Archive - FACT CHECK

There has been no statement from Washington or the Australian government about deploying warships into the disputed waters.

The WHO has denied that the list was theirs.

None of the three personalities made such a statement.

We debunked a similar bogus claim in February.

Gomez himself refuted the report.

There is no change in the vice presidency. The Supreme Court in fact dismissed last month Marcos' protest against Robredo’ swin in the 2016 national polls. And Sen. Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao has not commented on the matter, contrary to the claim.

This is misleading. In May 1986, or three months after Marcos’ 20-year rule was put to an end by the Feb. 22-25 People Power Revolution, the Supreme Court (SC) dismissed three petitions that challenged the legitimacy of Aquino’s presidency.

Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo claimed that a vaccine is “not needed” to control the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), and that New Zealand and Vietnam did not impose lockdowns to curb the pandemic. Both claims are false.

Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo misleadingly implied that a person may prevent getting infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), by gargling with salt and water.

During the first six months of 2021, International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda is expected to decide whether to recommend launching an investigation into President Rodrigo Duterte's bloody war on drugs.

British lawyer Karim Khan is set to assume the post of retiring International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda on June 16, 2021. Bensouda said a decision on whether to investigate the "crimes against humanity" that allegedly took place in the conduct of President Rodrigo Duterte's anti-drug campaign will be issued before she steps down.

The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) and at least four Facebook (FB) pages claimed that the University of the Philippines - College of Engineering (UP CoE) is housing a branch of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). Not true.