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 18 12 18 24 30 FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Posts on MRT-3 offering free ride promo FAKE Three FB pages are claiming that the MRT-3 is offering commuters a transportation card with a year's worth of train rides. This is fake. By VERA Files | Oct 11, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: More FAKE ads for ‘bee venom’ cream circulate Another fake Facebook ad about bee venom cream claims that the ointment was created by PGH and endorsed by a certain Renato "Waterdok" Paragas. By VERA Files | Oct 9, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Escudero falsely credits Congress for BARMM anti-dynasty rule The anti-dynasty provision is contained in a Bangsamoro law and a Comelec resolution. Neither the Comelec nor the transitional Bangsamoro Parliament are considered part of Congress By VERA Files | Oct 7, 2024 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: NO Marcos gold in the Bank of England An FB post claimed that former president Ferdinand Marcos Sr.'s last will and testament mentioned gold assets deposited in the Bank of England. Not true. By VERA Files | Oct 4, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Duterte again flip-flops on Marcos, ‘opposition’ status Within five minutes, former president Rodrigo Duterte has contradicted himself from saying the PDP belongs to the opposition in the current administration to not being in the opposition. By VERA Files | Oct 3, 2024 | 1-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Ads for ‘St. Luke’s’ pulse oximeter are FAKE Ads on Facebook for a pulse oximeter supposedly made by St. Luke's Medical Center are fake. The hospital has disowned the ads. By VERA Files | Oct 2, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Marcoleta removal from post NEEDS CONTEXT A YouTube video claims that SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta has been removed from office. This needs context. By VERA Files | Oct 1, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: NO alliance formed between France and Sara A YouTube video misleads that France has entered into an alliance with Vice President Sara Duterte. By VERA Files | Oct 1, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Belated inclusion of Irrawaddy dolphins in Visayas mega-bridge study NEEDS CONTEXT Marine scientists have raised concerns over the initial exclusion of the critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphins on the list of species threatened by the construction of the Panay-Guimaras-Negros Bridge. This needs context. By VERA Files | Sep 28, 2024 | 4-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Doc Willie Ong DID NOT endorse healing oil for cancer A Facebook page posted a video ad supposedly of Doc Willie Ong promoting Anahaw Healing Oil for cancer. This is fake. By VERA Files | Sep 26, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: CHED is NOT giving a ‘monthly allowance’ for all Filipino students Facebook posts said CHED is offering monthly allowances for all Filipino students, regardless of their educational level. CHED-UniFAST said this is fake. By VERA Files | Sep 25, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: ‘DTI’ advisory suspending all but one vape brand is FAKE An advisory supposedly from DTI announcing the suspension of all vape brands except "X-Vape" is circulating online. This is fake. By VERA Files | Sep 25, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Cardiologist Willie Ong still undergoing chemotherapy Death hoaxes on Facebook and YouTube falsely claimed that Dr. Willie Ong recently passed away. By VERA Files | Sep 25, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Impostor FB pages post FAKE washing machine giveaway Eight impostor Facebook pages of a business corporation claimed to give away washing machines to netizens. These are fake. By VERA Files | Sep 25, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Bong Go claim on Duterte ‘not allowing’ illegal activities needs context While no court has yet found Rodrigo Duterte guilty of involvement in illegal activities, his name has been mentioned in some ongoing investigations into unlawful undertakings during his terms as Davao City mayor and as the country’s president. By VERA Files | Sep 25, 2024 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: VP Duterte flip-flops on ‘friendship’ with Marcos Just less than three months before, Vice President Sara Duterte said she and President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. were "still friends." By VERA Files | Sep 24, 2024 | 1-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Panguil Bay Bridge Project was NOT approved by Duterte The project was approved for implementation in 2015 and financed through a loan agreement in April 2016 – before Duterte even took office. By VERA Files | Sep 20, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: OVP budget NOT down to zero Contrary to the YouTube video's claim, the 2025 budget of the Office of the Vice President was not set to zero. By VERA Files | Sep 20, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 4 5 6 7 8 … 28 Older posts