Archive - FACT CHECK

An online video endorsing senatorial candidate Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go makes a sweeping claim about hunger and poverty that is not supported by data.

A story by website filipnews.org published on Nov. 30 claiming that a certain "Ka Tina" has been recruiting students to join the rebel New People's Army is fake news.

This story is false. Don't believe it.

Enrile in 2016 rejected the idea of same-sex unions.

He did in 2017.

A Dec. 2 story by website philippine-news.net that claims to have "dug up" and exposed Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV's alleged hidden wealth is fake news.

A recent story by website philnetizen.com that claims President Rodrigo Duterte's campaign against drugs has been blessed by Pope Francis mixes fact with fallacy.

Several Facebook pages and accounts have been spreading in a templated post last week a misleading story that claims 75 percent of Filipinos believe in the leadership of President Rodrigo Duterte.

How many Filipinos are slaves to shabu?

Three days after it published a report concerning Sen. Risa Hontiveros, which VERA Files found to be fake, website ddsnewsfiles.xyz published on Nov. 25 another fabricated story: one claiming that a commander of rebel group New People's Army said Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III is one of their financiers.

A report by website astignapinoy.net on Nov. 27 that claims Forbes said President Rodrigo Duterte has provided Filipinos "a sense of safety" is misleading.

An online post claiming that the Philippines and the People’s Republic of China have agreed on a 60-40 profit-sharing scheme on their joint oil exploration in disputed maritime areas is misleading.

An online post by a Facebook page currently circulating on social media which claims that the Metro Rail Transit Line 7 (MRT 7) is a project of President Rodrigo Duterte is misleading.

A story published on Nov. 20 by website citizenexpress.today claiming that an online poll revealed over 80% of Filipinos consider the Magdalo group as a terrorist organization is misleading.

He said the president 'doesn’t have money.'

Several social media pages shared on Facebook last week a fabricated story by website ddsnewsfiles.xyz claiming that President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the arrest of Sen. Risa Hontiveros for corruption during her term as director at the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation.

A netizen's online post last Nov. 18 claiming thousands of rubber slippers bearing the name of Vice President Leni Robredo were found in an abandoned camp of the New People's Army is erroneous.

An old video showing the 2008 acquittal of former First Lady Imelda Marcos from corruption cases is circulating on social media once again, apparently intended to mislead the public as it resurfaced on the same day the Sandiganbayan found her guilty of seven counts of graft.

In a Papua New Guinea speech, he repeated an earlier false claim that the EU created the ICC.

Website opinyonko.com revived Nov. 15 a misleading and previously debunked four-year-old claim about a "useless" footbridge constructed under the Aquino administration.

He recently said the Marawi crisis was 'not an overt act of rebellion.'

Website trendingbalita.online published on Oct. 28 a misleading report on how the University of the Philippines fared in the 2019 QS Asian University Rankings by mixing fact with opinion.

On the contrary, what it awarded Marcos is the record for holding the "greatest robbery of a government," which he has held since April 23, 1986.

A report published on Nov. 15 by website ddsonline.live claiming that President Rodrigo Duterte was named the new country coordinator of the ASEAN because of the group’s confidence in him is misleading.