Archive - FACT CHECK Year 2018 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 CHECK: Jay Sonza WRONGLY gives Duterte sole credit for country’s first ‘landport’ Former newscaster Jay Sonza has wrongly credited the Duterte administration solely for establishing the country’s first integrated land transport terminal, the Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange. By VERA FILES | Nov 14, 2018 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Angara wrongly claims Pacquiao first Filipino to speak at Oxford Union Sen. Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara falsely claimed fellow senator Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao is the first Filipino to speak before the Oxford Union. By VERA FILES | Nov 13, 2018 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Report claiming FVR said Duterte should ‘step down’ FALSE A Nov. 9 report by website duterteforever.net claiming that former president Fidel V. Ramos called on incumbent chief executive Rodrigo Duterte to step down from his post is not true. By VERA FILES | Nov 13, 2018 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Report about Bush praising killings in Duterte’s drug war based on a FALSE claim by Duterte A report by website newzinsiderz.info last Nov. 6 claiming that formerUS President George W. Bush was in awe of President Rodrigo Duterte's bloody war on drugs is based on a false claim. By VERA FILES | Nov 10, 2018 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA Files FACT CHECK: Website claiming Duterte one of ’10 greatest current presidents’ MISLEADS A story published Nov. 3 by website newsanchor.info that lists the "10 greatest current presidents," among them President Rodrigo Duterte, is misleading. By VERA FILES | Nov 10, 2018 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte falsely claims there are no killings in Davao City President Rodrigo Duterte wrongly claimed there are no killings in Davao City as he underscored the importance of peace for economic progress and enjoined members of the New People’s Army to return to the fold. By VERA FILES | Nov 9, 2018 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Online post claiming Aquino admin sold Spratlys to China FALSE A netizen's online post last Oct. 28 claiming that the administration of former President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III sold the Spratly Islands to China is false and misleading. By VERA FILES | Nov 6, 2018 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Online post on Diokno’s list of ’causes of inflation’ MISLEADING A netizen's month-old online post currently circulating on social media which claims that Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno attributed recent inflation rates to rice hoarding, price hikes on oil and vegetables and "economic sabotage" by oligarchs is misleading. By VERA FILES | Nov 6, 2018 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Report about poll results showing 85% of Pinoys ‘have no trust’ in Robredo FALSE A report by website citizenexpress.today published last Nov. 2 claiming that a recent poll showed more than 85% of Filipinos have no trust in Vice President Leni Robredo is false and misleading. By VERA FILES | Nov 6, 2018 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte’s claim about his salary still inaccurate It's the fourth time he has understated his pay by VERA Files Fact Check’s count. By VERA Files | Nov 6, 2018 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Online post insinuating opposition involvement in Dengvaxia mess MISLEADING A two-month-old online post currently making the rounds on social media that implicates several members of the opposition, mostly from the Liberal Party, in the Dengvaxia vaccine controversy is misleading. By VERA FILES | Nov 6, 2018 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Panelo contradicts Duterte on military ‘takeover’ of customs The president explicitly said customs officials will be replaced by members of the military. By VERA Files | Nov 6, 2018 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte FALSELY CLAIMS the EU created the ICC President Rodrigo Duterte wrongly claimed at least twice last month that the European Union created the International Criminal Court. By VERA FILES | Nov 1, 2018 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Report claiming Robredo and Roxas have left LP NOT TRUE This story is false. Don't believe it. By VERA FILES | Nov 1, 2018 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Ex-CFO chief MISLEADS with wrong figures on Marawi rehab aid Imelda Nicolas posted wrong amounts of foreign aid for the rehabilitation of war-torn Marawi City. By VERA FILES | Nov 1, 2018 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Report claiming ‘over 10,000 Chinese military’ are in Manila FALSE This story is false. Don't believe it. By VERA FILES | Nov 1, 2018 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Report claiming Imelda Marcos world’s richest female billionaire UNTRUE No, Imelda Marcos is not the richest woman in the world. By VERA FILES | Oct 29, 2018 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Online post about Grace Poe’s ‘million dollar’ US home FALSE and OUTDATED An old, erroneous report by website opensourceinvestigations.com about the "luxury American home" of Sen. Grace Poe is circulating on social media again. By VERA FILES | Oct 29, 2018 | -minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 2 3 4 5 6 … 22 Older posts