Archive - FACT CHECK

The theater group of “Maid in Malacañang” director Darryl Yap falsely claimed a nun close to the late President Corazon Aquino played mahjong.

In pushing for a bill that reinstates the death penalty for large-scale illegal drug trafficking, Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa claimed that lethal injection is the “universally accepted” method of capital punishment. This is wrong.

Health experts from Meedan, a global technology nonprofit, emphasized that the research was “not the final study used to guide recommendations” on Dengvaxia. To date, Dengvaxia is recommended for persons aged 9 to 45 years old who have once been infected with the dengue virus.

Ferdinand Marcos’ last will and testaments show that he only entrusted his wealth to his immediate family and not to his countrymen.

A Facebook page has again used the name and face of Dr. Willie Ong, this time, to promote a hemorrhoid cream. It is bogus marketing.

The page’s post was an apparent attempt to show the supposedly similar conditions of commuters in the Philippines and its two Asian neighbors.

A video on Facebook falsely claims Kris Aquino is asking President Bongbong Marcos for forgiveness over the “sins” committed by her family.

Marcos was one of 17 senators who voted in Aug. 23, 2011 to ratify the Rome Statute, the treaty that founded the ICC.

As the Philippines logged its first case of monkeypox, Presidential Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles said that the disease is “not particularly fatal.” This needs context.

A Facebook post falsely claimed that the ICC cannot interfere and investigate deaths related to the drug war in the Philippines.

A satirical Facebook post is misleading netizens into believing that Pastor Apollo Quiboloy wants Chao Tiao Yumol to be declared a saint.

FB video falsely claimed there's evidence to call the Aquino family “magnanakaw” (thieves) while there is none for the Marcoses. Not true.

The fake quote first appeared on a satirical FB page.

A video made a misleading claim after the Commission on Audit flagged Leni Robredo's old office in its 2021 audit report.

Interviewed on ANC’s Headstart on July 18, Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa claimed that former president Rodrigo Duterte never ordered the killing of anyone involved in drugs. This is inaccurate.

The video revived an oft-repeated spurious claim debunked twice by VERA Files Fact Check last year.

The funds in question were not missing as incorrectly implied, but were flagged for being used for a different purpose.

University of the Philippines Executive Vice President Teodoro Herbosa said records from the UP Diliman (UPD) Registrar’s office indicated that Imee Marcos only took courses at the university but did not finish a degree.