Archive - FACT CHECK

Two days before the nation welcomes another year, Filipinos will commemorate Jose Rizal’s execution on Dec. 30, which the late president Emilio Aguinaldo first declared a holiday on Dec. 20, 1898.

Publishers of disinformation were at full throttle this year in their production of inaccurate election-related posts — most of which circulated to either prop up or attack certain political aspirants even before the official start of the campaign period for next year’s national polls.

Humor is ingrained in the psyche of many Filipinos. It helps diffuse tension when discussing controversial topics such as politics or social issues. But others see it as an opportunity to sublimely ridicule a person or a group for a matter involving them; taking offense is unwise because “talo ang pikon (sore loser),” so they say.

This year, a worrisome trend in local disinformation from YouTube channels became more prominent. It takes only one YouTube video uploaded across social media channels to be a super-spreader of misinformation.

With only six months left before he steps down as the country’s 16th president, Rodrigo Duterte and his key officials continue to leave a trail of inconsistencies blurring major policy issues.

President Rodrigo Duterte himself said in a speech in August that public officials are “mandated [by their oath of office] to tell the truth … even if the truth leaves [them] in ruins.” But what happens when the president says one thing today and then another, and then another the next time?

There was no mention of any blueprint or contribution from Marcos.

The types of Marcos propaganda circulating on social media mostly exaggerated myths on Marcos Sr. and his regime, featured denials of graft and corruption charges against the family, and vilified the administrations that came after 1986.

An officer from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said the circulating banknote design was "edited."

They were taken in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Sendong in December 2011.

As the Philippines ramped up coverage of COVID-19 vaccination in 2021, VERA Files fact-checked more than double of online disinformation about the vaccines, targeting safety and side effects.

Roque is only one among over a hundred other lawmakers listed as authors of the measure.

The clip does not show the devastation caused by Odette, but of Super Typhoon Rolly (international name: Goni), the strongest typhoon of 2020.

The poll body has yet to issue a decision on any of the eight cancellation and disqualification cases against the former senator.

No official record or news report reflects such a remark by Keon.

Several netizens believed the satirical page was a legitimate news organization and accused it of “biased” reporting.

The two videos carried similar headlines but different contents to support their false claims.

Based on its 2014 report, COA created audit teams that focused on the sources and receipt of foreign aid, the release of local funds by the budget department and other offices, the inter-agency transfer of funds, procurement and logistics, and the distribution of goods and services.

The Marcoses lost several court cases before the Supreme Court and the Sandiganbayan.

The fake clip was shared from a Dec. 1 post of Facebook (FB) page BBM for President. It bore TikTok’s watermark and was originally uploaded by user mbfcel, but said copy had been taken down.

The data is insufficient to establish a causal link between the vaccine and the reported adverse reactions.

Television and radio show host Erwin Tulfo erroneously claimed that the Nueva Ecija caravan of presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and his running mate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio was not covered by broadcast and online news media.

The original photo shows devotees of the Black Nazarene crossing the Jones Bridge in Manila.

From calling the mandate of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) a “duplication of efforts,” Vice President Leni Robredo now says she is "all for [the agency's] mandate and functions."

A nearly three-year-old Facebook post against the Aquino family is being revived online.

Manila City Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso, who is running for president in the May 2022 elections, falsely claimed that no member state of the International Criminal Court (ICC) asserted the 2016 arbitral award on the South China Sea dispute that invalidated China’s expansive claims in the maritime area.

Prior to the post’s publication, there were at least two Supreme Court (SC) decisions confirming the thievery of the Marcoses.

It was taken at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida in the United States.

PD 851 was highly selective, covering only employees “receiving a basic salary of not more than P1,000 a month."

Several media organizations mentioned that Marcos was at the ceremony.