Archive - FACT CHECK

Two Facebook pages erroneously claimed former senators Antonio Trillanes and Leila De Lima have been meted prison sentences.

Sen. Imee Marcos claimed that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is on a “veto spree” of proposed laws due to “misunderstanding between the legislature and Malacañang.” This needs context.

An imposter of the Department of Social Welfare and Development is duping netizens through a fake announcement for incoming students 

With the escalating tensions between the United States (U.S.) and China following the visit of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan, a Filipino FB page published a video erroneously claiming the U.S. dared its geopolitical rival to engage in warfare.

There is no truth to the claim that President Bongbong Marcos has authorized the operation of the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant.

A TikTok video reshared on Facebook claims President Bongbong Marcos has reclaimed Sabah from Malaysia. Not true.

Several links being shared through Facebook posts and via private messages redirect to imposter websites claiming to be the PHILPost.

Leni Robredo said nothing about Angat Buhay foundation outperforming the national government in serving the public.

A video claims President Bongbong Marcos addressed Leila De Lima over her comment on his administration's refusal to rejoin the ICC.

A Facebook user published photos of trains with the claim these are for the “Manila to Tuguegarao” train line. This claim is false.

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rode a U.S. Air Force plane, not a submarine, to get to Taiwan on Aug. 2.No Chinese government official threatened to shoot down Pelosi’s plane to Taiwan, but a columnist from the Chinese state-controlled newspaper Global Times warned that the military has the right to do so.

The theater group of “Maid in Malacañang” director Darryl Yap falsely claimed a nun close to the late President Corazon Aquino played mahjong.

In pushing for a bill that reinstates the death penalty for large-scale illegal drug trafficking, Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa claimed that lethal injection is the “universally accepted” method of capital punishment. This is wrong.

Health experts from Meedan, a global technology nonprofit, emphasized that the research was “not the final study used to guide recommendations” on Dengvaxia. To date, Dengvaxia is recommended for persons aged 9 to 45 years old who have once been infected with the dengue virus.

Ferdinand Marcos’ last will and testaments show that he only entrusted his wealth to his immediate family and not to his countrymen.

A Facebook page has again used the name and face of Dr. Willie Ong, this time, to promote a hemorrhoid cream. It is bogus marketing.

The page’s post was an apparent attempt to show the supposedly similar conditions of commuters in the Philippines and its two Asian neighbors.

A video on Facebook falsely claims Kris Aquino is asking President Bongbong Marcos for forgiveness over the “sins” committed by her family.

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.