Archive - FACT CHECK

A verified YouTube channel uploaded a video claiming that two new super typhoons have entered the Philippines. This is fake.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. contradicted the assertions of the Department of Foreign Affairs and the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea that the 2016 arbitral court decision had declared the area as part of the Philippine exclusive economic zone and continental shelf.

Several website articles are circulating on social media claiming that Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire is endorsing Neocardia, a "cure" for numerous diseases. These are fake.

Netizens are still interacting with a six-week-old Facebook post offering to assist — for a fee — those obtaining their TIN cards.

Two YouTube videos wrongly claimed that President Bongbong Marcos and the Senate have approved the reinstatement of the death penalty.

A YouTube video falsely claimed that President Bongbong Marcos reclaimed Sabah during his state visit to Malaysia. This is not true.

Several websites carried digitally-altered photos claiming to show Simon Cowell in a hospital bed or in his funeral. This is a hoax.

As Habagat unleashed heavy rains in many parts of the country, a Facebook reel circulated showing a man opening a floodgate of a dam, suggesting it was in the Philippines.  

Two YouTube videos falsely claimed that the Philippines had been cleared of all its standing debt because of the Maharlika Investment Fund Act. This is not true. 

A Facebook video is claiming that former vice president Leni Robredo erred in saying she was tutoring kids when a photo actually showed her in the company of the elderly.

A Facebook video claims to show the funeral procession for Celine Dion. The funeral procession is actually for an American police officer who died in 2015. 

A video uploaded on Facebook claimed to show scenes from Typhoon Egay’s onslaught in China. Not true.

A pro-Marcos vlogger claimed that cases against the Marcoses were all fictional, and there is no such thing as “ill-gotten wealth.” Court rulings on several cases against the family here and abroad disprove this claim.

A YouTube channel used old clips of a guided missile destroyer to claim that Russia gave the country a warship. This is not true.

A Facebook video claimed that former Vice President Leni Robredo delivered her own State of the Nation Address (SONA) where she insulted President Bongbong Marcos. This is not true.

At least three Facebook videos wrongly claimed that Sen. Risa Hontiveros called President Bongbong Marcos immature, following his administration’s decision to disengage with the International Criminal Court.

PSA said food inflation has slowed down to 6.7% in June 2023 from 7.5% in the previous month. However, it is still higher than the 6.4% recorded food inflation in June 2022.

A Facebook video supposedly showing fatal landslides and floods this year in India is making the rounds. The clips shown were from 10 years ago.