Archive - FACT CHECK Year all all 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 Items per page 24 12 18 24 30 FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Video, photos of protesters calling for Escudero’s resignation are AI-generated A fake video posted on Facebook shows protesters calling for Senate President Francis Escudero's resignation. The video was generated using artificial intelligence. By VERA Files | Jun 30, 2025 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Video FALSELY relates Sara Duterte’s impeachment to Fernando Lopez’s 1966 exclusion from NSC A Facebook reel is falsely claiming that Vice President Sara Duterte is having the same fate as Fernando Lopez Sr., the vice president of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr., who was supposedly impeached in 1966. By VERA Files | Jun 30, 2025 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Ombudsman did NOT convict Sara over alleged fund misuse Facebook and YouTube posts claim that the Ombudsman has convicted Vice President Sara Duterte and ordered her imprisonment. This is false. By VERA Files | Jun 30, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: NO Marcos order for PH to rejoin ICC A YouTube video falsely claims that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered the Philippines to rejoin the International Criminal Court. By VERA Files | Jun 30, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Video of Harry Roque used to FALSELY claim ICC will charge Marcos Jr. A YouTube video claims that the International Criminal Court will file charges and detain President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. This is false. By VERA Files | Jun 30, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Old video used to FALSELY claim Marcos admin has threatened COA Facebook video showing former Commission on Audit commissioner Heidi Mendoza supposedly admitting that the agency is being coerced by the Marcos administration is false. By VERA Files | Jun 30, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Clip FROM 2022 used to claim Duterte now free A Facebook reel showed women supporters of former president Rodrigo Duterte rejoicing over his supposed release This is false. By VERA Files | Jun 30, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: VP Sara, Chiz Escudero NOT ‘stripped of power’ Several Facebook pages and a YouTube channel claimed that the Supreme Court has removed Vice President Sara Duterte and Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero from office. This is false. By VERA Files | Jun 30, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Claim that SC decision on ‘second placer’ rule applies to Abante-Uy case NEEDS CONTEXT A YouTube video is claiming that the recent Supreme Court landmark decision discarding the second placer rule in local elections applies to the case of Bienvenido Abante Jr., who was declared the duly elected Manila 6th District solon after the Commission on Elections disqualified Luis “Joey” Chua Uy in the 2025 election. This needs context. By VERA Files | Jun 30, 2025 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Graphic on ‘ICC convicting Duterte with life imprisonment’ FAKE A news card claiming that the ICC has sentenced former president Rodrigo Duterte to life imprisonment is circulating online. This is fake. By VERA Files | Jun 30, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Iran’s top general NOT killed in nuclear site airstrike A Facebook video claimed top Iranian general Hossein Salami was killed at an Iranian nuclear site bombed by Israel. This is false. By VERA Files | Jun 30, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Hontiveros NOT jailed for bribing witness Sen. Risa Hontiveros has not been jailed for allegedly bribing a Senate witness to testify against KOJC Leader Apollo Quiboloy. By VERA Files | Jun 30, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Posts FALSELY claim Duterte’s ‘release paper’ approved Facebook posts are claiming that the release paper of former president Rodrigo Duterte has been approved. This is false. The International Criminal Court has yet to decide on Duterte's request for interim release. By VERA Files | Jun 30, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Video of Hontiveros vowing to ‘defy the Constitution’ MISLEADS At least three Facebook posts used a video clip of Sen. Risa Hontiveros saying she will "defy the Constitution." The video was edited to mislead. The clip was extracted from her June 9 media conference where she emphasized that she would not allow the Senate to defy the Constitution in connection with the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. By VERA Files | Jun 27, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Old videos MISREPRESENTED as footage of Israel-Iran conflict A video circulating among Filipino netizens claims to show footage of the airstrike exchange between Israel and Iran. It used unrelated clips from the US and Lebanon. By VERA Files | Jun 27, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: OLD video passed off as ‘final moments’ inside Air India plane Filipino netizens have shared a video supposedly showing the last moments of passengers inside the Air India plane that crashed on June 12. The video is old and unrelated to the deadly disaster. By VERA Files | Jun 27, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Clip from Balikatan exercises PASSED OFF as US attack on Iran A Filipino netizen uploaded a clip from the Balikatan exercises last April falsely claiming that it shows American forces attacking Iran. By VERA Files | Jun 27, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Clip of ‘news report,’ protest on Iran’s surrender to Israel FAKE An AI-generated video posted on Facebook shows a news report and a protest rally related to Iran's supposed surrender to Israel amid the intense conflict between the two countries. By VERA Files | Jun 27, 2025 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Video shows jets from Florida air show, NOT military operations in Middle East war A Facebook user uploaded a reel showing low-flying military aircraft over a populated beach area amidst the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. This is misleading. By VERA Files | Jun 26, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: NO announcement to push for lowering early retirement age to 39 A Facebook post is claiming that incoming Sen. Tito Sotto will file a bill lowering the early retirement age to 39 years old. This is false. By VERA Files | Jun 26, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: NO threat from China rocket launch; only debris fall warning A video circulating online shared a warning from the NDRRMC urging caution over the launch of a Chinese rocket. This is misleading. By VERA Files | Jun 26, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Legal provisions of Anti-Bullying Act for name-calling FALSE RA 10627 or the Anti-Bullying Act of 2013 was used as legal basis for individuals who have been called fat or dark-skinned to sue or seek a P20,000 fine for the alleged offense. By VERA Files | Jun 26, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Video shows Afghan refugees from 2023, NOT Iranians taking shelter in mountains A Facebook user uploaded a reel showing supposed Iranian refugees taking shelter in mountains amidst the ongoing war between Iran and Israel. This is false. By VERA Files | Jun 25, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: A 2020 Beirut blast PASSED OFF as US strike on Iran nuclear sites A Facebook reel misrepresented an old video of a massive explosion that occurred in Beirut, Lebanon, in 2020, and passed it off as the recent strike by the US on Iran's key nuclear sites. 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