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 SHEET: Are PH health workers adequately protected during the COVID-19 pandemic? Health Secretary Francisco Duque III has admitted that there is a shortage of personal protective equipment for the country’s health care workers servicing those afflicted with COVID-19. By VERA Files | Apr 27, 2020 | 5-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Elago quote on lockdown as ‘human rights violation’ FAKE The legislator made no such remark. By VERA Files | Apr 25, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video claiming drinking water with salt kills novel coronavirus NOT TRUE There's no evidence that current medicine can prevent or cure the disease. By VERA Files | Apr 25, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: OLD story on Kadamay protest revived It's from 2017. By VERA Files | Apr 25, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video of FBI confiscating ‘COVID-positive’ masks NOT TRUE This post is false. Don't believe it. By VERA Files | Apr 24, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Story claiming Alegria is PH’s first oil field FALSE It's Nido in Palawan, discovered in 1977. By VERA Files | Apr 24, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: This is NOT a photo of a COVID-19 patient’s throat It was taken in May 2018, months before the disease first emerged. By VERA Files | Apr 24, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: No, study does not say coconut oil can kill ‘93%’ of colon cancer cells in 2 days A misleading article from 2018 with a headline saying consumption of coconut oil can eliminate “93%” of “colon bad cells” in two days has recently been resurrected and shared on social media. It also makes a number of inaccurate claims. By VERA Files | Apr 24, 2020 | 10-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Tingog party-list group shares outdated, falsely captioned ‘live’ video of Duterte The video in Trending Lahat’s live stream is actually Duterte’s late night “Talk to the Nation” address on COVID-19 aired on April 6. By VERA FILES | Apr 24, 2020 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Demo video FALSELY claims rum, bleach mix makes ‘rubbing alcohol’ It's an unsafe concoction. By VERA Files | Apr 24, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Hantavirus is NOT a ‘new’ virus from China It was given a name about 40 years ago. It wasn't discovered in China. By VERA Files | Apr 24, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Aid worth P3k ONLY FOR INDIGENT senior citizens The aid is a six-month advance of their social pension. By VERA Files | Apr 24, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 27 28 29 30 31 … 41 Older posts