Archive - FACT CHECK

A circulating video of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. saying his son died in London is fabricated.

The SC decision declared that Sulu is not part of the BARMM because its inclusion violates Section 18, Article X of the 1987 Constitution.

Go was one of the 17 senators who voted on June 2, 2021 for Senate Bill No. 2232, recognizing the legitimacy of offshore online gaming and taxing the POGOs.

Footage of a supposed super typhoon that will devastate the Philippines is circulating online. The clips show animated images of a 2018 hurricane in the US.

Several Facebook pages imitating private companies are promising "anniversary giveaways" to netizens. These are scams. The companies have disowned the posts.

Multiple Facebook posts are claiming that US-based CNN has reported that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is addicted to cocaine. This is fake. CNN has not published such a report and the image is fabricated.

A Facebook post falsely claimed that the Philippines broke a world record by planting 3.2 million trees in an hour.

A YouTube video falsely claims that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was rushed to the hospital this September.

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A Facebook post erroneously claimed that a storm bigger than the Philippines is going to hit the country. PAGASA debunked this claim.

A video supposedly showing doomsday evangelist Apollo Quiboloy being arrested is circulating online. It used old clips of a different arrest.

The PhilHealth Konsulta program is an expanded benefit package for outpatient services for all Filipinos. Konsulta covers consultation, laboratory and diagnostic tests and medication.

The video that showed Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos and PNP Chief Rommel Marbil hugging Alice Guo is AI-generated.

A clip of President Bongbong Marcos "admitting" that he is a clone needs context. It was from an old interview where he called the rumor an urban legend.

It was not only Davao City that did not have a budget allocation for COVID-19 response when the WHO declared the outbreak as a global pandemic.

The PNP was enforcing court orders for the arrest of Quiboloy in relation to cases of human trafficking, child abuse and sexual assault. The Senate also has a standing contempt, arrest and detention order for the KOJC leader.

Albay Rep. Joey Salceda falsely claimed that PAGASA was "sleeping on the job" for issuing late advisories about typhoon Enteng.

While Duterte did not name names, she was looking at France Castro when she mentioned “somebody convicted of child abuse” during the hearing.