Archive - FACT CHECK

At least three Facebook videos wrongly claimed that Sen. Risa Hontiveros called President Bongbong Marcos immature, following his administration’s decision to disengage with the International Criminal Court.

PSA said food inflation has slowed down to 6.7% in June 2023 from 7.5% in the previous month. However, it is still higher than the 6.4% recorded food inflation in June 2022.

A Facebook video supposedly showing fatal landslides and floods this year in India is making the rounds. The clips shown were from 10 years ago. 

Multiple impostor pages rehashed a warning of Dr. Willie Ong against fake products to fool people into buying an unregistered barley grass supplement. 

Photos from old Philippine Coast Guard operations were used to falsely claim that they recently nabbed a Chinese crew illegally fishing in Tawi-Tawi. 

A Facebook video claiming to show footage of severe flooding in South Korea last week used clips taken at different years and locations.

A Facebook video erroneously claimed that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has ordered the arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte.

Philippine Statistics Authority national statistician Claire Dennis Mapa reported on May 11 that the 6.4% GDP growth in the first quarter of 2023 was “the lowest growth registered after seven quarters when the country started to recover from the pandemic in the second quarter of 2021.”

A Facebook video claims that Ilocos Norte Rep. Sandro Marcos chastised reporters who were asking about President Ferdinand Marcos’ SONA speech. Not true.

A Facebook video claimed that members of the LGBT community were invited to Malacañang last month for the first time in history. This is not true.

This month, Facebook is abound with websites and pages endorsing serums that supposedly treat skin conditions and irregularities. The products are fake.

Netizens are still sharing a two-month-old fake ad claiming that geriatrician Gary Sy promoted Glufarelin, a milk supplement that allegedly cures diabetes.