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 18 12 18 24 30 FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: US did NOT declare war on Palestine A YouTube video claimed that the United States (U.S.) had declared war on Palestine, following the ongoing armed conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. This is not true. By VERA FILES | Oct 23, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Claims that only Marcos admin ordered anti-smuggling raids, conducted biggest anti-drug op FALSE A video falsely claims that the biggest drug operation and anti-rice smuggling operations only happened during the Marcos administration. By VERA FILES | Oct 23, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO gov’t order to send troops to SBSI village Videos circulating online claim that the government ordered the reclamation of the land occupied by the Socorro Brigade Services Inc. (SBSI) in Surigao del Norte and the deployment of troops in the area. This is misleading. By VERA Files | Oct 23, 2023 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Hamas has NOT surrendered to Israel It is not true that the militant group Hamas, which rules Gaza, has surrendered to Israel. By VERA Files | Oct 23, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: MISLEADING video shows Beirut explosion, NOT Israel-Hamas conflict A misleading video on Facebook is showing clips of the 2020 catastrophic explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, not the Israel-Hamas conflict. By VERA Files | Oct 23, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Palace justification to exclude ‘People Power’ anniversary as holiday MISLEADS The Marcos administration has removed the anniversary of the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution from the list of holidays for 2024 “because [it] falls on a Sunday." By VERA Files | Oct 21, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Netizens FALSELY claim C2 Green Tea is an adult drink Several Facebook netizens falsely claimed that C2 Green Tea is only for adults aged 19 years old and above. By VERA Files | Oct 20, 2023 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Timeline of the Maharlika Investment Fund implementation President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said the concept of the Maharlika Investment Fund “remains a good one” and it will be operational by the end of 2023. By VERA Files | Oct 20, 2023 | 4-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: ICC has NOT summoned Duterte A YouTube video falsely claimed that the ICC had issued summons to former president Rodrigo Duterte. Not true. By VERA Files | Oct 19, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO Marcos order to file charges, expel Escudero from Senate President Bongbong Marcos did not file charges against Sen. Chiz Escudero. By VERA Files | Oct 19, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video using Liza Ramoso-Ong health vlog to promote ear drops FAKE A fake ad for South Moon ear drops used a 2022 vlog of Dr. Liza Ramoso-Ong. The ear drops are not FDA-registered. By VERA Files | Oct 19, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO recent Hamas threat to attack PH A YouTube video claimed that Hamas will attack the Philippines, amid the Palestinian militant group’s ongoing conflict with Israel. This is false. By VERA Files | Oct 18, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Photos of dead children NOT captured during Israel-Hamas war Two photos being shared on Facebook show children killed in Syria in 2013 and in Gaza in 2019, not in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. By VERA Files | Oct 18, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Posers of ‘Power Mac Center’ post FAKE ad for smartwatch Facebook pages posing as the Power Mac Center are using the same modus operandi of other scammers to sell a smartwatch. By VERA Files | Oct 18, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos’ claim that cap stabilized rice prices has NO BASIS Asked during a briefing if the cap has failed to bring down rice prices given the high inflation rate, PSA Undersecretary Dennis Mapa said, “This is a research question that researchers would study based on the data that we are collecting.” By VERA Files | Oct 17, 2023 | 4-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Bato Dela Rosa WRONG in saying LGUs ‘have discretion’ in spending confidential funds Joint Circular 2015-01 prescribes specific activities where confidential funds can and cannot be used. It does not give LGUs discretion to spend confidential funds the way they want to. By VERA Files | Oct 17, 2023 | 4-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: PH NOT party to Israel-Hamas war A video claims that the Philippines is now involved in the Israel-Hamas conflict, and that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the evacuation of Filipinos in Israel. Neither claim is true. By VERA Files | Oct 16, 2023 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FALSE report on robbery incidents in Quezon City resurfaces Netizens circulated a report on armed robberies that supposedly took place in restaurants in Quezon City recently. This is false. By VERA Files | Oct 16, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 4 5 6 7 8 … 31 Older posts