Archive - FACT CHECK Year 2025 all 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 Items per page 12 12 18 24 30 FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: OLD video passed off as Pope Francis after discharge A video from 2024 is being passed off as Pope Francis after his supposed discharge from the hospital this February. The Pontiff is still receiving treatment at a medical institution in Rome as of March 5. By VERA Files | Mar 6, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Marcos pushing teaching masturbation to 4-year-olds OUT OF CONTEXT A clip of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. supposedly ordering the teaching of masturbation to four-year-olds was taken out of context. By VERA Files | Mar 6, 2025 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: FAKE eye drops DO NOT prevent cataracts Eye drops are not a treatment for cataracts nor has Ong endorsed the product, currently unregistered with the FDA. By VERA Files | Mar 6, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Video of “blood-red river in Argentina” AI-generated Netizens are circulating a video supposedly showing the river in Argentina that turned crimson red last February. This video was generated through AI. By VERA Files | Mar 4, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Hontiveros urging to build condos where the poor live NEEDS CONTEXT A Facebook user claimed that Senator Risa Hontiveros urged the building of condos on land where the poor live. By VERA Files | Feb 28, 2025 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: FAKE coffee claims to lower blood pressure Research is mixed on the effects of coffee intake on blood pressure. The coffee product is not registered with the Food and Drug Administration By VERA Files | Feb 28, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Gaisano impostor page posts FAKE giveaway The Gaisano Capital Group of Companies has no ongoing giveaway for shopping vouchers. Their official Facebook page warned against the fake post. By VERA Files | Feb 28, 2025 | 1-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: NO Duterte chants at Alyansa proclamation rally A TikTok user falsely claimed that the crowd chanted Duterte at Marcos slate proclamation rally in Iloilo. By VERA Files | Feb 28, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Marcos ‘stealing’ PH gold reserves has NO BASIS Several online posts are claiming President Marcos has stolen from the country’s gold reserves. This has NO BASIS. By VERA Files | Feb 28, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: NEED CONTEXT for De Lima ties to disbarred lawyer De Lima denied ever knowing the disbarred lawyer, whose name does not appear among her election campaign donors. By VERA Files | Feb 28, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: FB page posing as La Union resort a SCAM A Facebook page claiming to be a resort in La Union uses photos and videos from a resort in Batangas to scam people. By VERA Files | Feb 28, 2025 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: De Lima NOT mentioned in U.S. sanction vs ICC Roque falsely claimed that President Trump had said people who would help the ICC, such as former senator Leila De Lima, would be sanctioned. By VERA Files | Feb 28, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 3 4 5 6 7 … 15 Older posts