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: 1.4 million people overvoted for senators on May 12, NOT 16-17 million Posts online are claiming that over 17 million Filipinos overvoted on May 12. Comelec said the actual figure is only 1.4 million. By VERA Files | May 23, 2025 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Post on Marcoleta’s free electricity promise NEEDS CONTEXT A Facebook post claims that monthly electricity bills of P2,000 and below are now free of charge, citing Senator-elect Rodante Marcoleta's campaign promise. This needs context. By VERA FILES | May 23, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Vic Rodriguez video supporting VP Sara’s impeachment FALSE Netizens resurfaced an out-of-context video of former executive secretary Vic Rodriguez supposedly calling Sara Duterte's impeachment. By VERA Files | May 23, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT SHEET: Mula Maynila hanggang The Hague at balik sa Davao: Magagawa ba ni Duterte? Sa pagkakakulong ni dating pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa kustodiya ng ICC, lumutang ang mga katanungang legal sa gitna ng walang katulad na mga kondisyon noong siya ay nahalal bilang alkalde ng Davao City noong Mayo 12. By Psalm Mishael Taruc | May 23, 2025 | 5-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Marcos NOT ‘original author’ of free college tuition law Several videos claiming that President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos is the "original author" or the one behind the Free College Tuition Law are circulating online. This is false. By VERA FILES | May 22, 2025 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT SHEET: From Manila to The Hague and back to Davao: Can Duterte swing it? With former president Rodrigo Duterte detained in ICC custody, legal uncertainties rose amid unprecedented conditions when he was elected mayor of Davao City in the May 12 midterm elections. By Psalm Mishael Taruc | May 22, 2025 | 5-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Trillanes NOT appointed as new DILG secretary Posts on Facebook and Threads falsely claimed that former Sen. Antonio "Sonny" Trillanes IV will be appointed as the new DILG secretary. By VERA FILES | May 22, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Barangay and SK polls NOT moved to October 2027 A Facebook reel claimed that the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections this December were moved to October 2027. This is misleading. By VERA FILES | May 21, 2025 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: The ICC prosecutor DOES have witnesses on Duterte drug war case The ICC prosecutor has been working with witnesses in its investigation into Rodrigo Duterte's drug war, contrary to the claim of a pro-Duterte vlogger. By VERA Files | May 21, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: DepEd did NOT abolish Kinder, Grade 11 A graphic circulating on Facebook claims the DepEd will no longer accept kindergarten and Grade 11 students. This is fake. By VERA FILES | May 20, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: NO BASIS for Duterte’s possible return to PH on May 31 Claims that former president Rodrigo Duterte might return to the Philippines on May 31, the birthday of his daughter, Vice President Sara Duterte, have no basis. By VERA FILES | May 20, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Leila De Lima is NOT going back to jail A truncated news clip is circulating on Facebook, claiming falsely that the Court of Appeals has ordered Leila De Lima to return to jail. This is misleading. By VERA FILES | May 20, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination 1 2 3 … 314 Older posts
