Archive - FACT CHECK

Two photos being shared on Facebook show children killed in Syria in 2013 and in Gaza in 2019, not in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

Facebook pages posing as the Power Mac Center are using the same modus operandi of other scammers to sell a smartwatch.

Asked during a briefing if the cap has failed to bring down rice prices given the high inflation rate, PSA Undersecretary Dennis Mapa said, “This is a research question that researchers would study based on the data that we are collecting.”

Joint Circular 2015-01 prescribes specific activities where confidential funds can and cannot be used. It does not give LGUs discretion to spend confidential funds the way they want to.

A video claims that the Philippines is now involved in the Israel-Hamas conflict, and that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the evacuation of Filipinos in Israel. Neither claim is true.

Netizens circulated a report on armed robberies that supposedly took place in restaurants in Quezon City recently. This is false.

Several Facebook pages misrepresented video game content as real combat footage taken during the Israel-Hamas war.

A video is claiming that VP Sara Duterte has given several orders to remove all “anti-Marcos” information in public school textbooks and revise content taught about the martial law period. This needs context.

Japanese naval commander Noguchi Yuta did not threaten a war against China if the latter did not follow laws of the sea.

A YouTube video is claiming that Congress had kicked out Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio from her post. Not true.

A video showing a tower in Gaza leveled by an Israeli airstrike is being passed off as a recent event. This needs context.

Yet another website imitating The Manila Times posted a story endorsing a cryptocurrency trading platform supposedly endorsed by ex-Finance secretary Carlos Dominguez III. This is a rehashed hoax.