Archive - FACT CHECK Year 2020 all 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 Items per page 30 12 18 24 30 FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: No, Angel Locsin DOES NOT have COVID-19 This post is fake. Don't believe it. By VERA Files | Apr 30, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB pages MISLEAD with old report on NPA burning 7 trucks The report is over five years old. By VERA Files | Apr 29, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video of ‘P120B’ aid for ‘no work, no pay’ workers MISLEADING The amount is meant for loans to small businesses. By VERA Files | Apr 29, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Story claiming Filipino scientist has produced COVID-19 vaccine FALSE The drug remains to be unregistered at the FDA as of April 28. By VERA Files | Apr 28, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Japanese Nobel laureate DID NOT say coronavirus was made in Wuhan lab This post is fake. Don't believe it. By VERA Files | Apr 28, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Post on Duterte talking about Fabunan drug in speech NOT TRUE He made no mention of it in his hour-long address. By VERA Files | Apr 27, 2020 | -minute read KEEP READING 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 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 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 | 4-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 … 10 11 12 13 14 … 17 Older posts
