Archive - Online Posts Year all all 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 Items per page 24 12 18 24 30 Online Posts FACT CHECK: OVP budget NOT down to zero Contrary to the YouTube video's claim, the 2025 budget of the Office of the Vice President was not set to zero. By VERA Files | Sep 20, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: NO impeachment against Sara Duterte at the House A YouTube video falsely claims that the impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte have started in the House of Representatives. By VERA Files | Sep 20, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: Video shows Catholic faithful in East Timor, NOT pro-Duterte rally A clip of Catholic faithful coming home from Pope Francis' mass in East Timor was edited and made to appear like a pro-Duterte rally in the Philippines. By VERA Files | Sep 20, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: Video of Arroyo ‘crowning’ Quiboloy NEEDS CONTEXT A video of Pampanga Rep. and former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo crowning KOJC leader Apollo Quiboloy is circulating online without proper context. By VERA Files | Sep 20, 2024 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: NO advisory in Antique to avoid fish after seaside cemetery collapse An advisory circulated on FB warning people in Antique from eating fish, hours after heavy waves partially destroyed a public cemetery in the municipality of Sebaste. By VERA Files | Sep 20, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: Claim that Cambodia deputy PM forged alliance with Sara Duterte MISLEADS A YouTube video claims that Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok Chenda Sophea entered into an alliance with Vice President Sara Duterte. This is misleading. By VERA Files | Sep 19, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: Video of Marcos Sr. saying his son ‘died in London’ FAKE A circulating video of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. saying his son died in London is fabricated. By VERA Files | Sep 19, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: Clips DO NOT show super typhoon to hit PH Footage of a supposed super typhoon that will devastate the Philippines is circulating online. The clips show animated images of a 2018 hurricane in the US. By VERA Files | Sep 17, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: Impostor pages post FAKE company ‘anniversary giveaways’ Several Facebook pages imitating private companies are promising "anniversary giveaways" to netizens. These are scams. The companies have disowned the posts. By VERA Files | Sep 17, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: FAKE CNN report on Marcos alleged drug use spreads online Multiple Facebook posts are claiming that US-based CNN has reported that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is addicted to cocaine. This is fake. CNN has not published such a report and the image is fabricated. By VERA Files | Sep 13, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: The Philippines does NOT hold world record for “most trees planted in an hour” A Facebook post falsely claimed that the Philippines broke a world record by planting 3.2 million trees in an hour. By VERA Files | Sep 13, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: Marcos NOT rushed to hospital, hidden in ‘safe house’ A YouTube video falsely claims that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was rushed to the hospital this September. By VERA Files | Sep 13, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: NO typhoon ‘bigger than PH’ coming in A Facebook post erroneously claimed that a storm bigger than the Philippines is going to hit the country. PAGASA debunked this claim. By VERA Files | Sep 12, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: Video DOES NOT show Quiboloy’s arrest A video supposedly showing doomsday evangelist Apollo Quiboloy being arrested is circulating online. It used old clips of a different arrest. By VERA Files | Sep 11, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: Group hug vid of Alice Guo, PNP, DILG chiefs made with AI The video that showed Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos and PNP Chief Rommel Marbil hugging Alice Guo is AI-generated. By VERA Files | Sep 11, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: Clip of Marcos talking about his ‘clone’ taken OUT OF CONTEXT A clip of President Bongbong Marcos "admitting" that he is a clone needs context. It was from an old interview where he called the rumor an urban legend. By VERA Files | Sep 11, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: ‘Balintawak flood’ video NEEDS CONTEXT The video supposedly showing the current flooded state of Balintawak, Quezon City was taken in July during the onslaught of super typhoon Carina. By VERA Files | Sep 7, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: ‘Ajinomoto’ warning MISUSES photo of local food poisoning incident Nine Facebook posts misused photos to falsely claim that 20 people got food poisoning due to a fake version of Ajinomoto seasoning. By VERA Files | Sep 7, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: Circulating video on ‘Zelensky’s November warning’ MISLEADS A Filipino FB user warned netizens to “stock up on food and water” and showed clips of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warning about an upcoming event in November. This is misleading. By VERA Files | Sep 7, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: NO order to arrest Sara, remove OVP’s 2025 budget A YouTube video falsely claimed that House lawmakers threatened to have Vice President Sara Duterte arrested and axed her office's budget for 2025. By VERA Files | Sep 4, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: Video on Archipelagic Sea Lanes Act NEEDS CONTEXT A YouTube channel claimed that the Archipelagic Sea Lanes Act has been made into law. This needs context. By VERA Files | Sep 4, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: Digital bank transactions NOT restricted 5 km away from home An FB Reel featured a woman who falsely claimed that the public would be prevented from conducting digital bank transactions from more than 5 kilometers away from their homes. By VERA Files | Sep 2, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: Video of protesters taken in Kenya, NOT Davao The Facebook Reel that showed people protesting on the street was not taken in Davao. It was originally taken in Kenya in June. By VERA Files | Sep 2, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts FACT CHECK: Photo does NOT show rebel attack on MT Sounion tanker A Facebook page erroneously linked the attack of the MT Sounion to a different Houthi-led assault on an oil tanker this year. By VERA Files | Sep 2, 2024 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 4 5 6 7 8 … 47 Older posts