Archive - FACT CHECK

A fake quote card circulating across social media claims that Marikina Rep. Stella Quimbo is urging VP Sara Duterte to resign before her impeachment trial.

Facebook and TikTok posts falsely claimed that a photo from the 2018 bridge aesthetic guideline of the DPWH is the original design of the collapsed Isabela bridge.

Several FB pages published fake quotes expressing solidarity for Duterte and attributed it to popular Filipino TV personalities like Vice Ganda and Noli De Castro.

A fabricated exchange on diplomacy and Russia’s concessions between Hegseth and a reporter is circulating, but no conversation took place in the Feb. 13 press briefing.

Several Facebook posts are claiming that Pope Francis has proposed a certain set of acts to replace the practice of fasting during Lent. This is false.

Pope Francis never said that Catholics can eat whatever they want for Holy Week or Easter, contrary to what several Facebook posts claimed.

A video claiming that France recently sent 49 warships to the Philippines to counter China is false.

An impostor page of the Philippine Orthopedic Center digitally altered an existing video of a licensed orthopedic surgeon to advertise a supposed remedy to joint pain.

A YouTube video is claiming the Supreme Court has removed House of Representatives Speaker Martin Romualdez from his post. This is false.

A YouTube video claims that the Supreme Court has issued a verdict on a libel case against Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers. This is false.

A video on Facebook and YouTube claims that PNP chief General Rommel Francisco Marbil has been dismissed from his post. This is not true.

A Facebook (FB) post claimed voters preferred incumbent Caloocan Mayor Dale “Along” Malapitan over opponent former senator Antonio Trillanes IV. This is misleading. The numbers cited refer to the candidates’ trust ratings, not voter preference.