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: 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 FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: INC rally NOT in EDSA A YouTube video claims that religious sect Iglesia Ni Cristo have staged a protest in EDSA. This is false. By VERA Files | Jan 21, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: BOGUS ads use Aga Muhlach’s name, photo to promote get-rich-quick scheme At least three Facebook (FB) pages posted bogus ads that used the name and image of actor Aga Muhlach to bait people into investing in a get-rich-quick scam. By VERA Files | Jan 21, 2025 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: AI voice clones of Mel Tiangco, Vicki Belo used in FAKE lotion ad Several fake ads on Facebook featured broadcaster Mel Tiangco and dermatologist Vicki Belo supposedly endorsing a whitening lotion. By VERA Files | Jan 20, 2025 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Pope Francis did NOT reveal any ‘dark past’ of Cardinal Tagle There was no "revelation" from Pope Francis about a "dark past" of Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle. The videos are misleading. By VERA Files | Jan 20, 2025 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT CHECK: Erwin Tulfo falsely claims he ‘did not deceive anyone’ ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo claimed he “did not scam… did not deceive” anyone but admitted he was an undocumented alien who illegally worked in the United States for 10 years, having entered the country as a tourist. By VERA Files | Jan 20, 2025 | 3-minute read KEEP READING FACT CHECK FACT SHEET: What’s up with the delays in the controversial Maharlika Fund? Maharlika fund faces delays in first investment, safeguards in IRR weakened By Psalm Mishael Taruc | Jan 20, 2025 | 5-minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 7 8 9 10 11 … 302 Older posts