Archive - FACT CHECK

A video on YouTube and Facebook claims that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has burned a Chinese flag, supposedly as revenge for the Philippines. This is false.

A photo showing former senator Antonio Trillanes IV supposedly wetting his pants when arrested during the 2007 Manila Peninsula Siege is circulating online. This is fake.

A viral quote card falsely claimed that fictional movie character Nicholas "Nick" Fury praised former president Rodrigo Duterte.

A fake Facebook post that went viral falsely claimed that the Philippine Navy is urgently hiring people to fill up 19,000 job vacancies in 2025.

Multiple posts on social media spread a video with false context, showing strong winds and rain cutting down a huge tree as debris flew around.

A YouTube video claims that Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin has allowed the ICC to come to the Philippines. This is misleading.

A YouTube video falsely claims that President Marcos skipped the 2024 APEC Summit in Peru because he did not want to undergo drug testing for the event.

Hindi tumpak ang pahayag ni House Rep. Robert Ace Barbers na 73 lamang ang napatay sa mga drug-related police operations sa una at kalahating taon ng Marcos administration.

Several Facebook warning netizens about possible child abductions in Marikina City have spread after reports of an alleged kidnapping involving four children in surfaced. These are false.

Two Facebook posts falsely claimed that Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced the launch of a "water engine" through a post on X.

From denying the existence of the DDS when he was mayor of Davao City, former president Rodrigo Duterte said that former Davao police officers present in the Oct. 28 Senate probe on his administration’s drug war were commanders of the DDS.

A video erroneously claimed that President Ferdinand Marcos is facing impeachment over the dwindling calamity fund of the government.

A Facebook post implied that the lower death toll of Super Typhoon Rolly compared to Severe Tropical Storm Kristine's is due to the actions of former president Rodrigo Duterte's government.

State-owned PIA plagiarized parts of a study by independent researcher Jeanne Frances Illo on the Bicol River Basin Development Project of the late president Ferdinand Marcos Sr.

After Typhoon Marce made landfall in Cagayan, an AI-generated image allegedly showing the aftermath of the typhoon is making the rounds online.

When questioned about his drug war policy, former president Rodrigo Duterte falsely claimed that he did not order the killing of drug addicts, but later admitted that he did.

Three Facebook pages using CHED's logo as a profile picture claimed to offer scholarships from the government agency. These offers are fake.

Former president Rodrigo Duterte's joint bank account in question is with his daughter, Vice President Sara Duterte, not his wife.