Archive - FACT CHECK

A fake quote card of VP Sara Duterte supposedly saying she spent P20 million in confidential funds a day as Davao City mayor is circulating on Facebook.

The Office of the Vice President, under Leni Robredo, did not have confidential and intelligence funds from 2016 until the end of her term in 2022, based on the annual audit reports of the Commission on Audit.

A YouTube video erroneously claimed that the Philippines and Canada have signed a mutual defense treaty. This is not true.

Multiple YouTube videos are claiming that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. had ordered that Sen. Robin Padilla be removed from the Senate, jailed or banished from the country. There were no such orders from Marcos.

A YouTube video used altered clips from an air show to falsely claim that the Philippines has tested its fighter aircraft supposedly bought from Sweden. This is not true.

Contrary to a YouTube video’s claim, China was not kicked out of ASEAN because it is not a member state.

Sen. Robin Padilla did not call the president stupid. But he did throw the insult against his critics after his remark on the West Philippine Sea.

A fake quote card claimed that San Miguel Corp. Ramon Ang told people to avoid Starbucks to save money.

A Facebook page uploaded an ad for a product that allegedly treats arthritis, supposedly promoted by Willie Ong and Liza Ramoso-Ong. This ad is fake.

A quote card of VP Sara Duterte that shows her saying she can spend her offices’ confidential funds in an hour or a minute if she wants is fake.

A Facebook video claimed that the Philippines and South Korea have entered into an alliance to oppose China. This is false.

Facebook netizens resurfaced an old clip of Taal Volcano spewing plumes, claiming it happened last month. Not true. The clip was from the volcano’s eruption in March 2022.