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: Claim that Ombudsman will suspend Luistro MISLEADS A YouTube video claims that Batangas Rep. Gerville Luistro will be suspended for vote buying and premature campaigning. This is misleading. By VERA FILES | May 7, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: VP Sara claim that Imee Marcos will bring back Duterte from The Hague misleads As the former president is in the middle of a legal process, particularly the pre-trial stage, of the ICC, he cannot walk free unless the court approves his temporary release. A senator has no power to bring him back from detention in The Hague. By VERA Files | May 7, 2025 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: NO 24-hour curfew from May 1 to 15 in Cavite A Facebook (FB) user re-uploaded an old graphic from April 2020, falsely presenting it as a recent announcement of a 24-hour curfew in Cavite from May 1 to 15. By VERA Files | May 6, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: No national ID, no vote policy FAKE A national ID is NOT required to vote in the 2025 midterm elections, contrary to a claim on a photo circulating on Facebook. By VERA Files | May 6, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: NO ICC arrest warrant for Bato dela Rosa An FB reel falsely claims that an arrest warrant for Sen. Bato Dela Rosa - top enforcer of the deadly drug war during the Duterte administration - has been issued by the ICC and sent to the Philippines. By VERA Files | May 2, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Claim that Robredo endorsed PDP-Laban senatorial bets MISLEADS A YouTube video claims that former vice president Leni Robredo has endorsed the senatorial bets of PDP-Laban. This is misleading. By VERA FILES | May 2, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Crowd did NOT chant ‘Marcos! Marcos!’ while VP Sara was speaking in Quiapo rally Netizens are circulating a clip from a campaign rally in Manila showing Vice President Sara Duterte before a crowd that supposedly chanted "Marcos! Marcos!" while she was speaking. The posts are misleading. By VERA FILES | May 2, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Pasig mayoralty approval rating survey FAKE There is no Pasig City mayoralty trust approval rating survey conducted and released by the Social Weather Stations, contrary to a Facebook post. By VERA Files | Apr 30, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK MALI-ta (Maling Balita) Minute: Disinformation tungkol sa disaster, Marcos admin at kay Duterte nagpayanig ngayong April! Na-fool ka ba ng mga maling impormasyon this April? Narito ang ilan sa mga disinformation na kumalat sa buwan na ito. Dahil hindi dapat araw-arawin ang April Fools! By VERA Files | Apr 30, 2025 | 1-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT SHEET: Ano ang big deal tungkol sa Google Maps at West Philippine Sea? Napansin ng news outlets at netizens noong Abril 14 na ang Google Maps ay may mas kitang-kita na label ng West Philippine Sea sa site nito. Ano ang big deal tungkol sa Google Maps at West Philippine Sea? Narito ang paliwanag ng VERA Files: By Kiara Ysabel Gorrospe | Apr 30, 2025 | 4-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Meta AI nagkamali sa pagpapaliwanag ng WPS sa Google Maps Maling iginiit ng Meta AI na ang Pilipinas ay may soberanya sa West Philippine Sea. Ang Pilipinas ay may mga sovereign rights, hindi soberanya, sa WPS. Ang dalawang konsepto ay hindi mapagpapalit. By VERA Files | Apr 30, 2025 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Tagle NOT elected pope Two online videos are spreading the false claim that Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle has been elected as the new pope. By VERA Files | Apr 29, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 2 3 4 … 311 Older posts