Archive - Claims by Public Figures Year 2020 all 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 Items per page 12 12 18 24 30 Claims by Public Figures FACT CHECK: Tingog party-list group shares outdated, falsely captioned ‘live’ video of Duterte The video in Trending Lahat’s live stream is actually Duterte’s late night “Talk to the Nation” address on COVID-19 aired on April 6. By VERA FILES | Apr 24, 2020 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Claims by Public Figures FACT CHECK: Duterte repeats false claim that PH was ‘first’ to impose COVID lockdown in Asia President Rodrigo Duterte repeated his erroneous claim that the Philippines was the first to impose a “lockdown” in Asia to combat the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). By VERA FILES | Apr 22, 2020 | 4-minute read KEEP READING Claims by Public Figures FACT CHECK: Duterte’s claim that COVID-19 is airborne needs context; wrong in saying China has highest death toll President Rodrigo Duterte made two inaccurate claims about the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in his previous late night speeches: that the novel coronavirus is airborne, and that China has registered the highest death toll. By VERA Files | Apr 13, 2020 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Claims by Public Figures FACT CHECK: Duterte says he’s been warning of ‘deadly’ COVID-19 from the beginning. Not quite. President Duterte downplayed the gravity of the outbreak and likened the nature of the novel coronavirus to others that are either treatable or have already been contained in a press briefing two months ago. By VERA FILES | Apr 9, 2020 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Claims by Public Figures FACT CHECK: Pacquiao is wrong; PH has been dealing with ‘coronavirus issue’ since January Sen. Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao’s claim that the “coronavirus issue” had not reached the Philippines until later in March is false. By VERA Files | Apr 1, 2020 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Claims by Public Figures FACT CHECK: Jay Sonza, RJ Nieto help propagate wrong claim that Drilon snoozed in CNN PH interview Former broadcaster Jay Sonza and blogger RJ Nieto, both known for their pro-administration stance, amplified a false claim that Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon snoozed in the middle of a television interview. By VERA Files | Mar 7, 2020 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 2
