Archive - FACT CHECK

Just less than three months before, Vice President Sara Duterte said she and President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. were "still friends."

The project was approved for implementation in 2015 and financed through a loan agreement in April 2016 – before Duterte even took office.

Contrary to the YouTube video's claim, the 2025 budget of the Office of the Vice President was not set to zero.

A YouTube video falsely claims that the impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte have started in the House of Representatives.

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.

A video of Pampanga Rep. and former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo crowning KOJC leader Apollo Quiboloy is circulating online without proper context.

Michael Yang is not merely linked to Duterte. He was the then-president’s economic adviser in 2018.

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.

A YouTube video claims that Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok Chenda Sophea entered into an alliance with Vice President Sara Duterte. This is misleading.

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.

The video supposedly showing the current flooded state of Balintawak, Quezon City was taken in July during the onslaught of super typhoon Carina.

Nine Facebook posts misused photos to falsely claim that 20 people got food poisoning due to a fake version of Ajinomoto seasoning.

A Filipino FB user warned netizens to “stock up on food and water” and showed clips of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warning about an upcoming event in November. This is misleading.