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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: City of Pearl NOT under Duterte or Marcos infra projects

A Facebook page claimed in a graphic that the City of Pearl infrastructure project is part of the flagship infrastructure programs of former president Rodrigo Duterte and incumbent President Bongbong Marcos. Not true. It is a public-private partnership project entered into by the City of Manila in 2017.

By VERA Files

Dec 2, 2022

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Biden NOT ‘arming’ PH with nuclear power

A video claims President Bongbong Marcos was astonished by US President Joe Biden’s shocking decision to “arm” the country with nuclear power. This is misleading, the talks with the U.S. referred to a possible deal on nuclear energy, not weapons.

By VERA Files

Dec 1, 2022

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Zubiri inaccurately claims that confidential funds can be used for repair of classrooms

A 2015 Commission on Audit (COA) set of guidelines defines confidential expenses as lump sum amounts for “surveillance activities in civilian government agencies.” It categorically states that “in no case shall (confidential or intelligence funds) be used for … construction or acquisition of buildings or housing structures.”

By VERA Files

Dec 1, 2022

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Tagle NOT ‘kicked out’ of Vatican office for ‘misappropriating money’

Facebook pages are sharing a video that claims Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle was removed by Pope Francis from Caritas Internationalis for misusing church money. This is not true.

By VERA Files

Nov 30, 2022

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Three things you need to know about confidential and intelligence funds

What are confidential and intelligence funds? For what can these be used?

By VERA Files

Nov 30, 2022

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Deep-water platform in video NOT a project between Japan, Philippines

A YouTube video featured a deep-water platform and falsely claimed it to be a mega project between Japan and the Philippines. Not true.

By VERA Files

Nov 29, 2022

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FAKE Sandro Marcos quote on use of onions still circulating online

A quote card where Ilocos Norte 1st District Rep. Sandro Marcos asked people to use a more inexpensive type of onion is fake.

By VERA Files

Nov 29, 2022

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: IKEA NOT giving away ‘dozens’ of sofa sets

A Facebook page has posted an announcement that IKEA is donating couches that cannot be sold due to “minor damage” to anyone who registers with the website it linked. This is a scam.

By VERA Files

Nov 28, 2022

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Photo of Susan Roces’ wake passed off as Kris Aquino’s ‘hidden wake’ in another HOAX

Several pages posted a fake video claiming Kris Aquino has passed away and that her family is deliberately hiding her wake from the public.

By VERA Files

Nov 28, 2022

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos NOT worth ‘trillions to quadrillions’ of dollars

A video on YouTube claims that the wealth of President Bongbong Marcos allegedly totals up to quadrillions of dollars. This has no basis.

By VERA Files

Nov 28, 2022

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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Is having 110 million Filipinos good or bad?

In a press conference on Nov. 21, Justice Secretary Boying Remulla defended the decision of the Philippine delegation to reject the United Nations Human Rights Council’s recommendation to decriminalize abortion. “We have to discuss more on the policy of population growth kasi may lumalabas that there are benefits and there’s just good and bad about

By VERA Files

Nov 26, 2022

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