Archive - FACT CHECK Year 2020 all 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 Items per page 12 12 18 24 30 FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: No, Piolo Pascual was NOT killed by carjackers The artist is alive and well. By VERA Files | Jul 3, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: There’s NO Supreme Court order for ‘overall shutdown of ABS-CBN’ The misleading video muddled a statement from Solicitor General Jose Calida. By VERA Files | Jul 3, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT SHEET: What is tuob or steam inhalation therapy? Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia earned the ire of netizens and health experts for publicly shaming doctors who criticized a local memorandum urging provincial officials and employees to perform “tuob” or steam inhalation as means to help contain the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). By VERA Files | Jul 2, 2020 | 7-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Foreign journo’s question to Ressa taken OUT OF CONTEXT Sakur was only enumerating the “allegations” against the Filipino journalist. By VERA Files | Jun 30, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Badoy red-tags nun; incorrectly labels NDF a terror group, again Communications Undersecretary Lorraine Marie Badoy repeated a wrong claim when she said the National Democratic Front (NDF) of the Philippines is a terrorist group while linking activist Sr. Mary John Mananzan to the organization. By VERA Files | Jun 30, 2020 | 6-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: House hearing on ABS-CBN franchise was postponed, NOT ‘cancelled’ The deliberations were moved from June 22 to 29. By VERA Files | Jun 30, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Robredo DID NOT SAY this about teen pregnancies in the country This post is fake. Don't believe it. By VERA Files | Jun 29, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Trillanes DID NOT ask Pinoys to overthrow the government This post is fake. Don't believe it. By VERA Files | Jun 29, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: This girl was a 2014 victim of domestic abuse, NOT COVID-19 The uncensored image was taken in the United States long before COVID-19 was discovered. By VERA Files | Jun 27, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: SC DID NOT junk ABS-CBN’s ‘franchise renewal petition’ This is factually incorrect. No such petition exists in the SC. By VERA Files | Jun 27, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Motorcycle back riding still NOT ALLOWED in places under quarantine The circulating graphic is from a now-deleted May 18 post by a Palawan municipality. By VERA Files | Jun 26, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT SHEET: What does the law say about fair comments? 4 things you need to know On June 25, a regional trial court dismissed the case against Ronnel Mas, a public school teacher from Zambales who was arrested without a warrant for his tweet offering a P50-million bounty to anyone who would kill President Rodrigo Duterte. By VERA Files | Jun 26, 2020 | 10-minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 17 18 19 20 21 … 41 Older posts
