Archive - FACT CHECK Year 2023 all 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 Items per page 12 12 18 24 30 FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Metro Manila NOT under Alert Level 3 A Facebook Reel falsely implies that Metro Manila has been placed under Alert Level 3. The misleading Reel used an old news report. By VERA Files | May 12, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO ‘secret NATO bunker’ in Ukraine struck by Russia A Tiktok video is erroneously claiming that Russian forces destroyed an underground hidden bunker in Ukraine that belongs to NATO. By VERA Files | May 11, 2023 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Impostor DSWD page posts FAKE ‘ayuda’ for registered SIM card users A Facebook page posing as the DSWD uploaded posts claiming the agency is giving away “P5,000” ayuda to those who have registered their SIM cards. This is fake. By VERA Files | May 11, 2023 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: K to 12 is NOT abolished, 10th graders still need to complete SHS Viral Facebook status updates falsely claim that Grade 10 Filipino students can now “directly attend college” after graduation as the K to 12 curriculum has been scrapped. This is false. By VERA Files | May 11, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB Reel of ‘tsunami in Indonesia’ NEEDS CONTEXT A Filipino netizen posted a FB Reel allegedly showing a tsunami in Indonesia. This needs context because the clip came from a movie. By VERA Files | May 11, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: ‘Dr. Kilimanguru’ is NOT endorsing dried fruit cereal Five fake FB pages are using the name of Dr. Kilimanguru, a physician with a huge social media following, to promote a dried fruit cereal. By VERA Files | May 11, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Marcos muddles up question on depletion of Malampaya with Reed Bank issue Marcos confused Reed Bank with Malampaya. By VERA Files | May 10, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: SMNI anchor makes BASELESS claims that PhilStar.com editor, NUJP were part of CPP-NPA-NDF Jonathan De Santos of PhilStar.com was never a member of the CPP-NPA-NDF. By VERA Files | May 10, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Badoy repeats misleading claim on 2015 SC ruling This is at least the second time that Lorraine Badoy misled information about the 2015 Supreme Court ruling. By VERA Files | May 10, 2023 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FAKE photo used to claim that PH Navy fired at Chinese ships A Facebook video used an altered photo to claim that the Philippine Navy recently fired at Chinese vessels illegally fishing on the West Philippine Sea. No such incident took place. By VERA Files | May 10, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB reel revives UNPROVEN claim about fish restriction for diabetics A Facebook Reel revived a video where a naturopathy practitioner claimed that people with diabetes should not eat fish without scales. By VERA Files | May 10, 2023 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Ad for weight loss product by ‘genius Filipina student’ is FAKE A website claims that an award-winning Filipina student discovered a formula that helps people instantly lose weight. This is yet another fake ad. By VERA Files | May 5, 2023 | 4-minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 28 29 30 31 32 … 46 Older posts
