Archive - FACT CHECK

Marcos was one of 17 senators who voted in Aug. 23, 2011 to ratify the Rome Statute, the treaty that founded the ICC.

As the Philippines logged its first case of monkeypox, Presidential Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles said that the disease is “not particularly fatal.” This needs context.

A Facebook post falsely claimed that the ICC cannot interfere and investigate deaths related to the drug war in the Philippines.

A satirical Facebook post is misleading netizens into believing that Pastor Apollo Quiboloy wants Chao Tiao Yumol to be declared a saint.

FB video falsely claimed there's evidence to call the Aquino family “magnanakaw” (thieves) while there is none for the Marcoses. Not true.

The fake quote first appeared on a satirical FB page.

A video made a misleading claim after the Commission on Audit flagged Leni Robredo's old office in its 2021 audit report.

Interviewed on ANC’s Headstart on July 18, Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa claimed that former president Rodrigo Duterte never ordered the killing of anyone involved in drugs. This is inaccurate.

The video revived an oft-repeated spurious claim debunked twice by VERA Files Fact Check last year.

The funds in question were not missing as incorrectly implied, but were flagged for being used for a different purpose.

University of the Philippines Executive Vice President Teodoro Herbosa said records from the UP Diliman (UPD) Registrar’s office indicated that Imee Marcos only took courses at the university but did not finish a degree.

A July 16 video posted on Facebook used an old news report to claim that Ramon Ang, president and chief executive officer of Petron Corp, has offered to sell the oil refining company to the administration of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. This is misleading.