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 24 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 VERA FILES 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Files | Apr 24, 2020 | 12-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Tingog party-list group shares outdated, falsely captioned ‘live’ video of Duterte The video in Trending Lahat’s live stream is actually Duterte’s late night “Talk to the Nation” address on COVID-19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 | 4-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 FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Post on PH having ‘fewer’ COVID-19 cases vs Italy MISLEADING Comparing countries that have a disparity in COVID-19 testing is not the proper way, says a health practitioner. By VERA Files | Apr 24, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Online post on arrest of ‘man behind COVID-19’ NOT TRUE The report makes no mention of the disease. By VERA Files | Apr 24, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Report on ‘massive typhoon’ hitting PH is FROM 2015 It's Typhoon Lando from 2015. By VERA Files | Apr 23, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FAKE Pacquiao, Revillame giveaways bait netizens again These giveaways are fake. By VERA Files | Apr 23, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FAKE ‘WHO protocol’ on lockdown in India reaches PH The WHO has called the viral post “baseless and fake.” By VERA Files | Apr 23, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte repeats false claim that PH was ‘first’ to impose COVID lockdown in Asia President Rodrigo Duterte repeated his erroneous claim that the Philippines was the first to impose a “lockdown” in Asia to combat the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). By VERA FILES | Apr 22, 2020 | 7-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Salt water steam DOES NOT kill coronavirus Inhaling extremely hot steam has a risk of burn injury, WHO adds. By VERA Files | Apr 22, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO word yet from Palace on China’s ‘new district’ in Kalayaan Island Group The circulating story is over a year old. By VERA Files | Apr 22, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Posts claiming PH has ‘approved’ COVID-19 cure FALSE The FDA debunked the claim. Its chief also said the drug has no application for registration yet. By VERA Files | Apr 17, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Post claiming 80% of 18M social amelioration beneficiaries have received aid NOT TRUE The quote card is fake. The DSWD secretary made no such statement on April 2. By VERA Files | Apr 16, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT SHEET: The deal with the president’s health The Supreme Court is set to tackle in a virtual special session on April 17 the urgent petition filed by a Filipino lawyer compelling President Rodrigo Duterte to disclose to the public all of his medical records since he took office in 2016. By VERA Files | Apr 16, 2020 | 8-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB post revives old, FALSE story on world leaders saying Duterte is ‘light of our world’ There are no records of any world leader saying such a thing. By VERA Files | Apr 16, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 13 14 15 16 17 … 21 Older posts
