Archive - FACT CHECK

A YouTube video falsely claims that the impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte have started in the House of Representatives.

A clip of Catholic faithful coming home from Pope Francis' mass in East Timor was edited and made to appear like a pro-Duterte rally in the Philippines.

A video of Pampanga Rep. and former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo crowning KOJC leader Apollo Quiboloy is circulating online without proper context.

Michael Yang is not merely linked to Duterte. He was the then-president’s economic adviser in 2018.

An advisory circulated on FB warning people in Antique from eating fish, hours after heavy waves partially destroyed a public cemetery in the municipality of Sebaste.

A YouTube video claims that Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok Chenda Sophea entered into an alliance with Vice President Sara Duterte. This is misleading.

A circulating video of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. saying his son died in London is fabricated.

The SC decision declared that Sulu is not part of the BARMM because its inclusion violates Section 18, Article X of the 1987 Constitution.

Go was one of the 17 senators who voted on June 2, 2021 for Senate Bill No. 2232, recognizing the legitimacy of offshore online gaming and taxing the POGOs.

Footage of a supposed super typhoon that will devastate the Philippines is circulating online. The clips show animated images of a 2018 hurricane in the US.

Several Facebook pages imitating private companies are promising "anniversary giveaways" to netizens. These are scams. The companies have disowned the posts.

Multiple Facebook posts are claiming that US-based CNN has reported that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is addicted to cocaine. This is fake. CNN has not published such a report and the image is fabricated.

A Facebook post falsely claimed that the Philippines broke a world record by planting 3.2 million trees in an hour.

A YouTube video falsely claims that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was rushed to the hospital this September.

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A Facebook post erroneously claimed that a storm bigger than the Philippines is going to hit the country. PAGASA debunked this claim.

A video supposedly showing doomsday evangelist Apollo Quiboloy being arrested is circulating online. It used old clips of a different arrest.

The PhilHealth Konsulta program is an expanded benefit package for outpatient services for all Filipinos. Konsulta covers consultation, laboratory and diagnostic tests and medication.