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 30 12 18 24 30 FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Lawmaker wrongly insists data on child restraints lacking There are more than enough studies that prove child restraints such as car seats save lives. By VERA FILES | Oct 2, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK THIS WEEK IN FAKE NEWS: Duterte DID NOT sign any ‘no homework policy’ Using various online tools, VERA Files tracks FAKE NEWS that have trended online this week. We read fake news, so you don’t have to. By VERA FILES | Sep 29, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT SHEET: The 1993 secret deal: what the Marcoses wanted in exchange for their ill-gotten wealth Duterte wants a compromise deal with the Marcoses. But if history were any indication, getting a deal is not going to be easy. By VERA FILES | Sep 28, 2017 | 6-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: DFA, PCOO spread fake news about outcome of PH human rights report at the UN There was no “big victory” in Geneva, and no UN “recognition” of the Philippine human rights record under Duterte. By VERA Files | Sep 27, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT SHEET: These are the crimes Duterte has said he’d committed If he were not president, Duterte could be penalized for these crimes. By VERA FILES | Sep 26, 2017 | 5-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK THIS WEEK IN FAKE NEWS: The number of pro-Duterte rallyists was NOT three times as that of anti-gov’t protesters; 3 Catholic schools did NOT threaten students who refused to join rallies; there is NO news site Aljazeera-tv.com Using various online tools, VERA Files tracks FAKE NEWS that have trended online this week. We read fake news, so you don’t have to. By VERA FILES | Sep 24, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT SHEET: The sins of martial law, in tranches Three facts on the monumental challenges the Human Rights Victims’ Claims Board faces. By VERA Files | Sep 23, 2017 | 4-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Must reads on the Philippine economy under Marcos The 20-year Marcos presidency was not a golden age. By VERA Files | Sep 21, 2017 | 4-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Use of ‘alleged’ not a defense against libel PCOO Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson is wrong. By VERA Files | Sep 19, 2017 | 4-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK THIS WEEK IN FAKE NEWS: Vilma Santos-Recto DID NOT vote to slash the CHR budget; Lagman DID NOT say he’d file an impeachment complaint against Duterte and Henry Sy’s daughter DID NOT trash Duterte’s critics. These fake reports trended on social media this week. Don’t believe them. By VERA FILES | Sep 15, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: DFA press release distorts facts about Philippine human rights report Only eight countries expressed qualified support for PH war on drugs. By VERA FILES | Sep 15, 2017 | 7-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: DDB Chair Santiago repeats Duterte public bidding flub Santiago repeated the same mistake about government procurement. By VERA FILES | Sep 13, 2017 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte gets Bangsamoro peace process wrong Peace “talks” between the government and both the MILF and the MNLF have already been concluded. By VERA Files | Sep 12, 2017 | 4-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT SHEET: The Commission on Human Rights, explained President Rodrigo Duterte, in a media interview following his 2017 SONA, said he wants the CHR abolished. By VERA Files | Sep 12, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK THIS WEEK IN FAKE NEWS: Lascanas did NOT say he regrets trusting Trillanes, airstrike video NOT clear if Hapilon is dead These fake reports trended on social media this week. Don’t believe them. By VERA FILES | Sep 8, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte and Imelda tell contradicting stories about Marcos gold The Marcos gold – ill-gotten after all? By VERA Files | Sep 7, 2017 | 5-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Interview clip confirms Acosta said there’s a ‘pattern’ in spate of killings PAO Chief Acosta inaccurately claimed she never said what she had actually said just two days prior. By VERA Files | Sep 7, 2017 | 5-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: In his own words: Duterte’s drug war, so far Candidate Duterte is different from President Duterte. By VERA Files | Sep 7, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: PNP Chief Dela Rosa understates war on drugs figures Dela Rosa’s figures do not match the ostensibly “real numbers” on the war on drugs published by the PNP itself, in its own website. By VERA Files | Sep 5, 2017 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Did Duterte sign a new law that criminalizes fake news? Philippine Star wrongly reported there's a new law criminalizing fake news. By VERA FILES | Sep 2, 2017 | 4-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte not the only president to attack Inquirer, ABS-CBN Former presidents Estrada and Aquino have also attacked both media outfits. By VERA Files | Sep 2, 2017 | 6-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Gov’t officials linked to website spreading news claiming Hontiveros called for Duterte ouster deny involvement “With my job now, do you think I still have time to spread fake news?” Agriculture Sec. Manny Piñol said. By VERA Files | Aug 31, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Three things Duterte got wrong about Rappler From being American-owned, Pres. Rodrigo Duterte now falsely accuses social news network Rappler, of being run by the country’s biggest media conglomerate, ABS-CBN, Corp. By VERA Files | Aug 31, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT SHEET: What is presumption of innocence? The constitution states that in all criminal prosecutions, the person accused is presumed innocent until he is proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt. By VERA Files | Aug 30, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK Filipino connection suspected in string of celebrity death hoaxes What does Vic Sotto have in common with Mr. Bean and The Rock? By Lucille Sodipe | Aug 29, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte says 2-3 cops killed daily in war on drugs The president's numbers run counter to "Real Numbers PH," the official figures on the war on drugs released by PDEA. By VERA Files | Aug 23, 2017 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Is the CHR a Constitutional Commission? Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella and Sen. Risa Hontiveros both said the CHR is a Constitutional Commission. Were they correct in saying so? By VERA FILES | Aug 20, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte skews war on drugs figures; Aquino gets it wrong too Duterte's misleading claim exaggerates the supposed gains of his administration’s war against illegal drugs. By VERA Files | Aug 15, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte ‘jokes’ about abolishing CHR, meddling with Ombudsman probes Not the first time the president made a "joke" about a serious matter. By VERA Files | Aug 11, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Timeline of the ASEAN and China Code of Conduct in the South China Sea Timeline of key events dating back to 1992, when the goal of having a COC in the South China Sea was first set. By Contributed by Charmaine Deogracias | Aug 9, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 109 110 111 112 113 … 116 Older posts
