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 CHECK: Claim that Duterte will ‘blow up’ ties with China NOT TRUE Duterte has said no such thing. By VERA Files | May 7, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte DID NOT say Aquino, Carpio ‘sold’ WPS to China The 16-minute video’s content, composed of two clips, also did not support the claim in its headline. By VERA Files | May 7, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Locsin belies Roque claim; ‘no apology’ to Chinese ambassador for hurling expletive vs China Contrary to Roque’s claim, Locsin said he apologized only to his “friend” and counterpart, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and “nobody else.” By VERA FILES | May 6, 2021 | 5-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Israel NOT yet COVID-19-free Israel still has 1,179 active COVID-19 cases as of May 6, according to its Health Ministry. By VERA Files | May 6, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: UP expert’s claim on Ivermectin safety NEEDS CONTEXT These studies were conducted, however, to demonstrate ivermectin’s safety and efficacy as an antiparasitic drug and not as a COVID-19 medicine. By VERA Files | May 5, 2021 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte claims he ‘never mentioned’ PH-China maritime row in 2016 campaign. He did. President Rodrigo Duterte claimed that he “never mentioned” anything about the dispute between China and the Philippines in the West Philippine Sea during his campaign for the 2016 presidential election. This is not true. By VERA Files | May 4, 2021 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Reader asks why intel chief shares inaccurate, unsubstantiated claims vs SENADO, COURAGE A VERA Files Fact Check reader wants to know why National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) Director General Alex Paul Monteagudo and several other Facebook users share wrong information that can be easily verified. By VERA Files | May 2, 2021 | 8-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Photos of activists ALTERED, post not a call vs communists, community pantries The original images feature youth activists carrying white bond paper with slogans that read: “DEFUND NTF-ELCAC! DEFEND COMMUNITY PANTRIES!." By VERA Files | May 1, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT SHEET: The low odds of blood clots from COVID-19 vaccines Health experts underscored the need to “increase the pace of vaccination” as the Philippines' coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections breached the one million mark on April 26. By VERA Files | Apr 30, 2021 | 9-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video on Bayanihan 3 cash aid MISLEADING The Bayanihan 3 bill, formally known as the Bayanihan to Arise As One Bill filed by House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco and Rep. Stella Quimbo, has yet to be signed as Congressional sessions will not resume till mid-May. By VERA Files | Apr 30, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Bohol chopper crash victim WAS NOT told to wait for Bong Go The senator did not cause any delay in transporting the crash victims, said the state broadcaster, quoting an Air Force official. By VERA Files | Apr 29, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB Live claiming Duterte and US ‘joined forces to drive China out of WPS’ MISLEADING The clip, being passed off as "breaking news", spliced a recent news report with a 2017 statement of President Rodrigo Duterte on the country's territorial dispute with China. By VERA Files | Apr 28, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 186 187 188 189 190 … 317 Older posts