Archive - FACT CHECK

A fake quote card circulating online claims that dismissed mayor Alice Guo challenged Sen. Risa Hontiveros to investigate the alleged blank items in the bicameral report of the 2025 national budget.

A YouTube video claims that former vice president Leni Robredo defended her successor Sara Duterte over the latter's confidential funds issue. This is fake.

A YouTube video claims that the Supreme Court has dismissed a case against former president Rodrigo Duterte. This needs context.

A video supposedly shows a huge tsunami wave hitting a shore in Northern California after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake. This is fake.

Narito ang mga nagbabagang MALI-ta (Maling Balita) na kumalat ngayong buwan – mga maling impormasyon na dapat itama!

A video is erroneously claiming that House members have staged a coup against Speaker Martin Romualdez. This is false.

A fake quote card claimed that former senator Ping Lacson spoke against revealing the people who received confidential funds under VP Sara Duterte.

A video claimed that a bird caused the wildfires in California this January. The video was made with AI. Authorities are still investigating the cause of the wildfires.

A statement on celebrity politicians supposedly from former senator Franklin Drilon is circulating on Facebook. It was a commentary by another lawyer published in October 2024.

A YouTube video claims that the Philippines bombed China's "monster ship" in the West Philippine Sea. This is not true.

Posts online are spreading the false claim that President Ferdinand Marcos signed the 2025 national budget that was allegedly filled with blank items.

Mali si Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. sa nilalaman ng comprehensive sexuality education sa Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy Bill sa Senado.

A misleading short video on TikTok showed an old clip featuring a 2018 rally organized by the Iglesia ni Cristo misrepresented as recent.

Another disinformation related to the California wildfires spreads on local social media, this time claiming that an earthquake hit the area.

PAHAYAG “Hidden in the 222 pages of 2025 General Appropriations Acts (GAA) were at least 10 pages with blank spaces where the amount[s] of budget were supposed to be written.” (“Nakatago sa 222 na pahina ng 2025 General Appropriations Acts (GAA) ang hindi bababa sa 10 mga pahina na may mga blangkong puwang kung saan

Hindi totoo ang sinasabi ni Abines na ang mga bahagi ng 2025 budget ay iniwang blangko. Ang mga pahinang ipinakita niya ay wala sa GAA kundi sa bicameral committee report.

Ang HMPV ay isang karaniwang respiratory virus na kumakalat sa maraming bansa mula taglamig hanggang tagsibol.

More viral videos spewing misinformation on the raging wildfires in California are spreading on social media.