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: NO ICC arrest warrant for Bato dela Rosa An FB reel falsely claims that an arrest warrant for Sen. Bato Dela Rosa - top enforcer of the deadly drug war during the Duterte administration - has been issued by the ICC and sent to the Philippines. By VERA Files | May 2, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Claim that Robredo endorsed PDP-Laban senatorial bets MISLEADS A YouTube video claims that former vice president Leni Robredo has endorsed the senatorial bets of PDP-Laban. This is misleading. By VERA FILES | May 2, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Crowd did NOT chant ‘Marcos! Marcos!’ while VP Sara was speaking in Quiapo rally Netizens are circulating a clip from a campaign rally in Manila showing Vice President Sara Duterte before a crowd that supposedly chanted "Marcos! Marcos!" while she was speaking. The posts are misleading. By VERA FILES | May 2, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Pasig mayoralty approval rating survey FAKE There is no Pasig City mayoralty trust approval rating survey conducted and released by the Social Weather Stations, contrary to a Facebook post. By VERA Files | Apr 30, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK MALI-ta (Maling Balita) Minute: Disinformation tungkol sa disaster, Marcos admin at kay Duterte nagpayanig ngayong April! Na-fool ka ba ng mga maling impormasyon this April? Narito ang ilan sa mga disinformation na kumalat sa buwan na ito. Dahil hindi dapat araw-arawin ang April Fools! By VERA Files | Apr 30, 2025 | 1-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT SHEET: Ano ang big deal tungkol sa Google Maps at West Philippine Sea? Napansin ng news outlets at netizens noong Abril 14 na ang Google Maps ay may mas kitang-kita na label ng West Philippine Sea sa site nito. Ano ang big deal tungkol sa Google Maps at West Philippine Sea? Narito ang paliwanag ng VERA Files: By Kiara Ysabel Gorrospe | Apr 30, 2025 | 4-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Meta AI nagkamali sa pagpapaliwanag ng WPS sa Google Maps Maling iginiit ng Meta AI na ang Pilipinas ay may soberanya sa West Philippine Sea. Ang Pilipinas ay may mga sovereign rights, hindi soberanya, sa WPS. Ang dalawang konsepto ay hindi mapagpapalit. By VERA Files | Apr 30, 2025 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Tagle NOT elected pope Two online videos are spreading the false claim that Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle has been elected as the new pope. By VERA Files | Apr 29, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: NO Meta review of PH politicians’ socmed accounts for removal A Facebook reel claims that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg had said the tech giant is reviewing and will be disabling by next year social media accounts of all Philippine politicians. This is fake. By VERA Files | Apr 28, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT SHEET: What’s the big deal about Google Maps and the West Philippine Sea? News outlets and netizens noted on April 14 that Google Maps had more prominently labeled and displayed the West Philippine Sea (WPS) on its site. By Kiara Ysabel Gorrospe | Apr 26, 2025 | 4-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Comelec did NOT misprint numbers of PDP-Laban candidates A video claiming that the Comelec purposely printed the wrong ballot numbers of three PDP-Laban senatorial bets is false. The ballot used in the video is an outdated version previously released by Comelec in January. By VERA Files | Apr 25, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Meta AI errs in explaining WPS on Google map Meta AI incorrectly described the labeling of the West Philippine Sea on Google Maps an "assertion of the country's sovereignty." The Philippines has sovereign rights, not sovereignty, over features in the WPS. By VERA Files | Apr 25, 2025 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination 1 2 3 … 309 Older posts