Archive - Online Posts Year all all 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 Items per page 30 12 18 24 30 Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Netizens revive FALSE post about vetsin-filled vitamin C capsules Netizens are resharing a two-year old social media post about a fake vitamin C product allegedly laced with vetsin. The claim is false. By VERA Files | Dec 12, 2022 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB pages, netizen MISLEADINGLY claim 2016 wealth fund bill similar to Maharlika fund Several Facebook posts are claiming that the bill filed by former senator Bam Aquino is similar to the controversial Maharlika wealth fund bill sponsored by admin allies. This is misleading. By VERA Files | Dec 10, 2022 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Ad for Philippine Heart Center’s alleged vascular supplement is FAKE; Not BFAD-approved A fake website article shared on Facebook claimed that a capsule called Vascolex, allegedly developed by the Philippine Heart Center in 2015 can clean blood vessels, help with weight loss, and restore eyesight. By VERA Files | Dec 9, 2022 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos DID NOT order Remulla to step down A YouTube video claimed President Bongbong Marcos ordered Justice Secretary Boying Remulla to resign. This is false. By VERA Files | Dec 9, 2022 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos remains acting agriculture secretary and has yet to appoint a replacement Two YouTube videos falsely claimed President Bongbong Marcos has appointed former Interior secretary Mar Roxas as agriculture secretary. By VERA Files | Dec 8, 2022 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FAKE Robredo quote card on election results circulates anew A fabricated quote card is circulating online where former vice president Leni Robredo attributed her defeat to President Bongbong Marcos in the May election to massive disinformation. By VERA Files | Dec 5, 2022 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FAKE Friendster link goes viral A bogus link redirecting to an allegedly revived version of the now-defunct social networking site Friendster is making the rounds on social media. By VERA Files | Dec 2, 2022 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Cheska Garcia-Kramer impersonator uses FAKE photos for mouth spray ad A Facebook page impersonating celebrity-vlogger Cheska Garcia-Kramer used altered photos of her family to advertise a product called Japan Pasteur Institute Mouth Spray. By VERA Files | Dec 2, 2022 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Bantag still NOT back as BuCor chief A couple of Facebook pages are yet again repeating the false claim that suspended BuCor Director General Gerald Bantag has been reinstated. By VERA Files | Dec 2, 2022 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: City of Pearl NOT under Duterte or Marcos infra projects A Facebook page claimed in a graphic that the City of Pearl infrastructure project is part of the flagship infrastructure programs of former president Rodrigo Duterte and incumbent President Bongbong Marcos. Not true. It is a public-private partnership project entered into by the City of Manila in 2017. By VERA Files | Dec 2, 2022 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Biden NOT ‘arming’ PH with nuclear power A video claims President Bongbong Marcos was astonished by US President Joe Biden’s shocking decision to “arm” the country with nuclear power. This is misleading, the talks with the U.S. referred to a possible deal on nuclear energy, not weapons. By VERA Files | Dec 1, 2022 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Tagle NOT ‘kicked out’ of Vatican office for ‘misappropriating money’ Facebook pages are sharing a video that claims Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle was removed by Pope Francis from Caritas Internationalis for misusing church money. This is not true. By VERA Files | Nov 30, 2022 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Deep-water platform in video NOT a project between Japan, Philippines A YouTube video featured a deep-water platform and falsely claimed it to be a mega project between Japan and the Philippines. Not true. By VERA Files | Nov 29, 2022 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FAKE Sandro Marcos quote on use of onions still circulating online A quote card where Ilocos Norte 1st District Rep. Sandro Marcos asked people to use a more inexpensive type of onion is fake. By VERA Files | Nov 29, 2022 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: IKEA NOT giving away ‘dozens’ of sofa sets A Facebook page has posted an announcement that IKEA is donating couches that cannot be sold due to “minor damage” to anyone who registers with the website it linked. This is a scam. By VERA Files | Nov 28, 2022 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Photo of Susan Roces’ wake passed off as Kris Aquino’s ‘hidden wake’ in another HOAX Several pages posted a fake video claiming Kris Aquino has passed away and that her family is deliberately hiding her wake from the public. By VERA Files | Nov 28, 2022 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos NOT worth ‘trillions to quadrillions’ of dollars A video on YouTube claims that the wealth of President Bongbong Marcos allegedly totals up to quadrillions of dollars. This has no basis. By VERA Files | Nov 28, 2022 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: News report ALTERED to advertise hair growth serum It also featured video snippets of a celebrity dermatologist and vlogger-doctors to suggest they are endorsing Hairtech. By VERA Files | Nov 25, 2022 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Doctor’s claim on pork consumption and hypertension NEEDS CONTEXT A Filipino doctor endorsing a mineral drops product claims pork fat intake does not cause hypertension. This needs context. By VERA Files | Nov 25, 2022 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Cost of rice has NOT gone down to P25/kilo nationwide The video omitted a part of a news clip which stated that lower-priced rice is available only in certain places at specific times. By VERA Files | Nov 25, 2022 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Bantag’s case NOT dismissed; Zulueta NOT named as sole Lapid slay case mastermind A video falsely claimed the dismissal of the case against suspended BuCor chief Gerald Bantag regarding the death of Percy Lapid. By VERA Files | Nov 25, 2022 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Kris Aquino is NOT dead A Facebook page posted a video claiming Kris Aquino has died and that her remains were on their way back to the Philippines. It is a hoax. By VERA Files | Nov 25, 2022 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Posts on BuCor chief’s statement on allowing PDLs to use gadgets NEED CONTEXT Some posts are making it appear that BuCor OIC Gregorio Catapang has given persons deprived of liberty permission for the free use of mobile gadgets. By VERA Files | Nov 24, 2022 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Marcos DID NOT order the junking of subpoena issued to Bantag A blog claims President Bongbong Marcos ordered the junking of the subpoena issued to suspended BuCor chief Gerald Bantag. This is not true. By VERA Files | Nov 24, 2022 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Ad of Belo endorsing whitening serum FAKE A Facebook page made it look like dermatologist Vicki Belo is promoting a product called Angel Underarm Whitening Serum. This is fake. By VERA Files | Nov 22, 2022 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Bantag NOT cleared from Percy Lapid slay case A YouTube video falsely claims suspended BuCor chief Gerald Bantag has been absolved from the murder of former broadcaster Percy Lapid. By VERA Files | Nov 21, 2022 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Harry Roque has NOT replaced Remulla as justice secretary A video falsely claims President Marcos appointed former spokesperson Harry Roque to replace Boying Remulla as secretary of the Department of Justice. By VERA Files | Nov 18, 2022 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Circulating graphic of Kiko-Risa tandem for the 2028 elections NOT OFFICIAL A graphic showing former senator Kiko Pangilinan and Sen. Risa Hontiveros as a tandem for the 2028 elections is making the rounds online. By VERA Files | Nov 18, 2022 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Nostradamus did NOT predict Marcos presidency A video claims 16th-century French astrologer Nostradamus foresaw the election of President Bongbong Marcos. It is not true. By VERA Files | Nov 18, 2022 | 2-minute read KEEP READING Online Posts VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FALSE posts listing down beneficiaries of Marcos admin’s housing program spread anew Several FB groups circulated posts claiming they are authorized to list down names of beneficiaries under the Pambansang Pabahay Para sa Pilipino program. 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