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: Cardiologist from Makati Medical Center NOT promoting hypertension cure A fake Facebook ad claimed that cardiologist Saturnino Javier of Makati Medical Center promoted a medicine to allegedly treat hypertension. By VERA Files | May 9, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Netizens fall for FAKE educational assistance from ‘Malasakit Centers’ Several Facebook posts claimed that the government’s Malasakit Centers are giving away cash assistance worth P6,000 to students from all year levels. These are fake and the centers have no such program. By VERA Files | May 9, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: PEKENG PNP recruitment posts, kumakalat sa Facebook Peke ang dalawang posts sa Facebook tungkol sa recruitment call umano ng Philippine National Police. By VERA Files | May 8, 2024 | 1-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Sara NOT the only VP to win more votes than president A post circulating on X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook claims that Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio is the only vice president in Philippine history to have been elected with more votes than the president. This is not true. By VERA Files | May 8, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO PH, US, Japan, Australia joint attack on China A video on YouTube claims that the Philippines, Australia, Japan and the United States have banded together to attack Chinese forces in the West Philippine Sea. This is not true. By VERA Files | May 8, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Posts on DepEd cash aid for graduating students FAKE Multiple Facebook pages are spreading a graphic claiming that the Department of Education is offering cash assistance for graduating students. This is fake. By VERA Files | May 7, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT SHEET: Gumagana ba ang justice system ng Pilipinas? Hindi makikipag-cooperate ang Marcos administration sa International Criminal Court sa imbestigasyon nito sa drug war. Gumagana naman daw kasi ang justice system ng Pilipinas. By VERA Files | May 6, 2024 | 1-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Two Iloilo teachers did NOT die from heatstroke A post on Facebook claims that two teachers from Iloilo City died due to heatstroke. The Department of Education refuted the claim. By VERA FILES | Apr 30, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Robredo NOT appointed DepEd chief A YouTube video mockingly claimed that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has appointed former vice president Leni Robredo as education secretary. This is false. By VERA FILES | Apr 30, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: PH DID NOT buy AU ship Cape Woolamai A YouTube video claimed that the Philippines recently bought the Australian Defence Vessel Cape Woolamai to “secure the West Philippine Sea” and “protect its territorial waters.” This is not true. By VERA FILES | Apr 30, 2024 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video FALSELY claims to show US, PH forces destroying Chinese vessel A video circulating on Facebook spliced clips to claim that the United States and the Philippines tore down a China Coast Guard vessel in the South China Sea. By VERA FILES | Apr 30, 2024 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK VERA FILES FACT CHECK: China’s Xi Jinping did NOT order retreat of ships on WPS A video on YouTube falsely claims that Chinese President Xi Jinping called for the retreat of all ships patrolling the West Philippine Sea after meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. By VERA FILES | Apr 29, 2024 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 30 31 32 33 34 … 294 Older posts
