Archive - FACT CHECK Year 2023 all 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 Items per page 12 12 18 24 30 FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: US, PH soldiers DID NOT expel Chinese ships from South China Sea A video on Facebook is falsely claiming that thousands of American and Filipino soldiers were sent to the South China Sea to drive out Chinese ships in the area. By VERA Files | Apr 20, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos DID NOT shut down Meralco A YouTube video falsely claims that President Bongbong Marcos has closed down Meralco. The power firm is still operating under its 25-year franchise. By VERA Files | Apr 19, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Doctor on TikTok claim that oral glutathione helps reverse fatty liver is unproven Taking oral glutathione is not included in the guidelines to reverse non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, hepatologist Arlinking Ong-Go. By VERA Files | Apr 19, 2023 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video FALSELY claims Cayetano has been removed as senator A video on YouTube erroneously claimed that Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano has been expelled from the Senate on the orders of President Ferdinand Marcos and former President Rodrigo Duterte. By VERA Files | Apr 18, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: ‘ABS-CBN’ impostor sites post FAKE story on ‘diabetes cure’ Websites imitating ABS-CBN News posted a story on "Glucoactive", a diabetes remedy supposedly endorsed by Dr. Tony Leachon. The article is fabricated. By VERA Files | Apr 18, 2023 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos Sr.’s FALSE bar exam grade reappears after release of 2022 Bar results The untrue claim that the late president Ferdinand Marcos obtained “the highest score ever in the history of Philippine bar exams” was revived a day after the Supreme Court announced the 2022 Bar Examination passers. By VERA Files | Apr 18, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: ‘Super Meal Mix Nuts’ ads to fight diabetes, cancer are a SCAM Several advertisements on Facebook are peddling a mixed cereal product that people are supposedly lining up to buy at a mall, allegedly claiming to provide a myriad of health benefits. This is a scam. By VERA Files | Apr 18, 2023 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB Reel does NOT show China zombie outbreak A Facebook user published a Reel claiming a virus that turns people into zombies has spread in China. Not true. By VERA Files | Apr 17, 2023 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video does NOT show China, PH ‘battle’ in Pag-asa Island Three-year-old clips of a maritime drill were passed off to claim that the China Coast Guard fired water cannons at the Philippine Coast Guard to drive them out of Pag-asa Island. By VERA Files | Apr 17, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB pages POSE as doctor’s page, sell unlisted niacinamide toothpaste Three FB pages are using the name of "Dr. Kilimanguru", a Filipino licensed physician with 4.1 million followers to promote a niacinamide toothpaste product. By VERA Files | Apr 14, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video shows suicide incident in France, NOT ‘zombie virus’ in US A Facebook reel supposedly shows a throng of people rushing outside a building in the US in an attempt to escape a “zombie virus” plague. This is not true. By VERA Files | Apr 14, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: UP budget NOT slashed by P2.5B ‘after recent protests’ A YouTube video falsely claims that the administration cut P2.5 billion from UP's 2023 budget after recent protests at the Diliman campus. By VERA Files | Apr 13, 2023 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 31 32 33 34 35 … 46 Older posts
