Archive - FACT CHECK

A content creator on YouTube and Facebook is deceiving his viewers with a video stating that Sen. Bato Dela Rosa has been captured by authorities. This is not true.

A claim is circulating on social media that National Bureau of Investigation Director Melvin Matibag has left his post. Not true.

Three graphics are making the rounds on Facebook claiming that Sen. Vicente "Tito" Sotto III said it is embarrassing to the public that he was ousted as Senate president. This is fake.

Three Facebook posts claim Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano has chosen Sen. Rodante Marcoleta as the new chair of the Senate blue ribbon committee. This is false.

Viral posts claiming former senator Antonio Trillanes IV presented a 'wig' as evidence used by Sen. Bato dela Rosa to escape the Senate are satire.

A quote card posted on Facebook is claiming Cagayan de Oro Rep. Lordan Suan voted to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte due to strong opposition to the Duterte family among many people in the Visayas and Mindanao, including Overseas Filipino Workers. This is false.

A Facebook post claiming that Malabon Rep. Lenlen Oreta said Vice President Sara Duterte needs to be replaced because she is "crazy" is not true.

A graphic circulating on Facebook claims Sen. Camille Villar has been appointed as chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture, Food and Agrarian Reform. This is false; it originated from a satire post.

A Facebook user posted an image supposedly showing Nicholas Kaufman visiting former client Rodrigo Duterte at the ICC, despite having stepped down as Duterte’s defense lawyer. The image is AI-generated.

A graphic posted on Facebook claims to show a list of supposed new chairpersons of certain permanent committees in the Senate. This is inaccurate.

At least three Facebook posts are claiming that lawyers, Harvey Specter and Mike Ross, were assigned as former president Rodrigo Duterte's new defense attorney in the International Criminal Court (ICC). This is fake.

Multiple posts are claiming that the Supreme Court has granted Sen. Bato Dela Rosa's petition for a temporary restraining order against the ICC warrant of arrest This is false.