Archive - FACT CHECK Year 2019 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: Tutok Erwin Tulfo mistakes gov’t airport projects for new airports The report has become the basis of a misleading story going viral on social media. By VERA FILES | Nov 25, 2019 | 5-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB posts spread FAKE Leni quote on gun ban in anti-drug ops This story is fabricated. Don't believe it. By VERA FILES | Nov 25, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB page mixes old reports on “Big One” quake and tsunami Another misleading post about “The Big One,” which the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) describes as a “strong” and “destructive” earthquake, is making the rounds on the Web. By VERA Files | Nov 22, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Jay Sonza misleads in saying Trump to copy Duterte’s drug war Former broadcast journalist Jay Sonza, who has previously spread misleading information online, falsely claimed United States President Donald Trump "wants to replicate" President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war. By VERA Files | Nov 22, 2019 | 5-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Gov’t video on CPP- NPA riddled with disinformation A video introducing the government’s task force to end communist insurgency contains several erroneous details, from the state of the Philippine economy in the 1960s to the use of a wrong logo of the country’s economic planning agency. By VERA Files | Nov 21, 2019 | 11-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: 20,000, not 200,000: Cayetano exaggerates illegal drug users numbers House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano bloated the number of illegal drug users cited in a 2001 Letter of Instruction (LOI) ten times, repeating President Rodrigo Duterte’s baseless claim on current number of drug addicts. By VERA Files | Nov 19, 2019 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Bong Go’s claim that Duterte reduced number of drug lords in PH baseless Sen. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go’s claim that the number of drug lords in the Philippines went down under the leadership of President Rodrigo Duterte has no basis. By VERA Files | Nov 19, 2019 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Earthquake-resilient structures, explained The series of strong earthquakes that caused massive structural damages in Mindanao in October has prompted the government to order the strict enforcement of the National Building Code (NBC). By VERA Files | Nov 18, 2019 | 7-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Four things you should know about coal plants President Rodrigo Duterte has called coal plants “clean energy” and urged the private sector to invest more in these types of facilities. By VERA Files | Nov 14, 2019 | 4-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: No, Robredo DID NOT ban guns in anti-drug police raids This story is fake. Don't believe it. By VERA FILES | Nov 10, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Panelo distorts reason behind order to bar Robredo from Cabinet meetings in 2016 Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo wrongly claimed Vice President Leni Robredo was asked to “desist from attending” Cabinet meetings back in 2016 because the president “did not want to embarrass” her in front of other Cabinet members. By VERA Files | Nov 8, 2019 | 4-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: OLD report on drug user ‘bishop’ recycled with FALSE headline This story is false. Don't believe it. By VERA FILES | Nov 8, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Reports on Middle Eastern countries to be hit by calamities FALSE This story is false. Don't believe it. By VERA FILES | Nov 6, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Robredo contradicts LP spox; accepts offer to lead efforts vs. illegal drugs Vice President Leni Robredo has agreed to co-chair the government’s Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD) just hours after the Liberal Party (LP), which Robredo chairs, said she will not accept the post. By VERA Files | Nov 6, 2019 | 4-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Go DID NOT name Hontiveros as corrupt in PhilHealth This story is false. Don't believe it. By VERA FILES | Nov 6, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: YouTube channel MISLEADS about start of nat’l ID distribution This story is misleading. Don't believe it. By VERA FILES | Nov 5, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Mocha Uson wrongly implies Duterte is ‘best’ leader in ASEAN Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Deputy Director Margaux "Mocha" Uson insinuated President Rodrigo Duterte was the "best" among Southeast Asian leaders after being given a number 10 football jersey by the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) in Thailand on Nov. 2. By VERA Files | Nov 5, 2019 | 4-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Actress Shaina Magdayao IS ALIVE This story is fake. Don't believe it. By VERA FILES | Nov 4, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 2 3 4 5 … 18 Older posts
