Archive - FACT CHECK Year all all 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 Items per page 12 12 18 24 30 FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video does NOT show PCG chasing Vietnamese boat in Palawan A video posted on YouTube used an old clip and claimed to show the Philippine Coast Guard driving away a Vietnamese fishing vessel in Palawan. This is false. By VERA Files | May 17, 2023 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Netizens share video with FALSE claim on one-child policy A TikTok video falsely claims that where a one-child policy is in effect, children of couples with more than one offspring are incinerated. By VERA Files | May 17, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: SCAM ads for ‘Japanese aircon’ float anew As extremely hot weather continues to fire up the Philippines, another ad for a Japanese air conditioner has gone viral on Facebook. This is a scam. By VERA Files | May 17, 2023 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Videos spread FALSE claims on Pacquiao, Paradigm Sports civil case Three videos on social media carried erroneous claims related to former senator Manny Pacquiao’s loss in a legal battle with Paradigm Sports Management. By VERA Files | May 17, 2023 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: British Royal Navy NOT attacking trespassers in West Philippine Sea Two YouTube videos are claiming that the U.K.'s Royal Navy will now rush to defend the West Philippine Sea after President Ferdinand Marcos attended the coronation of King Charles III. This is not true. By VERA Files | May 16, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: 10k Chinese soldiers NOT killed in Taiwan A YouTube video claims that 10,000 Chinese soldiers were killed and 150 fighter jets were destroyed in Taiwan. This is not true. By VERA Files | May 15, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Liza Ong is NOT endorsing an unregistered vaginal perfume Several impostor FB pages are using doctor Liza Ramoso-Ong as an endorser of an “intimate perfume” that allegedly cures gynecological infections and odor. These ads are fake. By VERA Files | May 15, 2023 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Metro Manila NOT under Alert Level 3 A Facebook Reel falsely implies that Metro Manila has been placed under Alert Level 3. The misleading Reel used an old news report. By VERA Files | May 12, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO ‘secret NATO bunker’ in Ukraine struck by Russia A Tiktok video is erroneously claiming that Russian forces destroyed an underground hidden bunker in Ukraine that belongs to NATO. By VERA Files | May 11, 2023 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Impostor DSWD page posts FAKE ‘ayuda’ for registered SIM card users A Facebook page posing as the DSWD uploaded posts claiming the agency is giving away “P5,000” ayuda to those who have registered their SIM cards. This is fake. By VERA Files | May 11, 2023 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: K to 12 is NOT abolished, 10th graders still need to complete SHS Viral Facebook status updates falsely claim that Grade 10 Filipino students can now “directly attend college” after graduation as the K to 12 curriculum has been scrapped. This is false. By VERA Files | May 11, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB Reel of ‘tsunami in Indonesia’ NEEDS CONTEXT A Filipino netizen posted a FB Reel allegedly showing a tsunami in Indonesia. This needs context because the clip came from a movie. By VERA Files | May 11, 2023 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 97 98 99 100 101 … 317 Older posts
