Archive - Online Posts Year all all 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 Items per page 18 12 18 24 30 Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Australia DID NOT say it will attack China A YouTube video is claiming that Australia declared it will attack China and that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. encouraged other countries to do the same. Both are false. By VERA FILES | Mar 7, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Several FB posts spread FAKE PNB scholarship program A viral graphic shared across Facebook groups claims that the Philippine National Bank is offering a scholarship program for the next school year. This is fake. By VERA FILES | Mar 7, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FAKE ‘DOLE scholarship 2024’ online applications circulate Online registrations for the Department of Labor and Employment’s supposed scholarship program this year are being shared on Facebook. These are fake and from publishers not affiliated with the agency. By VERA FILES | Mar 6, 2024 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Circulating posts on ‘Cavite jailbreak’ are FALSE Texts shared on Facebook (FB) and private messaging platforms claimed that at least ten inmates have escaped prison in Bacoor, Cavite. These are not true. By VERA FILES | Mar 6, 2024 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Filipina vlogger spreads FALSE claims about blood, lab-grown meat A Filipina vlogger falsely claimed that the blood of people vaccinated against COVID-19 is darker than those unvaccinated, and that lab-grown meat can cause cancer. By VERA FILES | Mar 5, 2024 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: ‘Solar superstorm’ DID NOT cause communication shutdown in Australia A video on Facebook and YouTube is claiming that a solar superstorm has caused a shutdown of communication signals in Australia. This is misleading. By VERA FILES | Mar 4, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Funding for Bicol Express Railway Project NOT yet finalized A post about the Philippine National Railways’ (PNR) Bicol Express rail line “finally making a comeback” is circulating on Facebook (FB). This needs context. By VERA FILES | Mar 4, 2024 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Hontiveros NOT sentenced to life in prison Two videos on YouTube are erroneously claiming that Sen. Risa Hontiveros has been sentenced to life imprisonment over her alleged involvement in the 2014 PhilHealth bonus controversy. This is not true. By VERA FILES | Mar 4, 2024 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pangilinan NOT credit-grabbing; authored Free Public Wi-Fi Act An opinion radio host accused former Sen. Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan of stealing credit from the current administration for providing free public Wi-Fi in public spaces. The lawmaker is the principal author of the law that made this possible. By VERA FILES | Feb 29, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO British Royal Navy ships handed over to the Philippines A YouTube video claims that the Philippine Navy received two of the British Royal Navy’s warships in a handover ceremony. This is not true. By VERA FILES | Feb 29, 2024 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Maria Ressa NOT endorsing ‘bitcoin platform’ A website posing as both Rappler and CNN Philippines claims to expose a “deleted interview” where Nobel laureate and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa supposedly promoted a cryptocurrency platform she is earning money from. This is fake. By VERA FILES | Feb 28, 2024 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Circulating ‘TUPAD hiring’ posts BOGUS, NOT from DOLE Job posts supposedly for the TUPAD emergency employment program of the Department of Labor and Employment have been shared on Facebook. These are fake. By VERA FILES | Feb 27, 2024 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: P100 wage hike bill NOT yet law A short video on TikTok is erroneously claiming that President Ferdinand Marcos has signed the P100 wage hike bill. This is not true. By VERA FILES | Feb 27, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO arrest, imprisonment for Rowena Guanzon A YouTube video is claiming that former Commission on Elections (Comelec) commissioner Rowena Guanzon has been arrested and imprisoned. This is not true. By VERA FILES | Feb 27, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Tulfo NOT removed as senator A video on YouTube is erroneously claiming that Sen. Raffy Tulfo has been expelled from the Senate under the order of President Ferdinand Marcos. This is not true. By VERA FILES | Feb 26, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Willie Ong NOT promoting niacinamide toothpaste A Facebook page posted a fake video claiming that cardiologist Willie Ong promoted a niacinamide toothpaste. By VERA FILES | Feb 26, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Netizens fall for FAKE Pope Francis quote on fasting Pope Francis never said that Catholics can eat whatever they want for Easter, contrary to what several Facebook posts claimed. By VERA FILES | Feb 26, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Circulating text on ‘chop-chop syndicate’ is an OLD HOAX from 2017 A message warning motorists about a so-called “chop-chop syndicate” allegedly involving policemen has been going around on Facebook and private messaging platforms. This is not true. By VERA FILES | Feb 26, 2024 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Posts navigation Newer posts 1 … 12 13 14 15 16 … 57 Older posts