Archive - FACT CHECK

A Facebook video claimed that 80-year-old Filipino citizens can now claim their P100,000 centenary allowance. Not true. 

Several netizens posted status updates claiming that Filipinos can now apply as domestic helpers in South Korea directly through the POEA. These are false. 

A viral reel on Facebook is purportedly showing another apparition of Jesus Christ emerging in the sky. Again, this is fake.

Over 20 Facebook posts falsely claimed that actor Jaime Fabregas has died. The hoaxes carried links that redirect to an e-commerce site.

Yet another 2018 video of Mayon Volcano, this time spouting lava and an ash plume, is circulating among netizens with the claim it is recent. Not true.

A Facebook page uploaded a five-year-old video of Mayon Volcano spraying fountains of lava, and claimed this shows a recent event. This is wrong. 

Netizens shared a fake 'SMNI' quote card where Ilocos Norte Rep. Sandro Marcos allegedly rebuked critics of the Maharlika Investment Fund.

A Facebook video's claim that the government is now providing a monthly cash assistance amounting to P3,000 to indigent families needs context. This assistance will be in the form of food credits, not cash, and has not been rolled out yet.

What emergency does the MIF seek to address urgently? What is considered a public calamity or an emergency? Is poverty an emergency? Here are four things you need to know.

In a now-deleted Facebook post on June 4, the Bureau of Corrections announced that visitations at the New Bilibid Prison were temporarily suspended until June 9, without citing any reason.

A YouTube video uploaded to Facebook falsely claimed that the United States military is reviving its former naval base at Subic Bay in Zambales.

Making the rounds on Facebook this week is another video falsely linked to the killing of overseas Filipino worker Jullebee Ranara. The short clip features a young Saudi Arabian returning from war.

Netizens, including Filipinos, are sharing a Facebook post falsely claiming that a 101-year-old woman gave birth to a child, supposedly her 17th.

A video using old news reports is insinuating an escalating conflict between Japan and China.

Two videos claimed that the Philippines acquired 35 millimeter (mm) Oerlikon GDF anti-aircraft guns, and that these were fired during a military exercise. This is not true.

Bogus sites promising netizens cash prizes have resurfaced, this time claiming that the Mercury Drug Corporation is giving away a “medical subsidy” worth P7,000. This is a scam and the company has disowned the circulating links.

A YouTube video claimed that Japan is currently transferring weapons to the Philippines, causing alarm in China. This is not true.

There is no record on the official website of the ICJ that retired Supreme Court associate justice Carpio ever filed a complaint against China in the disputes settlement court.