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.

The CA serves as “moderator” of the appointing power of the president by thoroughly reviewing the qualifications and ensuring the fitness of the people chosen for specific positions in the government bureaucracy.

The Supreme Court has yet to decide on the outcome of these petitions and is currently on writing break and will meet again en banc next month.

Sotto is wrong in claiming that only three government officials enjoy priority landing and takeoff for their flights. This courtesy is also extended to the speaker of the House of Representatives, dignitaries, and other “identified” government officials, such as department secretaries, through a “special handling” of their flights. CAAP’s Media Affairs Officer Eric Apolonio told VERA Files Fact Check, however, that this privilege usually applies only to flights involving chartered private aircraft.

While the 1987 Constitution does not expressly prohibit being sworn in earlier, lawyer Christian Monsod, a member of the 1986 Constitutional Commission, said Duterte-Carpio should not take her oath of office “until there is an office to assume.”

No such bill making ROTC mandatory has been passed. Both Houses of Congress need to pass a bill on third reading, reconcile both versions, and ratify the final measure before transmitting it to the President for signing into law.

A Facebook page reuploaded a TikTok video claiming that Vice President Leni Robredo has pending cases, including sedition. This is misleading.

A video peddles false claims about the declaration of Martial Law and about former senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr’s supposed ties with communists.

Netizens reuploaded a snippet of a YouTube video containing baseless claims about the Marcos family inheriting and distributing wealth.

FB post claims that Vice President Leni Robredo slept in an airport lounge for five hours. The sleeping woman in the photo is actually her daughter.

A local airline pilot alleged that Vice President Leni Robredo asked for priority landing, causing the diversion of their flight to another airport. This is false.

Marcos did not say that he favors granting a franchise to ABS-CBN. But he did say that the media network should first resolve the issues raised against it before reapplying for a franchise at the House of Representatives’ committee on legislative franchises.

False claims about contractualization, ROTC, and Bataan Nuclear Power Plant under administration of the late president Corazon Aquino.