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 FACT CHECK: Lacson quote card on confidential fund fiasco FAKE A fake quote card claimed that former senator Ping Lacson spoke against revealing the people who received confidential funds under VP Sara Duterte. By VERA Files | Jan 27, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: NO cause determined yet for California fires; bird video made with AI A video claimed that a bird caused the wildfires in California this January. The video was made with AI. Authorities are still investigating the cause of the wildfires. By VERA Files | Jan 27, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Commentary on celebrity politicians NOT from Drilon A statement on celebrity politicians supposedly from former senator Franklin Drilon is circulating on Facebook. It was a commentary by another lawyer published in October 2024. By VERA Files | Jan 27, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: PH DID NOT bomb Chinese ‘monster ship’ in WPS A YouTube video claims that the Philippines bombed China's "monster ship" in the West Philippine Sea. This is not true. By VERA Files | Jan 27, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: NO ‘blank items’ in 2025 budget, Marcos NOT facing impeachment Posts online are spreading the false claim that President Ferdinand Marcos signed the 2025 national budget that was allegedly filled with blank items. By VERA Files | Jan 27, 2025 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Desisyon ni Marcos sa sexuality education bill nakabase sa maling impormasyon Mali si Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. sa nilalaman ng comprehensive sexuality education sa Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy Bill sa Senado. By VERA Files | Jan 27, 2025 | 1-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Video of 2018 INC rally resurfaces and MISLEADS netizens A misleading short video on TikTok showed an old clip featuring a 2018 rally organized by the Iglesia ni Cristo misrepresented as recent. By VERA Files | Jan 23, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Earthquake videos NOT taken in California Another disinformation related to the California wildfires spreads on local social media, this time claiming that an earthquake hit the area. By VERA Files | Jan 23, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Clips with FALSE contexts circulate amid California wildfires More viral videos spewing misinformation on the raging wildfires in California are spreading on social media. By VERA Files | Jan 22, 2025 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT SHEET: What we know about the HMPV virus HMPV is a common respiratory virus that circulates in many countries from winter through spring. It is the sixth most common cause of influenza-like illness in the Philippines. By Blanch Marie Ancla | Jan 22, 2025 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Abines wrongly claims 2025 budget law has blank spaces Abines falsely claims parts of 2025 budget were left blank. The pages he showed were not in the GAA but in the bicameral committee report. By VERA Files | Jan 22, 2025 | 1-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: OLD clip of rogue waves passed off as tsunami in California Netizens posted an old video of what it claimed as a "small tsunami" in California as wildfires persist. By VERA Files | Jan 21, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 2 3 4 … 295 Older posts
