Archive - FACT CHECK Year all all 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 Items per page 24 12 18 24 30 FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: LTFRB flip-flops on PUV consolidation extension After insisting that April 30 was the final extension for the franchise consolidation for drivers and operators of PUV under the modernization plan, the LTFRB has extended the consolidation until Nov. 29. By VERA Files | Oct 24, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Willie Revillame wrongly claims 94% to 97% of Filipinos are poor Justifying his bid for a seat in the Senate in the 2025 elections, television host Willie Revillame falsely claimed that 94% to 97% of Filipinos are poor. By VERA Files | Oct 24, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Claim on arrest warrant against Harry, Mylah Roque MISLEADS A YouTube video claims that Harry and Mylah Roque have been ordered arrested and imprisoned supposedly by a court. This needs context. By VERA Files | Oct 24, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Marcos did NOT laugh at executed Filipino in Saudi A video misleadingly claimed that Marcos laughed at the Filipino who was executed in Saudi Arabia. It also used an unrelated photo of Marcos on its thumbnail. By VERA Files | Oct 18, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: The Ombudsman did NOT file a case vs Stella Quimbo A video on YouTube falsely claimed that the Office of the Ombudsman filed a case against Marikina Rep. Stella Quimbo regarding her "extravagant lifestyle". By VERA Files | Oct 18, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Doc Willie Ong is NOT dead Two posts on Facebook falsely claimed that Doc Willie Ong is dead. It used images with false contexts as proof of his supposed death. By VERA Files | Oct 17, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Cassandra Ong did NOT reveal Doc Willie Ong as father A YouTube video falsely claims that Cassandra Ong has revealed that Doc Willie Ong is her father. By VERA Files | Oct 17, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Apollo Quiboloy is NOT the KOJC leader with dismissed charges Two Facebook posts are falsely implying that cases in the U.S. against KOJC leader Apollo Quiboloy have been dismissed. By VERA Files | Oct 17, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Quiboloy’s US cases have NOT been junked Several posts on social media falsely claimed that the cases against Pastor Apollo Quiboloy in the U.S. have been dismissed. By VERA Files | Oct 17, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: P1,000 monthly pension is for INDIGENT senior citizens, not all A false advisory about a P1,000 monthly pension for all senior citizens in the Philippines is circulating again on social media. By VERA Files | Oct 16, 2024 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: ‘Hurricane Milton’ video compilation MISLEADS with unrelated clips A viral Hurricane Milton video compilation misleadingly showed several clips not taken when the storm struck Florida. By VERA Files | Oct 15, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Drinking water with calamansi for 120 days will NOT clean the liver Neither hepatologists nor traditional medicine experts recommend drinking water mixed with calamansi juice to "clean" the liver. By VERA Files | Oct 15, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: NO order to deport Alice Guo to China A YouTube video falsely claims that dismissed mayor Alice Guo will be deported to China. By VERA Files | Oct 15, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT SHEET: What’s in store for drivers left behind in the PUV modernization plan? LTFRB said PUV drivers and operators who refuse to consolidate are considered unlicensed and can be apprehended if they still ply the routes with unregistered vehicles. By Psalm Mishael Taruc | Oct 12, 2024 | 6-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Rodrigo Duterte NOT running for senator A video on YouTube misled people into thinking that former president Rodrigo Duterte is gunning for a Senate seat. This is not true. By VERA Files | Oct 11, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: US Fed Reserve NOT requiring banks to have gold reserves A Facebook Reel falsely claimed that the US Federal Reserve is requiring banks around the world to have gold reserves to continue operations. By VERA Files | Oct 11, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Video of children singing UNRELATED to Thailand bus fire A viral video claims to show the final moments of the victims of a Thailand school bus inferno, this is misleading. By VERA Files | Oct 11, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: FAKE ad imitates GMA News, uses Chinkee Tan’s name to promote crypto scam Bogus Facebook ads used website impostors of GMA News to claim that financial adviser Chinkee Tan promoted a cryptocurrency platform. By VERA Files | Oct 11, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Posts on MRT-3 offering free ride promo FAKE Three FB pages are claiming that the MRT-3 is offering commuters a transportation card with a year's worth of train rides. This is fake. By VERA Files | Oct 11, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: More FAKE ads for ‘bee venom’ cream circulate Another fake Facebook ad about bee venom cream claims that the ointment was created by PGH and endorsed by a certain Renato "Waterdok" Paragas. By VERA Files | Oct 9, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Escudero falsely credits Congress for BARMM anti-dynasty rule The anti-dynasty provision is contained in a Bangsamoro law and a Comelec resolution. Neither the Comelec nor the transitional Bangsamoro Parliament are considered part of Congress By VERA Files | Oct 7, 2024 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: NO Marcos gold in the Bank of England An FB post claimed that former president Ferdinand Marcos Sr.'s last will and testament mentioned gold assets deposited in the Bank of England. Not true. By VERA Files | Oct 4, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Duterte again flip-flops on Marcos, ‘opposition’ status Within five minutes, former president Rodrigo Duterte has contradicted himself from saying the PDP belongs to the opposition in the current administration to not being in the opposition. By VERA Files | Oct 3, 2024 | 1-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Ads for ‘St. Luke’s’ pulse oximeter are FAKE Ads on Facebook for a pulse oximeter supposedly made by St. Luke's Medical Center are fake. The hospital has disowned the ads. 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