Archive - Claims by Public Figures Year all all 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 Items per page 12 12 18 24 30 Claims by Public Figures FACT CHECK: Jimmy Bondoc falsely claims FBI has dropped charges vs Quiboloy Kingdom of Jesus Christ founder Pastor Apollo Quiboloy remains on the most wanted list of the FBI. There has been no official announcement to the contrary from the U.S. federal authorities on the charges against him. By VERA Files | Feb 28, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Claims by Public Figures FACT CHECK: Quiboloy inaccurately cites 4Ps law as senior citizens’ pension law Quiboloy’s attribution is inaccurate. R.A. No. 11310 is the law institutionalizing the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), while R.A. No. 11916 is the Senior Citizens’ Pension Act. By VERA Files | Feb 25, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Claims by Public Figures FACT CHECK: Ben Tulfo touts misleading claims on political dynasty Tulfo's statements are misleading. A political dynasty exists not only when multiple family members have dominant control over a certain locality. By VERA Files | Feb 19, 2025 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Claims by Public Figures FACT CHECK: Marcoleta falsely claims no such thing as WPS, cites wrong data The numbers Marcoleta cited are incorrect and outdated. They do not correspond to land features in the South China Sea claimed by each country, but the number of outposts put up in the Spratly Islands, which is only a portion of the disputed waters. By VERA Files | Feb 11, 2025 | 4-minute read KEEP READING Claims by Public Figures FACT CHECK: Video kontra sexuality education, maraming maling impormasyon Isang dosenang maling pahayag ang natukoy ng VERA Files sa nine-minute video ng Project Dalisay By VERA Files | Feb 11, 2025 | 1-minute read KEEP READING Claims by Public Figures FACT CHECK: Sara Duterte denies own assassination threat against Marcos Jr. Vice President Sara Duterte said she did not make an assassination threat against the president. This contradicts what she revealed in a Zoom press conference in November 2024. By VERA Files | Feb 7, 2025 | 1-minute read KEEP READING Claims by Public Figures FACT CHECK: Desisyon ni Marcos sa sexuality education bill nakabase sa maling impormasyon Mali si Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. sa nilalaman ng comprehensive sexuality education sa Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy Bill sa Senado. By VERA Files | Jan 27, 2025 | 1-minute read KEEP READING Claims by Public Figures FACT CHECK: FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni Abines na may mga blangkong puwang ang 2025 budget hindi totoo PAHAYAG “Hidden in the 222 pages of 2025 General Appropriations Acts (GAA) were at least 10 pages with blank spaces where the amount[s] of budget were supposed to be written.” (“Nakatago sa 222 na pahina ng 2025 General Appropriations Acts (GAA) ang hindi bababa sa 10 mga pahina na may mga blangkong puwang kung saan By VERA Files | Jan 22, 2025 | 1-minute read KEEP READING Claims by Public Figures FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni Abines na may mga blangkong puwang ang 2025 budget hindi totoo Hindi totoo ang sinasabi ni Abines na ang mga bahagi ng 2025 budget ay iniwang blangko. Ang mga pahinang ipinakita niya ay wala sa GAA kundi sa bicameral committee report. By VERA Files | Jan 22, 2025 | 1-minute read KEEP READING Claims by Public Figures 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 Claims by Public Figures 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 Claims by Public Figures FACT CHECK: Marcoleta wrongly claims PH has highest electricity rate in Asia In 2024, the Philippines ranked third highest behind Singapore and Japan in terms of electricity cost in the continent. By VERA Files | Jan 20, 2025 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination 1 2 3 … 33 Older posts