Archive - FACT CHECK Year 2020 all 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 Items per page 12 12 18 24 30 FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duque’s statement that ‘moist throat’ can prevent COVID-19 contradicts WHO advisory Drinking water does not prevent coronavirus infection, the World Health Organization said. By VERA Files | Feb 13, 2020 | 4-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: SolGen’s claim that ABS-CBN ‘violated’ foreign ownership restriction needs context The Office of Solicitor General's assertion that ABS-CBN breached the constitutional prohibition on foreign ownership by issuing PDRs to foreigners needs context. By VERA Files | Feb 12, 2020 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Story claiming nightly gadget use can cause eye cancer MISLEADING This story is inaccurate. By VERA Files | Feb 12, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB posts saying novel coronavirus is from bats bear FALSE HEADLINE The animal source of the 2019-nCoV has not yet been identified. By VERA Files | Feb 12, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Reports claiming Kobe Bryant’s wife Vanessa took her life NOT TRUE Vanessa Bryant is not dead. Neither has the BBC published any such report about her. By VERA Files | Feb 11, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Novel coronavirus: Six things you need to know What exactly is the new coronavirus? By VERA Files | Feb 10, 2020 | 6-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte repeats wrong claim PH has ‘no oil’ The Philippines has been producing commercial oil as early as 1979. By VERA FILES | Feb 9, 2020 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: In defending Duterte’s decision to scrap the VFA, ex-Palace spox Harry Roque makes two false claims Roque wrongly claimed that the country does not benefit at all from its VFA with the US, and that Filipino soldiers are fighting the world's "longest-running insurgency." By VERA Files | Feb 7, 2020 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT SHEET: The Visiting Forces Agreement, explained The VFA is a bilateral agreement between the Philippines and the US that outlines the terms and conditions on the entry and visit of US armed forces in the country. By VERA Files | Feb 6, 2020 | 5-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Quiboloy DID NOT say he ‘can’t stop’ novel coronavirus because he ‘can’t speak Chinese’ The televangelist has said no such thing. By VERA Files | Feb 4, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Photo of ‘1,000’ Japanese medical volunteers heading to Wuhan NOT TRUE It's over 11 years old. By VERA Files | Feb 4, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video of bats, snakes, other animals sold at ‘Wuhan’ wet market NOT TRUE; it’s in Indonesia It's two different clips, both showing Indonesian markets. By VERA Files | Feb 3, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 36 37 38 39 40 41 Older posts
