Archive - FACT CHECK

Several social media pages shared on Facebook last week a fabricated story by website ddsnewsfiles.xyz claiming that President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the arrest of Sen. Risa Hontiveros for corruption during her term as director at the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation.

A netizen's online post last Nov. 18 claiming thousands of rubber slippers bearing the name of Vice President Leni Robredo were found in an abandoned camp of the New People's Army is erroneous.

An old video showing the 2008 acquittal of former First Lady Imelda Marcos from corruption cases is circulating on social media once again, apparently intended to mislead the public as it resurfaced on the same day the Sandiganbayan found her guilty of seven counts of graft.

In a Papua New Guinea speech, he repeated an earlier false claim that the EU created the ICC.

Website opinyonko.com revived Nov. 15 a misleading and previously debunked four-year-old claim about a "useless" footbridge constructed under the Aquino administration.

He recently said the Marawi crisis was 'not an overt act of rebellion.'

Website trendingbalita.online published on Oct. 28 a misleading report on how the University of the Philippines fared in the 2019 QS Asian University Rankings by mixing fact with opinion.

On the contrary, what it awarded Marcos is the record for holding the "greatest robbery of a government," which he has held since April 23, 1986.

A report published on Nov. 15 by website ddsonline.live claiming that President Rodrigo Duterte was named the new country coordinator of the ASEAN because of the group’s confidence in him is misleading.

A video published by a pro-Duterte Facebook page on Nov. 14 that shows photos of Vice President Leni Robredo with a man it claims is her “ex-lover” is fake news.

Several Facebook pages recently revived an old misleading report by website The Daily Sentry (thedailysentry.net) that skews a three-year-old statement Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas made about "homily abuse".

A netizen published on Nov. 9 a misleading online post that uses old photos to insinuate that the Liberal Party committed poll fraud in the 2016 elections.

Silent No More PH published fake news on Nov. 14, attributing a fabricated quote to Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who supposedly declared the Benham Rise and the "entire eastern Philippine sea" as Chinese territory.

In Puerto Princesa, he ranted about drugs, crime, oil fields and World War II, among others.

A Nov. 7 online post by a fake Facebook page under the name of China Telecommunications Corporation that raffles off "free lifetime internet connection" and a smartphone via an online contest is a hoax.

Former newscaster Jay Sonza has wrongly credited the Duterte administration solely for establishing the country’s first integrated land transport terminal, the Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange.

Sen. Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara falsely claimed fellow senator Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao is the first Filipino to speak before the Oxford Union.

A Nov. 9 report by website duterteforever.net claiming that former president Fidel V. Ramos called on incumbent chief executive Rodrigo Duterte to step down from his post is not true.

A report by website newzinsiderz.info last Nov. 6 claiming that formerUS President George W. Bush was in awe of President Rodrigo Duterte's bloody war on drugs is based on a false claim.

A story published Nov. 3 by website newsanchor.info that lists the "10 greatest current presidents," among them President Rodrigo Duterte, is misleading.

President Rodrigo Duterte wrongly claimed there are no killings in Davao City as he underscored the importance of peace for economic progress and enjoined members of the New People’s Army to return to the fold.

A netizen's online post last Oct. 28 claiming that the administration of former President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III sold the Spratly Islands to China is false and misleading.

A netizen's month-old online post currently circulating on social media which claims that Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno attributed recent inflation rates to rice hoarding, price hikes on oil and vegetables and "economic sabotage" by oligarchs is misleading.

A report by website citizenexpress.today published last Nov. 2 claiming that a recent poll showed more than 85% of Filipinos have no trust in Vice President Leni Robredo is false and misleading.

It's the fourth time he has understated his pay by VERA Files Fact Check’s count.

A two-month-old online post currently making the rounds on social media that implicates several members of the opposition, mostly from the Liberal Party, in the Dengvaxia vaccine controversy is misleading.

The president explicitly said customs officials will be replaced by members of the military.

President Rodrigo Duterte wrongly claimed at least twice last month that the European Union created the International Criminal Court.

This story is false. Don't believe it.

Imelda Nicolas posted wrong amounts of foreign aid for the rehabilitation of war-torn Marawi City.