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: Imee Marcos falsely claims only one bill sought to name Jose Rizal national hero Sen. Imee Marcos is wrong in saying the “only” measure filed in Congress that aimed to officially proclaim Jose Rizal a “national hero” was by then Bohol 1st District representative and now Vice Governor Rene Relampagos in 2014. By VERA Files | Aug 27, 2019 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Ex-rebel makes sweeping, inaccurate claim on UP, PUP grads Self-professed former communist rebel Alvin Turero's statement that students from the University of the Philippines (UP) and the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) will not be able to graduate from their respective universities unless they join rallies is baseless. By VERA Files | Aug 27, 2019 | 5-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Website MISTAKENLY claims bill on planting trees now a ‘law’ This story is misleading. By VERA FILES | Aug 26, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: To ‘endo’ or to end it: How Duterte backtracked on vow to stop contractualization Malacañang has certified as urgent 22 priority measures, which President Rodrigo Duterte wants the 18th Congress to pass into law. Not on the list is the bill ending contractualization or “endo,” a campaign promise of the President. By VERA Files | Aug 26, 2019 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: School textbooks enshrine Jose Rizal as national hero needs context Contrary to this popular belief, the NCCA says the country has no “official” national hero. By VERA FILES | Aug 26, 2019 | 6-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Post on new law MISLEADS; gov’t docs free for first-time job hunters only This story is misleading. Don't believe it. By VERA FILES | Aug 25, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB page posts old, unverified info on ‘Red October plot’ This story is misleading. Don't believe it. By VERA FILES | Aug 23, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Sarah Elago DID NOT rebut parents of student activists with this quote This story is misleading. Don't believe it. By VERA FILES | Aug 22, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Duterte flipflops on having wealthy friends In his fourth State of the Nation Address, President Rodrigo Duterte contradicted his past pronouncements when he said he has no wealthy friends while dismissing allegations that he ordered the six-month closure and rehabilitation of Boracay Island for their benefit. By VERA Files | Aug 22, 2019 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB post on papaya leaves as homemade ‘cure’ for dengue needs context A netizen’s month-old online post endorsing papaya leaf juice paints an incomplete picture of its effectivity as a “cure” for dengue. By VERA Files | Aug 22, 2019 | 5-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Three things you should know about a presidential veto President Rodrigo Duterte vetoed 11 bills approved by the previous Congress, including two of his campaign promises. By VERA Files | Aug 22, 2019 | 7-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Viral Bam Aquino quote on poor farmers FAKE This story is fake. Don't believe it. By VERA FILES | Aug 21, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 228 229 230 231 232 … 294 Older posts
