Archive - FACT CHECK

From vowing to bring peace in Mindanao before the end of his six-year term in 2022, President Rodrigo Duterte now says it would “take more than a generation” to do so, following the twin bombings that rocked Jolo on Aug. 24.

While the Philippines continues to grapple with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), news about a new viral mutation that is said to be “globally dominant” and “more infectious” than the original have recently made the headlines.

Widely circulating among social media users since May are inaccurate Facebook posts accusing the affluent Lopez family of "fooling the Filipinos for 34 years." Of the seven claims related to the Lopezes and their history, two are downright false, four need further context, and one is unfounded.

The claims made about the death penalty for the crime of rape in five nations, four of them Islamic, need context.

President Rodrigo Duterte inaccurately claimed that he doesn’t know the people behind the group pushing for a “revolutionary government” with him at the helm in transitioning to a federal system by 2022.

It mixes correct health advice with recycled false claims and information that need context.

Hoax publishers used photos of actresses from the popular Netflix drama, Money Heist.

There are no records or scientific evidence supporting the claim that the plant is cancerous, although it can be poisonous and should not be chewed or ingested.

There are neither studies nor conclusive evidence that prove hikaw-hikaw can cure or alleviate symptoms of COVID-19.

It includes former lawmakers who are no longer sitting members of Congress.

There are no records of Aquino saying such a thing, based on a review of several video interviews, press releases and news reports.

The circulating clip is a tampered version of a video of Roxas announcing his decision to run in the 2019 midterm polls.

The images are of Arbën Xhaferi in Kosovo and Shin-Tomei Expressway in Japan.

There have also been no news bulletins from Phivolcs about any alarming volcanic activity in Mayon.

In his latest public address on the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, President Rodrigo Duterte again wrongly claimed that vaccines are made from the human body.

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Aquino, who leads a very public life, has not mentioned in any of her social media accounts that she is sick or is hospitalized.

President Rodrigo Duterte understated his salary, for at least the fifth time on VERA Files Fact Check’s count, as he talked about the sacrifices he and members of his Cabinet have been doing for the country.

That Hontiveros and Aquino are included in the investigation has no basis as the NBI merely announced the creation of a task-force to probe the anomalies.

Sen. Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa misled fellow lawmakers and the public when he cherrypicked the findings of a 2017 Inquirer report to bolster his stance for the revival of capital punishment in the country.

Health authorities and public health experts have debunked the claim on many occasions.

From assuring the public that the National Capital Region (NCR) and Region IV-A (CALABARZON), previously under Modified Enhance Community Quarantine (MECQ), “will not be gravely affected” by the opening of classes in August, Education Secretary Leonor Briones backtracked, saying she earlier recommended to the president the deferment of classes due to “challenges” in preparation brought about by “limitations of movement.”

The report has been called “fake news” by the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Manila.

The Department of Health currently doesn’t have any evidence that recent physical protests contributed to the uptick in COVID-19 transmissions in the country.

It's a two-storey townhome in a private subdivision in Cebu, priced at P2.17 million.

The Lebanese government has yet to establish what exactly caused the explosion of at least 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrates stored in the Port of Beirut.

It's a tampered version of a graphic by ABS-CBN News.

Both Roque and Manila Bulletin have denied making the statement and publishing the graphic.

The color change happens due to an FB feature called Text Delight.

University of Oxford microbiologist Elisa Granato is alive and well.