Archive - FACT CHECK

Filipino senior citizens will not be receiving P6,000 monthly pensions, contrary to one report currently making rounds on the web.

​A noticeably photo-shopped image of a "pro-Duterte" march during President Rodrigo Duterte's July 23 State of the Nation Address (SONA) is making rounds on social media.

A fake story about a non-existent "law expert" defending President Rodrigo Duterte from pending prosecution by the International Criminal Court has resurfaced, a little over a month after it was disproven in a Vera Files Fact Check.

Website News File PH (phfilenews.info) published July 20 a false report claiming Sen. Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino is "very scared" of Davao City mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio succeeding her father President Rodrigo Duterte.

Pope Francis did not tell Filipino priests President Rodrigo Duterte is a good leader; neither did the Roman Catholic pontiff say priests should not “enter politics.”

For the second year in a row, VERA Files monitored real-time the president’s claims about his administration’s achievements.

​A dubious months-old online post "raffling off" housing units for free, published by a spurious National Housing Authority website (nha-gov-ph.ml), is currently making rounds on social media.

​Website newsinsiderph.info published July 22 a story that revives a fake claim about Sen. Risa Hontiveros receiving millions monthly from a drug lord.

How did the president fare in his promises?

SONA 2017 promises on the armed forces

SONA 2017 promises on drugs and crime

SONA 2017 promises on corruption and governance

SONA 2017 promises on social services

This fake report trended on social media this week. Don’t believe it.

SONA 2017 promises on infrastructure

SONA 2017 promises on the peace agenda

SONA 2017 promises on the environment

SONA 2017 promises on the economy

This story is fake. Don't believe it.

VERA Files compiles notable issues in the draft submitted to the president.

​The draft federal charter submitted to President Rodrigo Duterte July 9 automatically makes him chair of the transitory government.

Here are the powers and functions of the six commissions.

Website pinoyhopes.info published July 15 a false report with a headline that has Sen. Grace Poe admitting she is now "impressed" with President Rodrigo Duterte.

A July 5 story by website Sulong Pilipinas currently making rounds on social media that claims to show CCTV footage of the killer of Tanauan City, Batangas mayor Antonio Halili escaping is misleading.

A July 14 report by website philupdates.top saying the Liberal Party got some young people intoxicated to make them participate in a rally is fake.

​Website Federalism PH (jazznews.top) carried in its July 9 report a vlog of Duterte supporter Niño Barzaga making a misleading claim in relation to the CHR's reported P5.4 million spending on hotel seminars.

​This fake report trended on social media this week. Don’t believe it.

A story published July 4 by website updatedtayo.info that links the Liberal Party to the July 2 killing of Tanauan City, Batangas mayor Antonio Halili is misleading.

Aside from invasion and rebellion, the president may declare martial law citing lawless violence in the draft revised 1987 Constitution.

Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) chief Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa is a victim of another hoax by fake news websites, this time alleging he had been gunned down in front of the institution he heads.