Archive - Claims by Public Figures Year 2025 all 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 Items per page 12 12 18 24 30 Claims by Public Figures FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni VP Sara na si Imee Marcos ang magbabalik kay Duterte mula sa The Hague NAKAPANLILIGAW Hindi bastang makalalaya si Rodrigo Duterte maliban kung aprubahan ng ICC ang kanyang pansamantalang paglaya. Walang kapangyarihan ang isang senador na iuwi siya mula sa pagkakakulong. By VERA Files | May 8, 2025 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Claims by Public Figures FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni Kitty na ‘nakakaalis at nakakauwi nang ligtas’ ang mga kabataan noong administrasyong Duterte HINDI TOTOO Mali ang sinabi ni Kitty Duterte na sa ilalim ng pamamahala ng kanyang ama, nakaaalis at nakauuwi nang ligtas ang mga bata. By VERA Files | May 8, 2025 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Claims by Public Figures FACT CHECK: Claim of CamSur bet for governor that he’s not disqualified NEEDS CONTEXT Camarines Sur gubernatorial candidate Ronald Alarkon Rodriguez cautions his constituents against believing in “fake news,” saying he is disqualified from the May 12 race. This needs context. By VERA Files | May 8, 2025 | 4-minute read KEEP READING Claims by Public Figures FACT CHECK: Kitty falsely claims children ‘could go out and come home safely’ during Duterte admin Kitty Duterte falsely claimed in a campaign rally that young people could go out and come home “safely” during her father’s presidency. By VERA Files | May 8, 2025 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Claims by Public Figures FACT CHECK: VP Sara claim that Imee Marcos will bring back Duterte from The Hague misleads As the former president is in the middle of a legal process, particularly the pre-trial stage, of the ICC, he cannot walk free unless the court approves his temporary release. A senator has no power to bring him back from detention in The Hague. By VERA Files | May 7, 2025 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Claims by Public Figures FACT CHECK: Meta AI nagkamali sa pagpapaliwanag ng WPS sa Google Maps Maling iginiit ng Meta AI na ang Pilipinas ay may soberanya sa West Philippine Sea. Ang Pilipinas ay may mga sovereign rights, hindi soberanya, sa WPS. Ang dalawang konsepto ay hindi mapagpapalit. By VERA Files | Apr 30, 2025 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Claims by Public Figures FACT CHECK: Meta AI errs in explaining WPS on Google map Meta AI incorrectly described the labeling of the West Philippine Sea on Google Maps an "assertion of the country's sovereignty." The Philippines has sovereign rights, not sovereignty, over features in the WPS. By VERA Files | Apr 25, 2025 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Claims by Public Figures FACT CHECK: Magkano ba talaga ang flood control budget para sa Bicol? Nitong Marso, sinabi ni Sen. Imee Marcos na may P150 billion flood control budget ang Bicol. Hindi ito tumpak. Magkano ba talaga ang budget para sa flood control projects sa rehiyon? Alamin sa aming video fact check! By VERA Files | Apr 7, 2025 | 1-minute read KEEP READING Claims by Public Figures FACT CHECK: Imee Marcos inaccurately claims Bicol has ‘P150B’ flood control budget Sen. Imee Marcos inaccurately claimed that the Bicol Region had a P150-billion budget for flood control. By VERA Files | Mar 27, 2025 | 4-minute read KEEP READING Claims by Public Figures FACT CHECK: Blogger falsely claims PH uses water cannons in WPS Blogger Mark Lopez falsely claimed during a House tri-committee hearing that the Philippines “also uses” water cannons in defending its sovereign rights in the West Philippine Sea. By VERA Files | Mar 26, 2025 | 3-minute read KEEP READING 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 Posts pagination 1 2 3 Older posts