Archive - FACT CHECK

Two YouTube videos falsely claimed that President Bongbong Marcos has once again withdrawn his family’s unproven million metric tons of gold reserves, this time in Indonesia.

The MMDA is standing by its proposal for a shared bike lane on EDSA despite objections from bicycle and motorcycle groups.

A vlogger has resurrected a claim about the late senator Ninoy Aquino being a co-founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP).

Facebook pages impersonating actor Gardo Versoza used altered photos of his to make it look like he is promoting Navitas Barley Grass Powder. 

Two YouTube videos falsely claimed that the new 10-dash line map of China has included the entire Philippines as part of its territory.

A week before UP Diliman opened classes, two YouTube videos falsely claimed that President Bongbong Marcos and Vice President Sara Duterte had shut down the university.

After the Philippines expressed readiness to host the 2026 ASEAN Summit, three YouTube videos emerged claiming that President Bongbong Marcos was chosen as the new leader of the regional bloc. This needs context.

The Department of Information and Communications Technology topped the list of agencies that had low fund use with only a 5.6% utilization rate.

This contradicts Marcos’ Executive Order (EO) No. 39 which cited a report from the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Trade and Industry that “global events” have also influenced the price surge.

The United Nations Environment Programme notes that methane is a hazardous gas and is 80 times more potent at warming the Earth than CO2 over a 20-year period.

A milk product that allegedly detoxifies and cleans the lungs being promoted by four Facebook pages. These are bogus claims.

A graphic circulating on Facebook claimed that the DSWD will give out a P7,000-monthly allowance for all Filipinos as part of its “Pantawid Gutom Program.” This is fake. There is no such program.