Archive - FACT CHECK

A viral video falsely claimed that the administration of President-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. will provide cash assistance to all Filipinos under a proposed stimulus bill. 

No case of monkeypox has been detected in the Philippines yet. But the Department of Health is preparing for the possibility of monkeypox cases entering the country by “intensifying screening at borders and actively monitoring the situation.”

The charges were filed based on a fake document that allegedly allowed the Aquino admin to deposit and ship 3,500 metric tons of gold to Thailand.

A Facebook video claims that the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has in storage tons of gold owned by the late President Ferdinand Marcos, Sr. This is a myth.

Current rice prices in that particular location range from P33 to P38 per kilo as of May 25, according to a fact check article written by community paper and Tsek.ph partner MindaNews.

Communications Undersecretary Lorraine Badoy, concurrent spokesperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), claimed once again without basis that Vice President Leni Robredo “colluded” with the Communist Party of the Philippines - New People’s Army - National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) and select party-list groups in the May elections.

In a sudden shift from his previous position, president-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. recently said he will assert the 2016 arbitral award on the South China Sea dispute between China and the Philippines, describing it as a “very important ruling in our favor.”

Tulfo never made such a statement in any interview, speech or write-up. Neither have legitimate news organizations reported on Tulfo speaking with contempt about helicopter pilots.

According to the Comelec’s recent data, more than 65.7 million Filipinos registered to vote and 83% of them cast their votes in the May 9 elections.

A Facebook video used an old report of a 2007 petition by Sen. Imee Marcos, which claimed the Marcos family owned a third of GMA Network, Inc. This is false.

Dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. Marcos was never recognized or named in any list as the “wealthiest person in the world.”

“Domestic violence and any form of gender-based violence cannot be genderless,” said Dr. Nathalie Africa-Verceles, associate professor and director of the University of the Philippines Center for Women's and Gender Studies.