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: Yakult probiotic drink does NOT have cow sperm This is false. Cattle sperm is not among the ingredients of the beverage. By VERA Files | Apr 23, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Claim that playing virtual games for hours causes eye bleeding NEEDS CONTEXT According to clinical optometrist Monalisa Catapang Ocampo, a co-founder of the Philippine Association of Licensed Optometrist (PALO), prolonged exposure to screen time when using gadgets may lead to subconjunctival hemorrhage. By VERA Files | Apr 23, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video claiming Duterte warned China on WPS issue was from a 2017 speech There was no reference to Russia getting angry at China over the territorial dispute. By VERA Files | Apr 23, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Badoy DID NOT call community pantry patrons ‘communists’ Badoy, who also serves as a spokesperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), denied in an April 20 Facebook (FB) post that she made such a pronouncement, calling the made-up quote a “piece of fake news.” By VERA Files | Apr 21, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: MISLEADING video claims Duterte joined US in “warning” China over WPS incursions Duterte’s most recent comment on the country’s maritime controversy with China came on April 19 — seven days after the misleading FB video was published. By VERA Files | Apr 21, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Parlade falsely claims opposition to the national ID system is part of CASER agenda Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Lieutenant General Antonio Parlade Jr. erroneously claimed that it is in the agenda of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), under the proposed Comprehensive Agreement on Social and Economic Reforms (CASER) with the Philippine government, to block the implementation of the national identification system. By VERA Files | Apr 20, 2021 | 5-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Another ‘Aquino vs Duterte’ comparison MISLEADS with 2018 Manila Bay photo The top image was taken two years into the presidency of Rodrigo Duterte. By VERA Files | Apr 19, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Raffy Tulfo falsely claims Duque restricts direct purchase of COVID-19 vaccines by private sector Media personality Raffy Tulfo was wrong in claiming that Health Secretary Francisco Duque III has prevented the private sector from directly purchasing jabs against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) from vaccine manufacturers. By VERA Files | Apr 16, 2021 | 5-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: OLD Senate hearing footage tagged as breaking news The posts was falsely labeled “breaking news." By VERA Files | Apr 16, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Photos of barefoot workers in noodle factory NOT of local bihon producer A reverse image search revealed that the pictures were taken at least six years ago in southern China. By VERA Files | Apr 15, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Badoy is wrong; PH courts did not say ‘red-tagging’ is nonexistent Reacting to the condemnation by four senators of National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) Director General Alex Monteagudo’s “red-tagging” of the Senate employees’ union, Communications Undersecretary Lorraine Marie Badoy falsely claimed that Philippine courts already ruled that there is “no such thing as red-tagging.” By VERA Files | Apr 15, 2021 | 6-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Locsin DID NOT say Robredo is not essential, her death not a loss to the country Locsin, who was referred to in the quote card as a “diehard Duterte supporter,” made no such derogatory comment toward Robredo. By VERA Files | Apr 13, 2021 | -minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 188 189 190 191 192 … 317 Older posts
