Archive - FACT CHECK Year 2017 all 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 Items per page 18 12 18 24 30 FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Plaza Moriones in Intramuros What is Plaza Moriones and why do we need to talk about it? By VERA Files | May 12, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Cayetano tells UN Duterte admin has ‘zero tolerance’ for police abuse Does the Duterte admin have ‘zero tolerance’ for police abuse as Cayetano says? By VERA Files | May 11, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Can Duterte invoke territoriality on matters related to crimes specified in the Rome Statute? President Rodrigo Duterte cited the principle of territoriality when asked if the International Criminal Court (ICC) has the jurisdiction to look into his alleged involvement in the “continuing mass murder in the Philippines.” By VERA Files | May 11, 2017 | 4-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT SHEET: At least how many laws are violated in the PNP’s secret jail cell? Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Ronald De La Rosa backed his men in the controversy over a secret jail cell, supporting them in their decision to “maximize space” inside an already overcrowded jail in Tondo, Manila. By VERA Files | May 6, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT SHEET: West Philippine Sea tensions and the Arroyo presidency What do tensions in the West Philippine Sea have to do with the Arroyo administration? By VERA Files | Apr 26, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: No tension in South China Sea during Arroyo administration? Was there no tension over the South China Sea during the nine-year Arroyo administration? By VERA Files | Apr 22, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Does Saudi Arabia provide 80% of the Philippines’ oil? During his business trip to the Middle East, President Rodrigo Duterte thanked Saudi Arabia for its contributions to the Philippine economy: jobs for Filipino workers and oil supply. By VERA Files | Apr 22, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Abella’s statements vis-a-vis what the surveys say VERA Files annotates what Abella says about the surveys with what the surveys actually say, to show which parts are precise and which not so. By VERA Files | Apr 21, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Gina Lopez’s figures on family-initiated Ugong Rock don’t match official ones In her bid to promote ecotourism as the alternative to mining, Environment Secretary Gina Lopez cites as a success story Ugong Rock Adventures. By VERA Files | Apr 20, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Is it still necessary for the Philippines to claim Benham Rise? On four occasions the past week, President Rodrigo Duterte said he will file a claim on Benham Rise and he will rename it “Philippine Ridge.” By VERA Files | Apr 17, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Can the Philippines sell its islands to China? Can the Philippines sell its islands to China? By VERA Files | Apr 17, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Does Metro Manila have the ‘world’s largest homeless population’? Militant group Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (Kadamay), a group fighting for free housing for the poor, says Metro Manila has the most number of people without homes in the world. By VERA Files | Apr 12, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: How much does President Duterte earn monthly? President Rodrigo Duterte made a fuss about the relatively low pay he has been receiving as president of the country. By VERA Files | Apr 11, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Are atheists not bound by family laws? Defending House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez from possible disbarment due to infidelity, President Rodrigo Duterte said non-Christians such as atheists are exempted from the “rules of the number of women (one) can have.” By VERA Files | Apr 8, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Duterte’s oxygen concentrator Photos of President Rodrigo Duterte showing a blue contraption beside his bed in his residence in Davao City surfaced online on his birthday on May 28. By VERA Files | Apr 7, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Is Davao City ‘relatively safe’? President Rodrigo Duterte said Davao City is ‘relatively safe’. Is it? By VERA FILES | Apr 7, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Is Davao City’s economic growth unprecedented in the country’s history? Is the president correct in saying that Davao City's growth is “unprecedented”? 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