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: Marcos DID NOT skip APEC due to drug test A YouTube video falsely claims that President Marcos skipped the 2024 APEC Summit in Peru because he did not want to undergo drug testing for the event. By VERA Files | Nov 19, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni Barbers tungkol sa bilang ng napatay sa anti-drug campaign ni Marcos HINDI TUMPAK Hindi tumpak ang pahayag ni House Rep. Robert Ace Barbers na 73 lamang ang napatay sa mga drug-related police operations sa una at kalahating taon ng Marcos administration. By VERA Files | Nov 19, 2024 | 1-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: FB posts on Marikina ‘kidnappings’ NOT TRUE Several Facebook warning netizens about possible child abductions in Marikina City have spread after reports of an alleged kidnapping involving four children in surfaced. These are false. By VERA Files | Nov 18, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Elon Musk did NOT announce launch of ‘water-powered’ car engine Two Facebook posts falsely claimed that Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced the launch of a "water engine" through a post on X. By VERA Files | Nov 18, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Duterte somersaults on ‘non-existence’ of Davao Death Squad From denying the existence of the DDS when he was mayor of Davao City, former president Rodrigo Duterte said that former Davao police officers present in the Oct. 28 Senate probe on his administration’s drug war were commanders of the DDS. By VERA Files | Nov 15, 2024 | 1-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: NO impeachment case vs. Marcos over dwindling calamity fund A video erroneously claimed that President Ferdinand Marcos is facing impeachment over the dwindling calamity fund of the government. By VERA Files | Nov 15, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Typhoon death toll comparison NEEDS CONTEXT A Facebook post implied that the lower death toll of Super Typhoon Rolly compared to Severe Tropical Storm Kristine's is due to the actions of former president Rodrigo Duterte's government. By VERA Files | Nov 15, 2024 | 4-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: PIA plagiarizes 2012 study on BRBDP, omits context State-owned PIA plagiarized parts of a study by independent researcher Jeanne Frances Illo on the Bicol River Basin Development Project of the late president Ferdinand Marcos Sr. By VERA Files | Nov 15, 2024 | 4-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: ‘Cagayan photo’ after Marce onslaught is AI-MANIPULATED After Typhoon Marce made landfall in Cagayan, an AI-generated image allegedly showing the aftermath of the typhoon is making the rounds online. By VERA Files | Nov 15, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Duterte seesaws on order to kill drug addicts When questioned about his drug war policy, former president Rodrigo Duterte falsely claimed that he did not order the killing of drug addicts, but later admitted that he did. By VERA Files | Nov 15, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: FB posts from CHED impostors promote FAKE scholarship offer Three Facebook pages using CHED's logo as a profile picture claimed to offer scholarships from the government agency. These offers are fake. By VERA Files | Nov 15, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Duterte’s joint bank account is with Sara, not his wife Former president Rodrigo Duterte's joint bank account in question is with his daughter, Vice President Sara Duterte, not his wife. By VERA Files | Nov 15, 2024 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 2 3 4 5 … 42 Older posts