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: Marcoleta removal from post NEEDS CONTEXT A YouTube video claims that SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta has been removed from office. This needs context. By VERA Files | Oct 1, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: NO alliance formed between France and Sara A YouTube video misleads that France has entered into an alliance with Vice President Sara Duterte. By VERA Files | Oct 1, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Belated inclusion of Irrawaddy dolphins in Visayas mega-bridge study NEEDS CONTEXT Marine scientists have raised concerns over the initial exclusion of the critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphins on the list of species threatened by the construction of the Panay-Guimaras-Negros Bridge. This needs context. By VERA Files | Sep 28, 2024 | 4-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Doc Willie Ong DID NOT endorse healing oil for cancer A Facebook page posted a video ad supposedly of Doc Willie Ong promoting Anahaw Healing Oil for cancer. This is fake. By VERA Files | Sep 26, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: CHED is NOT giving a ‘monthly allowance’ for all Filipino students Facebook posts said CHED is offering monthly allowances for all Filipino students, regardless of their educational level. CHED-UniFAST said this is fake. By VERA Files | Sep 25, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: ‘DTI’ advisory suspending all but one vape brand is FAKE An advisory supposedly from DTI announcing the suspension of all vape brands except "X-Vape" is circulating online. This is fake. By VERA Files | Sep 25, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Cardiologist Willie Ong still undergoing chemotherapy Death hoaxes on Facebook and YouTube falsely claimed that Dr. Willie Ong recently passed away. By VERA Files | Sep 25, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Impostor FB pages post FAKE washing machine giveaway Eight impostor Facebook pages of a business corporation claimed to give away washing machines to netizens. These are fake. By VERA Files | Sep 25, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Bong Go claim on Duterte ‘not allowing’ illegal activities needs context While no court has yet found Rodrigo Duterte guilty of involvement in illegal activities, his name has been mentioned in some ongoing investigations into unlawful undertakings during his terms as Davao City mayor and as the country’s president. By VERA Files | Sep 25, 2024 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: VP Duterte flip-flops on ‘friendship’ with Marcos Just less than three months before, Vice President Sara Duterte said she and President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. were "still friends." By VERA Files | Sep 24, 2024 | 1-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Panguil Bay Bridge Project was NOT approved by Duterte The project was approved for implementation in 2015 and financed through a loan agreement in April 2016 – before Duterte even took office. By VERA Files | Sep 20, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: OVP budget NOT down to zero Contrary to the YouTube video's claim, the 2025 budget of the Office of the Vice President was not set to zero. By VERA Files | Sep 20, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: NO impeachment against Sara Duterte at the House A YouTube video falsely claims that the impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte have started in the House of Representatives. By VERA Files | Sep 20, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Video shows Catholic faithful in East Timor, NOT pro-Duterte rally A clip of Catholic faithful coming home from Pope Francis' mass in East Timor was edited and made to appear like a pro-Duterte rally in the Philippines. By VERA Files | Sep 20, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Video of Arroyo ‘crowning’ Quiboloy NEEDS CONTEXT A video of Pampanga Rep. and former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo crowning KOJC leader Apollo Quiboloy is circulating online without proper context. By VERA Files | Sep 20, 2024 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Bong Go understates Duterte’s ‘link’ to Michael Yang Michael Yang is not merely linked to Duterte. He was the then-president’s economic adviser in 2018. By VERA Files | Sep 20, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: NO advisory in Antique to avoid fish after seaside cemetery collapse An advisory circulated on FB warning people in Antique from eating fish, hours after heavy waves partially destroyed a public cemetery in the municipality of Sebaste. By VERA Files | Sep 20, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Claim that Cambodia deputy PM forged alliance with Sara Duterte MISLEADS A YouTube video claims that Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok Chenda Sophea entered into an alliance with Vice President Sara Duterte. This is misleading. By VERA Files | Sep 19, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Video of Marcos Sr. saying his son ‘died in London’ FAKE A circulating video of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. saying his son died in London is fabricated. By VERA Files | Sep 19, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT SHEET: Why Sulu is no longer part of BARMM The SC decision declared that Sulu is not part of the BARMM because its inclusion violates Section 18, Article X of the 1987 Constitution. By Psalm Mishael Taruc | Sep 18, 2024 | 4-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Bong Go falsely claims he has been ‘against’ POGOs 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. By VERA Files | Sep 18, 2024 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Clips DO NOT show super typhoon to hit PH 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. By VERA Files | Sep 17, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Impostor pages post FAKE company ‘anniversary giveaways’ Several Facebook pages imitating private companies are promising "anniversary giveaways" to netizens. These are scams. The companies have disowned the posts. By VERA Files | Sep 17, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: FAKE CNN report on Marcos alleged drug use spreads online 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. 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