Archive - FACT CHECK

Several Facebook pages and netizens posted video compilations claiming to show the five passengers aboard the Titan submersible moments before it imploded on its way to the Titanic wreckage. These are false.

A video erroneously claiming a cataclysmic event will strike Leyte and nearby towns with a series of volcanic eruptions triggering tsunamis was posted on Facebook. The Office of Civil Defense debunked this.

A Facebook page posing as SM Megamall uploaded a video promoting an unregistered niacinamide toothpaste.

A video claiming to show what happened to the Titan submersible, including an audio recording of the final words of its passengers, was uploaded by a Facebook page. This is not true.

An impostor Facebook page posted an announcement supposedly from the Professional Regulation Commission saying the difficulty level of the next licensure exam for teachers will be reduced. This is fabricated. 

A Facebook page uploaded a video containing old audio clips and claimed they were from the Titan submersible that imploded in its descent to the Titanic wreckage last week. Not true. The audio clips came from viral videos that circulated online before the incident took place.

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A website imitating CNN Philippines posted an article on a product for joint diseases supposedly formulated by Dr. Tony Leachon. This story is fabricated.

Yet another bogus website imitating CNN Philippines uploaded a story promoting a “doctor-recommended” product that allegedly cures hypertension. The article is fake.

Seven years after Masagana 99 was launched in May 1973, the program became inconsequential and was quietly discontinued in 1984, according to a research by the University of the Philippines Third World Studies Center (UP TWSC).

With new college graduates entering the workforce, several FB posts offering assistance in acquiring a TIN card for a fee are also popping up. These are scams.

Netizens are still interacting with a two-month-old hoax made to look like cardiologist Willie Ong is promoting a spray to reduce varicose veins.

Three Facebook videos claim that nuns from a monastery in Pasig are making and selling an anti-aging cream. These are fake.

A Filipina vlogger is falsely claiming that the WHO admitted in its website that COVID-19 vaccines can cause multiple sclerosis.

In an interview on The Chiefs, Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa claimed that former president Rodrigo Duterte’s recent statement in dealing with cops involved in the illegal drug trade was said out of frustration.

A Facebook Reel allegedly shows security footage of a man whose pants caught fire, after he farted causing his phone to blow up. The video was edited.

Why does proper planting of mangroves matter? Here are some important facts you need to know.

Facebook posts claiming that the office of Sen. Robin Padilla is accepting applications for a P3,000 financial aid from the DSWD are fake. 

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.