over the crime of ecocide, not its jurisdiction over the Philippines. By VERA Files | Apr 8, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Video of Catholic procession in Cebu PASSED OFF as prayer rally for Duterte Netizens are circulating a video of a penitential walk in Cebu City last January falsely claiming that it shows a pro-Duterte prayer rally. By VERA Files | Apr 8, 2025 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: ICC did NOT declare Duterte ‘innocent’ of crimes against humanity A Facebook reel falsely claims that ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan has declared former president Rodrigo Duterte "innocent" of crimes against humanity. By VERA Files | Apr 7, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: ‘Unmodified opinion’ of COA did NOT clear OVP of irregularities A Facebook (FB) post is falsely claiming the Commission on Audit (COA) found no irregularities in the utilization of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) budget, citing the “unmodified opinion” given by the commission to the OVP in 2023. By VERA Files | Apr 7, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Liza Marcos NOT detained in the US Two Facebook videos are claiming that First Lady Liza Marcos has been detained in the United States. This is false. By VERA FILES | Apr 7, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: ICC did NOT reject Duterte drug war case A video falsely claims that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has rejected the case against former President Rodrigo Duterte. The clip was from July 2023 when the Philippines’ appeal to stop the ICC's probe into Duterte’s drug war was rejected. By VERA Files | Apr 7, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination 1 2 3 … 307 Older posts
