Archive - FACT CHECK Year all all 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 Items per page 12 12 18 24 30 FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT SHEET: What extending voter registration means for the 2022 nat’l polls The Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc unanimously granted an extension of voter registration for 16 days between Oct. 11 and Oct. 30 to allow more people to participate in the May 2022 elections amid calls from public interest groups and Congress. By VERA Files | Oct 1, 2021 | 7-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Netizens revive old, FALSE allegations against CHR The CHR has also published an FB post providing relevant context, documents, and investigation reports refuting each allegation. By VERA Files | Oct 1, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Post on ‘revised history books’ against Marcoses carries FALSE claims Historians tell otherwise, as the Marcoses have a history of commissioning books with their own version of their story about former dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. and his 21-year-old martial law rule. By VERA Files | Sep 30, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO U.S. bashing of Bongbong Marcos, as video claims Neither Trump nor Biden made comments towards Marcos recently, as shown by the lack of official record from the U.S. government or any report from legitimate media organizations. By VERA Files | Sep 30, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB video MISLEADS with Gordon’s supposed ‘apology’ to Duterte But the senator’s “apology” featured in the video is not what the headline suggests it to be. By VERA Files | Sep 29, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Winnie Monsod’s ‘nangangamote’ remark on Bongbong Marcos is NOT TRUE It's a warped version of her actual remark. By VERA Files | Sep 29, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Post revives UNTRUE claim about Pacquiao’s college degree He spent 16 months completing it. By VERA Files | Sep 29, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Isko Moreno DID NOT discriminate vs Visayans, Mindanaoans Moreno made no such statements. By VERA Files | Sep 28, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO, senior citizens, PWDs won’t receive P10k monthly No law has been passed where the two vulnerable groups are to receive a monthly allowance of P10,000 from the state. By VERA Files | Sep 28, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: For the second time, Duterte inaccurately cites COA audit mandate President Duterte once more claimed that the Commission on Audit has a “constitutional mandate” to audit the Philippine Red Cross, an independent, autonomous, non-government organization. This needs context. By VERA FILES | Sep 28, 2021 | 4-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Demystifying five claims about antiperspirant and breast cancer A local oncologist's verdict: “To date, there is no scientific evidence to link the use of these products to breast cancer.” By VERA Files | Sep 27, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Netizens resurface INACCURATE claims about Martial Law That the opposition leader during the Marcos dictatorship founded two rebel organizations which prompted the declaration of martial law is unsubstantiated. By VERA Files | Sep 27, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 150 151 152 153 154 … 297 Older posts