Archive - FACT CHECK Year all all 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 Items per page 18 12 18 24 30 FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte and Imelda tell contradicting stories about Marcos gold The Marcos gold – ill-gotten after all? By VERA Files | Sep 7, 2017 | 5-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Interview clip confirms Acosta said there’s a ‘pattern’ in spate of killings PAO Chief Acosta inaccurately claimed she never said what she had actually said just two days prior. By VERA Files | Sep 7, 2017 | 5-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: In his own words: Duterte’s drug war, so far Candidate Duterte is different from President Duterte. By VERA Files | Sep 7, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: PNP Chief Dela Rosa understates war on drugs figures Dela Rosa’s figures do not match the ostensibly “real numbers” on the war on drugs published by the PNP itself, in its own website. By VERA Files | Sep 5, 2017 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Did Duterte sign a new law that criminalizes fake news? Philippine Star wrongly reported there's a new law criminalizing fake news. By VERA FILES | Sep 2, 2017 | 4-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte not the only president to attack Inquirer, ABS-CBN Former presidents Estrada and Aquino have also attacked both media outfits. By VERA Files | Sep 2, 2017 | 6-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Gov’t officials linked to website spreading news claiming Hontiveros called for Duterte ouster deny involvement “With my job now, do you think I still have time to spread fake news?” Agriculture Sec. Manny Piñol said. By VERA Files | Aug 31, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Three things Duterte got wrong about Rappler From being American-owned, Pres. Rodrigo Duterte now falsely accuses social news network Rappler, of being run by the country’s biggest media conglomerate, ABS-CBN, Corp. By VERA Files | Aug 31, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT SHEET: What is presumption of innocence? The constitution states that in all criminal prosecutions, the person accused is presumed innocent until he is proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt. By VERA Files | Aug 30, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK Filipino connection suspected in string of celebrity death hoaxes What does Vic Sotto have in common with Mr. Bean and The Rock? By Lucille Sodipe | Aug 29, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte says 2-3 cops killed daily in war on drugs The president's numbers run counter to "Real Numbers PH," the official figures on the war on drugs released by PDEA. By VERA Files | Aug 23, 2017 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Is the CHR a Constitutional Commission? Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella and Sen. Risa Hontiveros both said the CHR is a Constitutional Commission. Were they correct in saying so? By VERA FILES | Aug 20, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte skews war on drugs figures; Aquino gets it wrong too Duterte's misleading claim exaggerates the supposed gains of his administration’s war against illegal drugs. By VERA Files | Aug 15, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte ‘jokes’ about abolishing CHR, meddling with Ombudsman probes Not the first time the president made a "joke" about a serious matter. By VERA Files | Aug 11, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Timeline of the ASEAN and China Code of Conduct in the South China Sea Timeline of key events dating back to 1992, when the goal of having a COC in the South China Sea was first set. By Contributed by Charmaine Deogracias | Aug 9, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte says he never ordered the police to kill anyone, backpedals less than a minute later Duterte: "I never said, 'I will order the police to kill you.'" By VERA Files | Aug 8, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte flip-flops on bullying communists During President Rodrigo Duterte’s second State of the Nation Address, he stood behind a pulpit and declared he is a bully, especially when dealing with “enemies of the state.” By VERA FILES | Aug 5, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Can Duterte extend his term as president? Communications Assistant Secretary Margaux “Mocha” Uson hopes he will. By VERA FILES | Aug 4, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 206 207 208 209 210 … 216 Older posts