Archive - FACT CHECK Year 2024 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 FACT CHECK: Clip of Kuwait ban on Filipinos NEEDS CONTEXT An old news report is being recirculated online to claim that Kuwait has banned the entry of Filipinos. The ban came last year and has since been lifted. By VERA Files | Jul 30, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Registration for ‘DSWD educational cash assistance’ FAKE A video showing instructions on how to register for the DSWD's educational assistance this school year is circulating on TikTok. The post is fake. By VERA Files | Jul 30, 2024 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Comelec backtracks on banning premature campaigning in 2025 polls From saying it will ban premature campaigning in the 2025 polls, Comelec now says it cannot circumvent the 2007 law that repealed the restriction. By VERA Files | Jul 30, 2024 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Marikina bridge did NOT collapse Several netizens claimed that a bridge in Marikina collapsed amid Typhoon Carina's onslaught. Not true. By VERA Files | Jul 26, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: NO forecast on ‘powerful typhoon’ Dindo coming to PH this weekend Several FB posts claimed that a new, powerful typhoon named "Dindo" could make landfall this weekend. This is false. By VERA Files | Jul 26, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Video of ‘Quiboloy’s arrest’ FAKE A clip showing the capture of fugitive and Kingdom of Jesus Christ leader Apollo Quiboloy is fake and manipulated using AI. By VERA Files | Jul 26, 2024 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Marcos’ claim on ‘decreased’ poverty index in BARMM needs context Poverty figures in the BARMM have, indeed, decreased since 2018. But it remains to have the highest poverty incidence in the country at 34.8% as of the first half of 2023, according to PSA. By VERA Files | Jul 26, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Sen. Robinhood Padilla flip flops on political dynasties Less than a month after saying that having three Dutertes in the 2025 senatorial race is “good news,” Sen. Robinhood Padilla filed a bill prohibiting political dynasties. By VERA Files | Jul 26, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: ‘Bacoor flood’ photos NEED CONTEXT Amid Typhoon Carina's onslaught, FB posts circulated claiming to show the flood situation in Bacoor, Cavite. The photos used were from 2018. By VERA Files | Jul 25, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Netizens fall for MISLEADING Xi Jinping ‘stroke’ photo A photo showing Chinese President Xi Jinping with his eyes closed is being circulated in social media to claim that he suffered a stroke this month. This is misleading. By VERA Files | Jul 24, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Marcos touts MISLEADING ‘bloodless’ drug war claim President Ferdinand Marcos misleads with the claim that his administration’s drug war has remained “bloodless.” By VERA Files | Jul 24, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: AFP denies FALSE claim about ‘generals’ walkout’ The AFP denied a claim about generals allegedly walking out in the middle of a command conference after a heated discussion with a top government official. By VERA Files | Jul 22, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 15 16 17 18 19 … 43 Older posts