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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB post on world’s biggest anti-SOGIE bill rally FALSE

The photo is not from an anti-SOGIE bill protest.

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Sep 18, 2019

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB post on Diez wanting gay lingo as nat’l language NOT TRUE

The post is fake.

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Sep 18, 2019

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte shifts from ‘invoking’ to ‘ignoring’ the PCA ruling

Fresh from his five-day official visit to China, President Rodrigo Duterte went from “invoking” to “ignoring” the Philippines’ historic win on the South China Sea dispute at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA).

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Sep 17, 2019

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Senate bill goes after online ‘fake news,’ but Tsek.ph data point to wider problem

By seeking to penalize only “false and deceiving content online,” the bill neglects disinformation that spread through other vectors.

By Jake Soriano and Yvonne Chua

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Sep 13, 2019

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: MMDA Spox Celine Pialago wrongly claims no gov’t efforts to solve Metro Manila traffic in past 40 years

Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) spokesperson Assistant Secretary Celine Pialago is wrong in saying the government has not built any infrastructure or made any effort to solve the traffic congestion in Metro Manila in the past 40 years. MMDA in itself was established 24 years ago to address that.

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Sep 13, 2019

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Report on Duterte signing law granting P50K-bonus for SSS members a HOAX

This post is fake. Don't believe it.

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Sep 12, 2019

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: No, Gretchen Diez is NOT calling for LGBT ‘heroes’ in Mobile Legends, online games

This post is fake. Don't believe it.

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Sep 12, 2019

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Former Health Secretary Garin sings different tune on DOH’s 4S program

Iloilo 1st district representative Janette Garin has changed her stance on the effectivity of the Department of Health’s (DOH) dengue prevention program called the Enhanced 4S Strategy. From promoting it as “key” strategy against the spread of dengue when she was still health secretary, Garin now thinks the strategy has minimal effect.

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Sep 12, 2019

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: MISLEADING FB post ties Robredo’s endorsement for SOGIE bill with support for removing sex assignments at birth

The post mishmashes two separate statements.

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Sep 12, 2019

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB posts claiming Gretchen Diez wants ‘trans’ names for typhoons FAKE

This post is fake. Don't believe it.

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Sep 11, 2019

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VERA FILES FACT CHECK: No, Gretchen Diez is NOT calling for ‘exclusive schools’ for LGBTQ

This post is fake. Don't believe it.

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Sep 10, 2019

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​VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Justin Bieber DID NOT send these planes to help quell the Amazon fire

These posts are fake. Don't believe them.

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Sep 10, 2019

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